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How to activate Night Mode on the Apple Watch Ultra

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Apple’s biggest wearable is now on shelves and it comes packing a load of features you won’t find on the Series 8. One such feature the Apple Watch Ultra packs is a Night Mode, and here’s how to enable it.

Designed for athletes, hikers, divers and more, theApple Watch Ultrais a wearable designed for a Pro audience and as such, it comes packing some extra features that aren’t on other Apple wearables.

A standout feature is the Night Mode, a new setting that makes a particular watch face much easier to read in the dark. However, enabling the option isn’t immediately obvious. If you’re stuck, this guide will help.

What you’ll need:

What you’ll need:

The Short Version

Step1

Select the Wayfinder watch face

First off you’ll need to make sure you have the Apple Watch Ultra-exclusive Wayfinder watch face enabled. To do this, long press on the wearable’s display and choose Wayfinder from the list of available faces.

Step2

Rotate the Digital Crown

Once Wayfinder is enabled, rotate theDigital Crownuntil the colours from the watch face are replaced by red.

Step3

Night Mode has been enabled

Once the watch face has turned completely red, you’ll know you have now enabled Night Mode on the Apple Watch Ultra. This makes it much easier to read in dark situations.

Troubleshooting

No, this only works when you’re looking at the Wayfinder watch face.

To turn the Night Mode off, simply rotate the Digital Crown in the opposite direction and the colours will appear once again.

This is an exclusive Apple Watch Ultra feature.

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