{"id":403997,"date":"2017-09-21T23:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/how-to\/flashlight-watchos-4&amp;post_date=1506017591\/"},"modified":"2017-09-21T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:13:11","slug":"how-to-use-the-flashlight-in-watchos-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/how-to-use-the-flashlight-in-watchos-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Flashlight in watchOS 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>watchOS 4 brings several new features to the Apple Watch, including a new flashlight function that lights up the face of the Apple Watch so you can have an extra light when you&#8217;re digging around in a bag, trying to open a door in the dark, or wherever else you might require a little bit of light.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t put off as much light as an iPhone screen, but it&#8217;s handy in a pinch, especially since it&#8217;s a hands-free light source.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/08\/applewatchflashlightwatchos4-800x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-585307\"\/><br \/>Apple has also designed the flashlight to be a safety feature for runners and bicycle riders. At night, you can turn it on and have it flash, making other people out on the road aware of your presence.<\/p>\n<h2>Accessing the Flashlight<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li\/>\n<li>While wearing the Apple Watch, raise your wrist up to illuminate the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Swipe up from the bottom to bring up the Control Center.<\/li>\n<li>Tap on the icon that looks like a miniature flashlight.<\/li>\n<li>Your Apple Watch display will now light up at maximum brightness.<\/li>\n<li>Close the flashlight by swiping down to dismiss it or by pressing the Digital Crown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Changing Flashlight Modes<\/h2>\n<p>There are three flashlight modes in total &#8211; pure white, flashing white, and red. Changing between them is simple:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li\/>\n<li>With the flashlight active on the initial bright white display, swipe to the left.<\/li>\n<li>This switches the flashlight to the second display mode, which is a flashing black and white.<\/li>\n<li>Swipe to the left a second time to access the red light.<\/li>\n<li>Swipe right again to cycle through modes.<\/li>\n<li>Close the flashlight by swiping down to dismiss it or by pressing the Digital Crown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>watchOS 4 brings several new features to the Apple Watch, including a new flashlight function that lights up the face of the Apple Watch so you can have an extra light when you&#8217;re digging around in a bag, trying to open a door in the dark, or wherever else you might require a little bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":403998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-403997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}