Engadget Highlights 10 Underrated Apple Watch Features You Can Set Up in Minutes
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Updated · Engadget · Jun 16
Engadget Highlights 10 Underrated Apple Watch Features You Can Set Up in Minutes
3 articles · Updated · Engadget · Jun 16
Summary
Engadget’s latest Apple Watch guide spotlights 10 lesser-known features, led by Mac Auto Unlock, Backtrack navigation and gesture controls that can be enabled quickly.
Series 6-and-later watches can retrace routes through Compass Backtrack, while newer models including Series 9 support double-tap and watchOS 26’s wrist-flick gestures for one-handed control.
The list also emphasizes practical everyday tools: using the watch as an iPhone camera remote, pinging a lost phone and turning on its flashlight, naming multiple Siri timers and paying with Apple Pay.
Other features are more situational or personal, including Walkie-Talkie push-to-talk chats, two-finger Speak Time playback and Digital Touch heartbeat messages sent through Messages.