Did you know you can add complications to your Apple Watch face and access your favorite apps with a single tap? If you use an app regularly, a shortcut on your watch screen may come in handy. Here's how to change your Apple Watch complications to include a shortcut to an app on your watch face. We'll use the Workout app as an example.

Why You'll Love This Tip:

Add a complication to your watch face to access your favorite apps the fastest way.
Customize your Apple Watch face to include only those apps you use most.

How to Add a Complication to Apple Watch Face

System Requirements

This tip was performed on an Apple Watch 10 running watchOS 11. Find out how to update to the latest version of watchOS.

What are Apple Watch complications? Formally, "complication" is a word taken from the trade of watch-making, where it means any function of a watch face other than time-keeping. In the context of your Apple Watch, complications are one-tap shortcuts to access apps from your watch face. To learn more about your Apple Watch, check out our Tip of the Day newsletter. You can only add complications if you have a watch face that allows for them, such as Infograph or Modular, for example. Once you have set an Apple Watch face that allows complications, here's how to add a complication:

On your Apple Watch, long press the watch face.
Tap Edit.
If you don't already see the Complications menu, swipe left until you see it. Depending on the watch face you are using, it may take one swipe or several.
Tap one of the complication nodes on the watch face to select it. You'll see that each node is surrounded by an outline to make it easier to identify. When you tap on your chosen complication node, that outline will briefly turn green before the screen changes to the next menu.
Swipe up and down or turn the Digital Crown until you find the complication you wish to add. If the old complication was in a category with multiple complication options, like Weather, you might have to tap the back button first to see all the options.
Tap on Workout.
You'll be shown a preview of what that complication node will now look like with the Workout app icon. Tap it to replace the existing complication.
Press the Home button on the Digital Crown to exit the Complications menu, then press it again to finish. You should see that your watch face is updated to include the Workout app icon.

Now you know how to add Complications on Apple Watch and you can go straight to the Workout app from your watch face!

Pro Tip

If you love complications, you may be on the hunt for the Apple Watch face with the most complications. This would be Infograph face, which allows up to eight. You can add other app complications to your Apple Watch face as well! Some of the best Apple Watch complications are made by third-party apps.

Now you can go straight to your app of choice from the watch face! For me, it makes accessing the app much faster, which is ideal when I'm in a hurry. Don't forget that you can have several watch faces saved for different purposes. Next, learn how to change your Apple Watch faces by swiping on your display.