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- Set up Apple Watch For Your Kids
Set up Apple Watch For Your Kids. You can set up any Apple Watch with cellular for your child or family member, even if they don’t have their own iPhone. To do so, you must be the family organizer or parent/guardian in your Family Sharing group.
- Overview
- How it works
- What you need
- Put on the watch and turn it on
- Hold the watch near your iPhone
- Pair the watch with your iPhone
- Set up a passcode
- Pick a family member
- Turn on Ask to Buy
- Set up cellular and Wi-Fi
Family Setup lets family members who don't have their own iPhone enjoy the features and benefits of an Apple Watch.
With Family Setup, your family member who doesn't have their own iPhone can use their Apple Watch to do things like make phone calls, send messages, and share their location with you.
After you set up a watch for a family member, you can use your iPhone to manage some of the watch's capabilities.
•An Apple Watch Series 4 or later with cellular,* or Apple Watch SE with cellular, with watchOS 7 or later.
•An iPhone 6s or later with iOS 14 or later for the initial watch setup.
•An Apple ID for yourself and one for the family member who will use the Apple Watch. Your Apple ID needs to have two-factor authentication turned on.
•A Family Sharing group that includes the person who'll use the Apple Watch. You need to have the role of organizer or parent/guardian to set up an Apple Watch for a family member.
If the Apple Watch isn't new, erase it first.
Then put on the watch, or have your family member put it on. Press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo.
Hold the Apple Watch close to your iPhone. Wait until "Use your iPhone to set up this Apple Watch" appears on your iPhone, then tap Continue. If you don't see this message, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap All Watches, then tap Add Watch.
Tap Set Up for a Family Member, then tap Continue on the next screen.
Hold your iPhone over the animation that appears on the watch. Center the watch face in the viewfinder on your iPhone, then wait for a message to say that your Apple Watch is paired. If you can't use the camera, tap Pair Apple Watch Manually, then follow the steps that appear.
Then tap Set Up Apple Watch.
Tap Agree on the Terms and Conditions screen, then choose a text size for the Apple Watch.
Next, set a passcode to keep the watch secure.
Choose the family member who will use the Apple Watch. If they don't appear, tap Add Family Member.
Enter the family member's Apple ID password, then tap Next.
Turn on Ask to Buy if you want to give approval for any downloads or purchases made on the Apple Watch.
If your iPhone cellular provider supports Family Setup, you can add the watch to your plan during this step.
If your carrier doesn't support Family Setup, or you'd like to use a different carrier, select Not Now.* You can choose an alternative carrier from this list of supported carriers and contact them directly to set up your cellular plan.
Oct 4, 2022 · How to Set Up an Apple Watch for Your Kids Want to give your children an easy way to contact you—without giving them a smartphone? Family Setup on WatchOS can help.
Oct 24, 2024 · Press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo. Hold the watch close to your iPhone and wait for the setup prompt. If it doesn’t appear, tap ‘Add Watch’ in the Apple Watch app and select ‘Set Up for a Family Member.’.
Oct 2, 2020 · Now that the new Family Setup feature allows Apple Watches to work for family members, unleashing the watch from the iPhone a bit, it's suddenly become a way for my kid to get connected.
Sep 15, 2020 · Apple Watch's new Family Setup plan lets you set up an Apple Watch for your child, with parental controls for messaging and location tracking. Here's how it works.
