If you have an upcoming flight or want to cut off your Apple Watch’s signal, knowing how to toggle airplane mode on your Apple Watch is important. Thankfully, there is more than one way to turn off airplane mode on your Apple Watch.
To toggle airplane mode on Apple Watch, turn on your watch and swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Control Center. Then, tap the airplane icon to toggle on/off airplane mode. You can also toggle airplane mode from your iPhone via the Watch app’s general settings.
Airplane mode is an essential feature for any piece of technology you have that can connect to the internet. So let’s get into the topic of airplane mode down to the very basics to help you get the most out of your Apple Watch.
How to Toggle Airplane Mode on Your Apple Watch
To turn on airplane mode on your Apple Watch, first, you need to turn on its screen by either lifting your wrist or tapping the digital crown. Once the screen is on, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Control Center.
The Control Center is a menu that houses a lot of shortcut commands, such as toggling on and off your Wi-Fi and turning on your flashlight. One of these shortcuts is the airplane mode toggle. This icon looks like an airplane, and once selected, it will toggle on or off the airplane mode on your Apple Watch.
The airplane mode icon in the Control Center will be gray if airplane mode is not currently on. If airplane mode is on, this icon will have a yellow color instead.
How to Control Airplane Mode on Your Apple Watch Using Your iPhone
There is a second way to turn on airplane mode on your Apple Watch. If your Apple Watch is connected to your iPhone, you can toggle airplane mode on and off by using your iPhone.
To do this:
- Begin by turning on your iPhone and heading over to the Watch app.
- In the Watch app, select General, and then you should see an option that says Airplane Mode.
- Once you choose this option, you should see a toggle called Mirror iPhone.
- Turn on this toggle, and your Apple Watch will enter airplane mode as soon as you turn it on on your iPhone.
This connection works in reverse as well. With the Mirror iPhone toggle on, you can turn off your Apple Watch’s airplane mode by simply turning it off on your iPhone.
What is Airplane Mode?
You may know that you are supposed to put your electronic devices into airplane mode before you get on a plane, but you may not know what exactly airplane mode does. Nevertheless, airplane mode is a handy feature available on every iPhone and Apple Watch model.
As its name implies, airplane mode’s name comes from its intended purpose. When on an airplane, devices trying to connect to cellular or internet connections can interfere with the cockpit’s equipment.
To avoid this, most devices that can use the internet or cellular data have included a feature that stops these connections.
In simpler terms, airplane mode is a feature that turns off your device’s Wi-Fi and cellular connections.
This feature has uses outside of airplanes as well. For example, if you ever play games on your phone and get tired of all the ads interrupting the game, airplane mode can cause the game to lose its connection to the source of these ads, essentially allowing you to play the game ad-free.