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In Nightstand mode, your Apple Watch can be used as a clock by your bed. When your watch is Use Apple Watch Nightstand Mode, it will show the time, date, and current charge level in full screen. It will also show the time of any alarms you have set. In this way: Most people who have an Apple Watch charge it every night before bed by putting it on a charger.
If so, make sure you don’t miss out on one of the best features of the Apple Watch: nightstand mode. will show you the charging status, the current time and date (in a big, easy-to-read font), and the time of any alarms you’ve set. It uses a green color that won’t hurt your eyes in the middle of the night, and after a minute, the screen goes completely dark.
How to Set up Apple Watch Nightstand Mode
- On your iPhone, open the Watch app
- Scroll down and select General.
- Scroll down to Bedside Mode and toggle it on so that the button is green.
How to Set the Alarm on Apple Watch
- Open the Alarms app on your Apple Watch.
- Select Add Alarm.
- urn the Digital Crown to adjust the time for the alarm
- Select Set once complete.
- To set it to repeat on the same day every week, tap on the set alarm, and you can edit how often it goes off via the Repeat button.
How to Set the Apple Watch Alarm Using Your iPhone
- Open the Clock app on your iPhone.
- Set an alarm by toggling the green switch.
- Open the Watch app.
- Scroll down to Clock and toggle Push Alerts From iPhone so that it’s green.
How Apple Watch Nightstand Mode Works?
When this feature is enabled, and your watch is charging, the screen transforms into a digital bedside clock that displays the current time & date, and alarm. It then goes to sleep and wakes again when you nudge the watch or tap on the screen to view time. Below mentioned are some points that explain more about the feature!
- Your Apple Watch always stays in the bedside mode, whether it’s day or night while charging.
- You can press the Digital Crown or power button to navigate back to the main watch face.
- Along with date and time, it also displays charging status.
FAQs
Hard reset the watch. Power off both the phone and the watch, then power on the phone then the watch. Turn off nightstand mode and then turn it back on. Change the orientation of the watch on the charger.
Bedtime, as previously accessed from the iPad Clock App, has literally disappeared – and is no longer an element of iPadOS. For iPhone, the equivalent function has been relocated to the Health App (this, of itself, is not present on iPad).
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