The Apple Watch might be an excellent healthcare assistant and perfectly fit your healthy habits. The watch can follow your activity, weight loss, calories, and heart rate. Such a tiny device with so many functions.
The Apple Watch is simple to navigate and has many features and settings you can adjust to give you the most precise results. You can change the weight, height, age, and other details in a few steps. Start by entering your latest measures to track your goals.
To start the Health program, you must enter information about your current height and weight, mainly in lbs, inches, and feet. So, if you are not so good at measuring your height and weight in US units or want to change the current weight information, follow the guide below and see how to change weight on Apple Watch.
How to Change Weight on Apple Watch
You can change the weight units only by using the app on your paired iPhone. Open the app and type “Current Weight” on the browse tab, then scroll down until you find the “Unit” section. Select the one you prefer. Press the “Edit” option in the “Health details” menu to change the weight by entering a new weight.
Most changes can be made using the iPhone health app since it is synced with the Apple Watch. You can make some changes on the watch, too, but they’re generally made via the application.
How to change the weight
To change the weight on the Apple Watch, open the watch app on your paired iPhone. Then, complete these steps:
- Choose “My Watch”;
- Click “Health”;
- Find the section “Health details” and open it;
- Click on the “Edit” icon (top right corner);
- Tap on the “Weight” option and make the changes;
- Tap the “Done” option (top right corner) to save the changes.
How to change the weight unit
If you want to change the weight unit, use your iPhone “Health” app since the Apple Watch doesn’t have that setting.
- Open the “Health” app on the paired iPhone device;
- In the browse tab, type “Body measurements”;
- Scroll down, and you will see the “Unit” option;
- Click on the “Unit” option and choose the unit from the list that appears on the screen;
Adjustments you can make on the Apple Watch
Manage the units
The Apple Watch settings menu does not offer you a lot. Regarding metric change, you can only adjust the calories, pool length, cycling, running, and walking units. To make these changes, you have to:
- Open the settings menu on the Apple Watch;
- Scroll down to the bottom and choose “Workout”;
- Scroll down in the “Workout” menu and find the “Units of measurement” option;
- Open “Units of measurement,” and multiple options will appear.
The Energy units can be calories, kilocalories, and kilojoules;
The pool length units are yards and meters;
The cycling units are miles and kilometers;
And the running and walking units can be miles or kilometers.
Save battery life during exercising
The Apple Watch might drain its battery faster if you use it for longer. To prevent fast battery draining while hiking, running, or cycling, you can activate the power-saving function on the Apple Watch.
- Open the main settings menu;
- Scroll to the bottom and find the “Workout” section;
- Tap on it and find the “Power Savings” setting;
- Click on the right enable/disable button to enable this setting.
Prevent accidental clicks
You can lock the Apple Watch during your workouts to prevent accidental taps and incorrect measurements of the physical activity (which often happens). To enable this function, you should:
- Press and hold the digital button or swipe the screen left to the right (depending on the Apple Watch model);
- Click on the “Lock device” option.
Temporarily stop the workout tracking
If you want to wear your Apple Watch as an accessory but do not want it to track your activity, you can turn it off for a while. To enable this function, you should:
- Open the main settings on the Apple Watch;
- Scroll to the bottom and find the “Workouts” section;
- Open it and enable the function “Auto Pause”.
Repeat these steps to turn on the tracking and disable the “Auto Pause” feature.
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Adjustments you can make on the Health App
Generally, you can set many settings and features using the Apple Watch app on the paired iPhone device. As we said, you can change the measuring unit from the app but not from the watch.
It is the same with the other measurements, like your height, weight, age, health conditions, etc. You can not change these settings via the watch, but they synchronize with the changes you make using the application.
You can manage your age, weight, height, and gender from the app. Further, you can change the units from lbs to kg, miles to kilometers, etc. Don’t forget to save the changes after editing so they can also appear on the watch.
What if the Apple Watch still shows different units?
If you have recently made some location or measurement changes, the watch might not synchronize them at the exact moment. But, if the changes are still not done on the Apple Watch, try unpairing the device and re-pairing it again.
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Conclusion
It is common to ask how to change weight on Apple Watch because this setting is unavailable on the Apple Watch device. To change the weight and height metrics, you should open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and change it there.
You can change almost all general information and details from the app, not the watch. The Apple Watch settings menu is slightly limited compared to the app’s options, which is why you need your paired iPhone device to adjust the measures.
Good luck with your workout goals!