Whether you’re a busy professional with important ideas to keep track of, or just someone who wants to capture a moment of inspiration, Apple Watch’s Voice Memos feature helps you stay organized and productive.
Plus, when you combine that with the fact that you can access it with the ease of your wrist, the value of this feature skyrockets. So let’s see how you can record and play voice memos on Apple Watch in watchOS 9.
- How to record a voice note on Apple Watch
- How to listen to a voice memo on Apple Watch
- Use Siri to record a voice note on Apple Watch
How to record a voice note on Apple Watch
- Press the Digital Crown (round watch face) on your Apple Watch.
- Find and launch Voice Memos.
- Press the red button 🔴 to start recording.
- Press the stop button 🟥 to end the recording.
Your Apple Watch instantly syncs your recorded voice memos to your Mac, iPhone, or iPad that uses the same Apple ID. This allows you to easily view your notes and makes it easy to track and manage them.
How to listen to a voice memo on Apple Watch
- Open the Voice Memos app.
- Click on the required entry.
- Click the “Play”button.
You have two options for listening to voice memos on your Apple Watch. The first option is to use the built-in speaker, which is convenient but not necessarily the best choice.
Alternatively, you can use your AirPods, which will give you the best sound quality. However, make sure your AirPods are connected and paired with your Apple Watch.
Use Siri to record a voice note on Apple Watch
You can use Siri, Apple’s smart assistant, to help with voice memos on Apple Watch. To do this, be sure to enable Siri on your Apple Watch. Once you’ve verified this, you can activate Siri by saying “Hey Siri”and then ask her to launch the app by asking “Open Voice Memo.”
FAQ
If you can’t find the Voice Memos app on your Apple Watch, it might be because you unknowingly deleted it from your paired iPhone. So, go to the App Store and download the Voice Memos app on your iPhone to make it available on your Apple Watch.
At the moment, there is no official statement from Apple about this, but it looks like you can continue recording until your device’s memory is completely exhausted. However, you can always free up additional storage on your Apple Watch to record a few more minutes.
In addition, you can also easily edit the name of an existing entry. Just navigate to the entry and tap the three dots icon → Change name → enter a new name → select Done.
Deleting a voice note from Apple Watch is very simple: launch Voice Memo → select the entry to delete → tap the three dots icon → select Delete.
How is your recording experience?
The voice memo feature is quite useful, but it becomes even more valuable when used in conjunction with your wearable. I believe that any confusion you may have about using Voice Memos on Apple Watch has been resolved.