The Apple Watch Translate app will help you shortly communicate in a distinct language when you’re overseas, proper out of your wrist. Translate between 20 completely different languages by talking out loud, play translations out of your Apple Watch speaker and construct an inventory of favourite phrases you’ll be able to play immediately.
Apple Translate doesn’t help as many languages because the extra well-liked Google Translate — however Google doesn’t have an app for the Apple Watch. The quickest and most handy approach to communicate one other language out of your wrist is with Apple’s app.
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Easy methods to use the Apple Watch Translate app
The Translate app is Apple’s personal equal to Google Translate, the broadly well-liked free on-line service. Apple Translate is offered as a standalone app on iPhone, iPad and Mac. And now, you can even entry Translate on Apple Watch, courtesy of watchOS 11.
Desk of Contents: Apple Watch Translate app
- Open the Translate app
- Choose two languages
- Faucet the microphone icon and communicate
- Play the interpretation out loud
- Faucet the keyboard icon and kind
- Mark a favourite phrase
- Alter settings
- Delete a phrase out of your historical past
- Accessible languages
- Extra Apple Watch options
Open the Apple Watch Translate app
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Click on the Digital Crown (dial) in your Apple Watch and open the Translate app (with the icon of two speech bubbles, one white and one blue). It’s simpler to search out in Record View — scroll all the way down to the underside of your app checklist, then faucet Record View.
If you happen to don’t see the Translate app, you could have to replace to watchOS 11. Ensure your iPhone is operating iOS 18. Then, open the Watch app, and faucet Basic > Software program Replace.
Choose two languages
Whenever you open the Translate app, you’ll see a tile on the display the place you’ll be able to choose two languages. One ought to match the language you’ve set in your watch. Faucet on both one to scroll by the checklist of obtainable languages.
The Swap Languages button will change which language you’re talking and which one you’re translating.
Faucet the microphone icon and communicate
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Faucet the Dictation button on the backside and begin talking. You’ll see a dwell transcription of what you’re saying. It’ll routinely finish if you happen to pause on the finish of a sentence — in any other case, you’ll be able to faucet the Cease button manually.
Play the interpretation out loud
Faucet the Play button subsequent to a translation to play it out loud out of your Apple Watch’s speaker. You possibly can spin the Digital Crown whereas it’s enjoying to regulate quantity.
Faucet the keyboard icon and kind
If you happen to favor to kind your translations, you’ll be able to attempt that as properly. Faucet the Choices (â‹Ż) button within the higher proper. Scroll down and faucet Most well-liked Enter and choose Textual content.
Now, you’ll see a Keyboard button on the backside as an alternative. On an Apple Watch Collection 7 or later, you’ll see a full QWERTY keyboard. You possibly can kind letter-by-letter or swipe along with your finger to enter a full phrase at a time.
On an older mannequin with a smaller display, you’ll be able to draw one letter at a time. (To change to this method from a more recent watch, faucet the Change Enter Technique icon within the backside proper and faucet the Scribble icon.)
Mark a favourite Translate phrase out of your Apple Watch
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You possibly can mark a selected phrase as a favourite, for simple entry at any level sooner or later. Swipe proper on a phrase and faucet Favourite to mark it as a favourite.
Discover your favourite phrases by tapping Favorites (the star icon) within the higher left. From this checklist, you’ll be able to swipe left on a phrase and faucet Unfavorite to take away it.
Favourite phrases sync between Translate in your Apple Watch and your iPhone.
Alter settings
Faucet the Choices (⋯) button within the higher proper for extra settings.
- You possibly can modify the velocity of the dictation by tapping on the left or the proper.
- Allow Auto-Play Translations to have translations play out of the speaker as quickly as they arrive in, quite than manually tapping Play.
- Most well-liked Enter enables you to change from Voice to Textual content, if you happen to’d quite kind than communicate out loud.
Delete a phrase out of your historical past
The Translate app in your Apple Watch doesn’t maintain a full historical past of every part you’ve translated; it clears it out each time you give up the app for greater than jiffy.
Nonetheless, if you wish to delete one thing from the checklist, simply swipe left on it and faucet Delete.
Accessible languages in Translate on Apple Watch
Listed below are all of the out there languages (as of Might 2025):
- Arabic
- Chinese language (Mandarin, Simplified)
- Chinese language (Mandarin, Conventional)
- Dutch
- English (UK)
- English (US)
- French
- German
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russian
- Spanish (Spain)
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
Extra Apple Watch options
After you discover ways to use the Translate app for Apple Watch, try different prime options:
