The Apple Watch Translate app may help you shortly communicate in a unique language whilst 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 assist as many languages because the extra common Google Translate — however Google doesn’t have an app for the Apple Watch. The quickest and most handy solution to communicate one other language out of your wrist is with Apple’s app.
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Find out how to use the Apple Watch Translate app
The Translate app is Apple’s personal equal to Google Translate, the broadly common 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
- Decide 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
- Out there 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 seek out in Listing View — scroll all the way down to the underside of your app checklist, then faucet Listing View.
In case you don’t see the Translate app, you might have to replace to watchOS 11. Be sure your iPhone is working iOS 18. Then, open the Watch app, and faucet Basic > Software program Replace.
Decide two languages
If you open the Translate app, you’ll see a tile on the display screen the place you’ll be able to decide two languages. One ought to match the language you’ve got set in your watch. Faucet on both one to scroll by way of the checklist of accessible 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 stay transcription of what you’re saying. It’ll robotically finish when you 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’ll be able to spin the Digital Crown whereas it’s enjoying to regulate quantity.
Faucet the keyboard icon and kind
In case you choose to kind your translations, you’ll be able to attempt that as nicely. Faucet the Choices (⋯) 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 Sequence 7 or later, you’ll see a full QWERTY keyboard. You’ll be able to 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 screen, you’ll be able to draw one letter at a time. (To modify to this technique from a more moderen watch, faucet the Change Enter Methodology 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’ll be able to mark a selected phrase as a favourite, for straightforward 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’ll be able to modify the velocity of the dictation by tapping on the left or the best.
- Allow Auto-Play Translations to have translations play out of the speaker as quickly as they arrive in, reasonably than manually tapping Play.
- Most well-liked Enter allows you to change from Voice to Textual content, when you’d reasonably 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 little thing you’ve translated; it clears it out each time you stop the app for greater than couple of minutes.
Nevertheless, if you wish to delete one thing from the checklist, simply swipe left on it and faucet Delete.
Out there languages in Translate on Apple Watch
Listed here are all of the obtainable languages (as of Could 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 learn to use the Translate app for Apple Watch, take a look at different high options:
