How to add and share an activity with friends on Apple Watch

The Apple Watch is even better with friends, and you can add others who own one to your list to share activity, stats, and more.

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Having an Apple Watch, one of them, is a great way to focus on your health and fitness and stay on top of notifications like calls, messages, and other apps. But you’ll find Watch to be more motivating when you can share your activity with friends to see how you stack up against each other.

You can see how many points they got each day, what exercises or activities they did, how many calories they burned, exercise and standing, minutes gained, steps, distance and more. It’s really easy to add friends and share your activity (and see theirs) using the Apple Fitness app or even directly from the watch.

How to add a friend from iphone

1. Open the Apple Fitness app on your iPhone (or download it from the App Store if you don’t already have it).
2. Select the Sharing tab at the bottom right.
3. Click on the “+” icon at the top right of the screen.
4. Click on the “+” icon again.
5. You will see a list of suggested contacts for people who own an iPhone and who are in your contact list. Select a name from this list or type a contact’s name or phone number in the To: bar to call them.
6. If you entered a contact’s name or number manually (the person must be in your Contacts), select it when it pops up, and it will turn green.
7. Click Send at the top right.
8. You will now see their name at the bottom of the list under Guests.
9. Once they accept the invitation, they will appear under Share with.
10. Once you’ve added the person to your sharing list, you can tap on any name to view their activity.
11. You can also hide your activity from a contact by selecting Hide my activity and remove a friend at any time. You can also set up contests with them.

How to add a friend from Apple Watch

1. Press the Digital Crown and select the Activity menu.
2. There, you’ll see details about any contests running and existing contacts if you have any.
3. If you’re starting fresh, you won’t see anything there yet. Move the mouse down.
4. Select Invite a Friend.
5. Turn on your contact list and tap on the person you want to invite.
6. As in the app, the person’s name will appear under Invited until they accept and add you.

While sharing activities with others through the watch, whether via Apple Fitness+ or elsewhere, can be a great motivator. Knowing how you compare to your friends, especially those who are your workout partners and can encourage you to work harder to keep up with them, or even surpass them.

For those who are invested in and really serious about their fitness, perhaps even participating in adventurous activities like mountaineering, decathlon and more, the sharing feature can be especially fun and beneficial.

Note that activity sharing on the Apple Watch adheres to privacy requirements, so the information is shared with Apple, which you then share with your friends. But it is only kept for a short period of time. Apple confirms that it will only use this data for the purposes of the sharing feature.