How to set your Apple Watch to tap the time on your wrist in watchOS 10

This section gives you step by step instructions on how to have the time tapped out on your wrist in watchOS 10, with pictures of the screens to help.

1. Press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch. If your apps are displayed as icons, tap the Settings icon . If your apps are displayed in a list, scroll down and tap Settings.

2. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap Clock.

3. On the Clock screen, scroll down and tap Taptic Time.

4. On the next screen, tap the toggle switch for Taptic Time to turn it on. 

5. Choose the tapping method for indicating the hours and minutes from:

6. To change how quickly your watch taps the time, open the Accessibility settings (press the Digital Crown > then tap Settings (see step 1, above)  > then tap Accessibility)

7. Scroll down to the Taptic Time Speed section. Tap the Tortoise button (on the left) to slow down the speed at which taps occur. Tap the Hare button (on the right) to speed up how fast taps occur.

8. Touch and hold the very bottom of the screen until the Control Centre indicator appears. Drag this up to open the Control Centre.

9. Tap the Bell icon to put your Apple Watch into silent mode - the bell icon will turn red and have a line through it.

10. When you are happy with your settings, you can return to the clock face by pressing the Digital Crown. 

11. Touch and hold two fingers on the watch face to activate Taptic Time.

12. Taptic Time doesn't work if your watch is set to always speak the time - i.e. the time is read allowed when your touch and hold two fingers on the screen, regardless of whether silent mode is active.

To change this setting, open the Clock settings, as above, and scroll down to Speak Time. You can either tap the toggle switch for Speak Time to turn it off completely or tap Control with Silent Mode so that Taptic Time takes precedence when your watch is in silent mode.