Reading text message on your Apple Watch Series 7 watchOS 8

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See how to read a text message on your Apple Watch. To read a text message, your Apple Watch needs to be connected to your phone.

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Press the Digital Crown.

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Press the message icon.

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Press the required text message.

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Press Text Mess... and record the message.

To use voice input, you need to turn on dictation.

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Press Send.

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Press the required quick reply.

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Press the Digital Crown twice to return to the home screen.