How to see your steps on Apple Watch

Apple made a lot of new changes and launched new features with the latest Apple Watch Series 8, Watch SE, and Apple Watch Ultra. However, most watch owners don’t know what exactly the watch can do. If you have an Apple Watch and haven’t tracked your steps earlier, you can now track your steps including distance, and flights climbed, along with daily, monthly, and yearly trends. Here is how to see your steps on Apple Watch.

Track and see steps on Apple Watch

While your Watch tracks your steps automatically whenever you’re wearing it, it also allows you to see your step count. Additionally, the watches come with several features such as Crash Detection, heart monitor, and more. Here is how to see your steps if you would like to track them.

How to track and see steps on Apple Watch

Indeed, your Apple Watch will count your steps automatically while you’re wearing it. However, if you would like to see your steps, here is how to view your progress.

Open the Activity app on Apple Watch
Swipe down or scroll down with the Digital Crown
Your daily steps, distance, and flights climbed will appear at the bottom
You can also swipe down further and tap Weekly Summary for more data
To see steps and related Activity data for another day, you’ll need to use the Fitness app on iPhone (walkthrough below)

Apple Watch doesn’t show your progress on the Watch face, but here is a third-party Complication Lab app for you to see your steps on the Watch face. You can use this application if you want to track your steps on the watch face.

How to track your steps on iPhone

While you can track your progress on your iPhone, there are two ways to view your steps and distance. Here they are:

Daily steps and distance

Open the Fitness app
Choose the Summary tab
Tap the Activity rings at the top
Swipe down to see your steps and distance at the bottom or choose another date by swiping on the Activity rings at the top or tapping the calendar icon