The Apple Watch is an increasingly universal device, thanks in large part to the number of native and third-party applications that can be installed on it. However, the display of the watchOS apps menu may not convince you, so in this article we will show you how you can order the applications and even see this menu in a different way.
How to enter the Apple Watch menu
We are assuming that you know how to access the Apple Watch applications menu, but perhaps it is your first watchOS device and you have not yet found out how to access this place. It is actually the simplest thing in the world, since you will only have to press the digital crown , that little round button that you will find on the right side of the device (or left if you have configured it for left-handed users). Then you can scroll through this menu with your finger, zooming in and out with that digital crown, but this time by unrolling it instead of pressing it.
If you want to check recently used apps you will have to press the other side button, the one that is flat. Here you can slide with your finger or with the digital crown to see and even open the apps you want. If you also slide your finger to the left on one of them, you can close it completely . An additional trick that we give you to quickly open the last app you used is to press twice on the digital crown.
Sort apps in the tile menu
When we enter the watchOS default apps menu we find a curious sphere-shaped interface in which the applications appear as small icons. The negative of this menu is that many times the applications are placed at will, many times making it difficult for us to find them, but you can order them yourself. There are two ways to do this.
From Apple Watch
- Access the apps menu.
- Keep your finger pressed on any of the apps until they start to vibrate.
- Click on an icon and drag it to the place where you want to put it.
- Press once on the digital crown.
From the iPhone
- Open the Watch app.
- Go to apps available.
- Click on “Layout”.
- Tap and drag the app you want to move to another place you want it to stay.
View the Watch menu in list format
If, no matter how much order you want to establish in your app menu, you are not convinced by the mosaic display format, there is the possibility of seeing everything as a list. You already know how to do it, since the steps to follow are similar to what was explained in previous sections.
On the Apple Watch
- Open Settings.
- Go to App Layout.
- Click on “See as list”.
On the iPhone
- Open the Watch app.
- Go to apps available.
- Click on “View as list”.
This way you can get a view that is probably more comfortable for you. In this list format you can slide with your finger or with the digital crown to navigate through the menu. Of course, the applications cannot be ordered in this format, as they will automatically appear in alphabetical order.
