How to read email on your Apple Watch

How to read email on your Apple Watch

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-mail-notification-leather-hero.jpg?itok=62y4Dts0' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">You can't send email from your Apple Watch, but you can read any email sent to you.</p> <p>While you can use your Apple Watch to dictate text message replies, the inability to edit text makes the same system ill-suited for longer and potentially more complex emails. So, there's no Siri for Mail, but there is a read-only version of the Mail app on your Apple Watch. You can see what's been sent your way, and can even mark mail as unread, flag it, and delete it. To respond, however, you'll have to hand off to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Here's how it all works! </p> <ul><li><a href="#set-notifications">How to set email notifications on the Apple Watch app for iPhone[/url]</li> <li><a href="#set-options">How to set Mail options on the Apple Watch app for iPhone[/url]</li> <li><a href="#read-mail">How to read email in the Mail app on your Apple Watch[/url]</li> <li><a href="#handoff-ios">How to hand off email and respond on your iPhone or iPad[/url]</li> <li><a href="#handoff-mac">How to hand off email and respond on your Mac[/url]</li> </ul><h2><a name="set-notifications" id="set-notifications">[/url]How to set email notifications on the Apple Watch app for iPhone</h2> <p>The easiest way to read new emails on your Apple Watch is as they come in, and that means using the Apple Watch's notifications system.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Notifications</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Mail.</strong>

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</li> <li>Tap <strong>Mirror iPhone</strong> to use the same notification settings as on your iPhone. Tap <strong>Custom</strong> to set additional options. <ol><li>Tap an <strong>Inbox</strong> you want to enable.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show Alerts</strong> to <strong>ON</strong>.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Sound</strong> and/or <strong>Haptics</strong> on to choose between audio or physical notifications, or both.</li> </ol></li> <li>Repeat for each inbox.

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?itok=ZTpf_xqf' />[/url]</li> </ol><p>There are additional, general options you can set, including the notification indicator and Notification Center, which lets you view notifications you didn't open when they came in.</p> <ul><li>How to set up and use Notification Center on your Apple Watch</li> </ul><h2><a name="set-options" id="set-options">[/url]How to set Mail options on the Apple Watch app for iPhone</h2> <p>The Mail app on your Apple Watch serves as a repository for all recent email messages you've received. You can configure it to match your iPhone settings, or customize it just for your Apple Watch.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Mail</strong>.</li> <li>Tap <strong>Mirror iPhone</strong> to use the same mail settings as on your iPhone. Tap <strong>Custom</strong> to set up additional options.

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<ol><li>Tap <strong>Include Mail</strong> to choose between <strong>All Inboxes</strong> or just a single sub mailbox.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Message Preview</strong> to choose between none, 1 line, or 2 lines.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Flag Style</strong> to choose between color and shape.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Ask Before Deleting</strong> to <strong>ON</strong> if you want to confirm before any emails are trashed.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Organize by Thread</strong> to group all emails from the same conversation together. (As opposed to single messages in reverse chronological order).</li> </ol></li> </ol><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='

?itok=_kCVeb6i' />[/url]</p> <h2><a name="read-email" id="read-email">[/url]How to read email in the Mail app on your Apple Watch</h2> <p>You can use the Mail app's read-only status to see the contents of an email, then mark it as unread, flag it, or trash it.</p> <ol><li>Tap the <strong>Digital Crown</strong> to go to the home screen (if you're not there already).</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>Mail app</strong> icon.</li> <li>Tap on an <strong>email</strong> message to open it.

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</li> <li>Press firmly on an open email message to see options.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Flag</strong>, <strong>Unread</strong>, or <strong>Trash</strong> to quickly triage the message.

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?itok=it6zCvQW' />[/url]</li> </ol><h2><a name="handoff-ios" id="handoff-ios">[/url]How to hand off email and respond on your iPhone or iPad</h2> <p>You may not be able to dictate a reply to email on your Apple Watch, but you can hand off the exact message you're reading to your iPhone or iPad and answer it there. While reading an email on your Apple Watch, just pick up your iPhone or iPad.</p> <p>If your iPhone or iPad is locked:</p> <ol><li>Swipe up on the <strong>Mail app handoff icon</strong> from the bottom left corner of the lock screen. </li> <li>Unlock your iPhone or iPad, if prompted.</li> <li>Tap <strong>Reply</strong>.

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?itok=1EKs-S7f' />[/url]</li> </ol><p>If your iPhone or iPad is unlocked:</p> <ol><li>Double press the <strong>home button</strong>.</li> <li>Swipe all the way to the left.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>Mail app handoff icon</strong>.</li> <li>Tap <strong>Reply</strong>.

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?itok=QmDAI6cc' />[/url]</li> </ol><h2><a name="handoff-mac" id="handoff-mac">[/url]How to hand off email and respond on your Mac</h2> <p>In addition to your iPhone or iPad, you can also hand off email to your Mac and respond on the big screen and with its full-size hardware keyboard.</p> <ol><li>Click on the <strong>Mail app handoff icon</strong> in the far left (or top) of the Dock; or alt/option-tab to it in the App Switcher.</li> <li>Click <strong>Reply</strong>.

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?itok=e50LtSDf' />[/url]</li> </ol><ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Notifications</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Mail.</strong>

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</li> <li>Tap <strong>Mirror iPhone</strong> to use the same notification settings as on your iPhone. Tap <strong>Custom</strong> to set additional options. <ol><li>Tap an <strong>Inbox</strong> you want to enable.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show Alerts</strong> to <strong>ON</strong>.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Sound</strong> and/or <strong>Haptics</strong> on to choose between audio or physical notifications, or both.</li> </ol></li> <li>Repeat for each inbox.

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