You might have had many different smartwatches before, but none of them is like the Apple Watch. This kind of watch comes with a magnetic charger, with the main goal of making the charging effortless.
When your watch indicates it is time for charging, you connect the USB cord to a power source and place the watch on the magnetic charger head. Ensure you hear the “click” when you put the watch on the charger. All the magnets should be appropriately attached.
It is okay to wonder how to know if Apple Watch is charging and when the watch is fully charged because not everyone has used a magnetic charger before. Let us explain in detail.
How to Know If Apple Watch Is Charging
Plug the Apple Watch into the charger and see if it shows a green lightning bolt on the screen. The circle around the bolt shows how much the battery is charged and how much should be charged until 100%. You can also check the Apple Watch battery via the paired iPhone. Check the battery percentage to ensure the device is charging.
The low battery indicator is a red lightning bolt on the watch’s screen or your iPhone paired devices section. Also, you can see that the battery is low by checking its percentage on the top corner of the watch’s display.
Place the watch on the charger and ensure it clicks. The display should show a green lightning bolt with a circle around it. If the watch is in the Low Power Mode, the icons on the screen will appear yellowish.
At a glance, the green screen will let you know that the Apple Watch is charging. However, checking its battery percentage once or twice is okay to ensure the battery charges. If you are in a different room but want to check if the Apple Watch is charging, just open the iPhone and check the watch on the batteries widget.
Check the Apple Watch battery via your iPhone
You can check your Apple Watch battery using your phone. The only thing to do is to place the “Batteries widget” on your Home Screen. If you have no “Batteries widget” on your iPhone, you can add it by following these steps:
- Swipe right to bring the “Today View” on your home screen.
- Scroll down to the bottom and tap on the “Edit” option.
- A “+” sign appears on the top left corner, which means “Add icon”.
- Tap the plus and type “Batteries widget” on the search bar.
- The widget will appear on the screen, and you can choose one of the different options.
- When you choose an option, tap on the green “Add widget” option at the bottom.
- Drag the widget and place it where you want it to be on the menu.
- Tap on the “Done” option in the top right corner.
On the widget, you will see the battery of your phone and your paired Apple Watch. Both batteries will have a green circle around the icon, pointing to the battery status. Also, you can enhance the widget and make them show the percentage.
When the Apple Watch is charging, a black lightning bolt will appear on the widget’s top of the watch icon.
Bonus tip
You can follow your Apple Watch charging process, battery percentage, and battery status by downloading the BatteryPhone app from the App Store. This app will send you warnings when your Apple devices should be charged or are already fully charged.
So, you will receive a notification on your iPhone when your paired Apple Watch is completely charged so that you can unplug it from the charger.
The BatteryPhone app lets you add the icon on the Apple Watch and even change the icon as you want to.
Read More: Does Apple Watch Come With Charger?
Possible Charging Issues
If there is an issue with the Apple Watch charging, the watch will show a message on the screen saying the charging is not supported. In this case, you should check if the watch is correctly placed on the charger and try some of the following tips:
- Unplug the charging cable from the power and plug it back again, ensuring everything is plugged in correctly to the power outlet.
- Ensure you use the original charging cable that comes included in the Apple Watch package if you charge the watch on a third-party charging stand.
- Ensure you have completely removed the plastic wrap foil from the magnetic charger.
- Clean up the magnetic charger and ensure there is no dirt that may block the charging.
- Change the position of your Apple Watch on the magnetic charger and wait for the green (or yellow) lightning bolt sign to appear on the screen.
- If someone else has an Apple Watch charger at home, try charging your watch on a different charger to see if there is an issue.
Try restarting the device if none of these tips has helped you charge your Apple Watch. To restart the watch, you should press and hold the Digital Crown and side button for a few seconds (until the Apple logo appears on the screen).
Still not charging?
If none of the abovementioned charging methods charge your Apple Watch, contact the Apple company and explain the issue. The service operators will try to help you and guide you on how to fix the issue. The company might send a replacement device or charger if your Apple Watch is brand new.
Also Read: How Long to Charge Apple Watch
Conclusion
This is the very end. We are happy if this short guide has helped you learn how to know if Apple Watch is charging and how to fix the issue if it is not charging at all.
We recommend using the BatteryPhone app to get a notification when to unplug the watch from the charger and extend its battery life.