Use Your Apple Watch to Unlock Other Apple Devices

Your Apple Watch does way more than just telling the time and showing notifications; you can actually unlock your Mac and even your iPhone with it.

Of course, besides changing your iPhone and Mac settings, if you want this feature to work, you’ll also need to make sure your Apple Watch is passcode-protected and has Wrist Detection turned on.

Additionally, you must be wearing your Apple Watch, and it must be unlocked for this to work.

Once you change the settings on your Mac, all you need to do is wake it up, and your Apple Watch will unlock it as long as it’s in range. For the iPhone, you’ll still normally unlock your device using Face ID; the Apple Watch only helps out when you’re wearing a mask or your face is otherwise obscured.