texting on apple watch

By Paige, 16 January, 2026

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watchOS and Apple Watch Apps

Hi! I just got an apple watch SE, running the latest version of watch OS, and I am having a hard time texting on it. The only 2 input methods I can seem to find are scribble and dictation. I tried dictation, but as soon as I hit the button to start dictating, I lose voiceover speech and can't find the button to stop it. If I try using the magic tap on the watch screen, it acts like I'm doing magic tap on my phone, which is very frustrating. Is there a way to stop this from happening, or even better, a way to use the little onscreen keyboard for texting like you can when inputting your passcode? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

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By Holger Fiallo on Friday, January 16, 2026 - 21:27

When you go to message, slide to edit, and the letters will show up. Also you can use siri to send message in the watch. Long live cats.

By Paige on Friday, January 16, 2026 - 22:49

in the message field I just see delete, input method, cancel and send, and the only option under edit is undo