The Apple Watch has an abundance of apps. No, really, believe us, it does. While it may feel at times that the device is not as well served as the iPhone, iPad and Mac (and, in truth, it isn’t), the App Store is actually very healthy these days with many innovative and talented developers making good use of the wearable’s capabilities.
The result of this activity is a wealth of apps across a wide range of categories which put a lot of power on your wrist. The majority of them come as part of a package – an additional goodie when you download an app to a paired iPhone. In this case, the Watch app will usually automatically install on your Watch. If it doesn’t, just launch the Watch app on your iPhone, tap the My Watch tab, scroll down and tap Install next to any app you want to appear on your wearable.
Many other apps can be downloaded directly so long as you’re running watchOS 6 and above – the version that introduced the Watch’s own App Store. To browse these offerings, just launch the App Store app and scroll through the recommendations or tap search and use the keyboard, Scribble or Dictation to enter the name of an app and tap Get to install it. If you go to the bottom of the App Store’s home page, you can check past purchases, view subscriptions and see which apps need updating.