Buttons and touch operations on your HUAWEI watch

Up button

Operation	Feature
Rotate	In Grid mode: Zooms in and out on app icons and app names on the app list screen. In List mode: Scrolls up and down on the app list and details screens. In an app: Scrolls up and down on the screen. To enter Grid or List mode, go to Settings > Watch face & home > Home.
Press	When the screen is off: Turns on the screen. If you'd like to extend the screen-on time, press the Up button again to enter the app list, go to Settings > Display & brightness, and adjust the settings for Sleep (always taking effect) and Screen on (taking effect only once). When home screen is displayed: Takes you to the app list screen. When any other screen is displayed: Returns to the home screen. Mutes incoming Bluetooth calls.
Double-press Available only on the HUAWEI WATCH 3, HUAWEI WATCH GT 4, and HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series.	When the screen is on: Takes you to the recent tasks screen to view all running apps.
Press multiple times Available only on the HUAWEI WATCH 3 and HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series.	Launches emergency SOS when pressed five times in quick succession.
Press and hold	Powers on the watch. Takes you to the restart/power-off screen. Forcibly restarts the watch when pressed and held for at least 12 seconds.

Operations differ during calls and workouts.

Down button

HUAWEI WATCH GT 4 Series, HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series, HUAWEI WATCH GT 3 Series, HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner, and other models:

Operation	Feature
Press	Opens the Workout app by default. You can also customize what the Down button does, by performing the steps below: Press the Up button to enter the app list, and go to Settings > Down button. Select an app for your custom setting. Once you're done, return to the home screen and press the Down button to open the app.
Touch and hold Available only on devices that support ECG.	Supports ECG measurements, with a touch-and-hold on the Down button which includes an electrode. During the measurement, keep still, breathe evenly, and avoid speaking. Keep your finger in proper contact with the electrode (Down button), but avoid pushing too hard on it.
Press and hold	Wakes up the voice assistant. This feature is available only when your watch is paired with a HUAWEI phone running EMUI 10.1 or later.

Operation

Feature

Press

Opens the Workout app by default.

You can also customize what the Down button does, by performing the steps below:

Press the Up button to enter the app list, and go to Settings > Down button.
Select an app for your custom setting. Once you're done, return to the home screen and press the Down button to open the app.

Touch and hold

Available only on devices that support ECG.

Supports ECG measurements, with a touch-and-hold on the Down button which includes an electrode.

During the measurement, keep still, breathe evenly, and avoid speaking. Keep your finger in proper contact with the electrode (Down button), but avoid pushing too hard on it.

Press and hold

Wakes up the voice assistant.

This feature is available only when your watch is paired with a HUAWEI phone running EMUI 10.1 or later.

HUAWEI WATCH D2 Series:

Operation	Feature
Press	Launches an individual blood pressure measurement by default. You can also customize what the Down button does, by performing the steps below: Press the Up button to enter the app list, and go to Settings > Down button. Select an app for your custom setting. Once you're done, return to the home screen and press the Down button to open the app.
Press and hold	Wakes up the voice assistant. This feature is available only when your watch is paired with a HUAWEI phone running EMUI 10.1 or later.

Operation

Feature

Press

Launches an individual blood pressure measurement by default.

You can also customize what the Down button does, by performing the steps below:

Press the Up button to enter the app list, and go to Settings > Down button.
Select an app for your custom setting. Once you're done, return to the home screen and press the Down button to open the app.

Press and hold

Wakes up the voice assistant.

This feature is available only when your watch is paired with a HUAWEI phone running EMUI 10.1 or later.

HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series:

Operation	Feature
Press	Displays the Workout, Health Glance, and Phone apps by default. You can also customize what the Down button does, by performing the steps below: Press the Up button to enter the app list, and go to Settings > Down button. Select apps for your custom setting, by touching the Settings icon and then adding or removing apps. Once you're done, return to the home screen, press the Down button to access the customized apps, and select one as needed. This feature is available only when the watch works in Standard mode. A maximum of three apps can be accessed by pressing the Down button.
Double-press	Opens the Wallet app.

Operation

Feature

Press

Displays the Workout, Health Glance, and Phone apps by default.

You can also customize what the Down button does, by performing the steps below:

Press the Up button to enter the app list, and go to Settings > Down button.
Select apps for your custom setting, by touching the Settings icon and then adding or removing apps.
Once you're done, return to the home screen, press the Down button to access the customized apps, and select one as needed.

This feature is available only when the watch works in Standard mode.
A maximum of three apps can be accessed by pressing the Down button.

Double-press

Opens the Wallet app.

Operations differ during calls and workouts.

Shortcuts

Operation	Feature
Press the Up and Down buttons at the same time	Takes a screenshot and uploads it to your phone Gallery. Only available on certain wearable products. Make sure the watch and phone are properly connected via Bluetooth.

Touch operations

Operation	Feature
Touch	Chooses and confirms.
Touch and hold	On home screen: Changes the watch face. On a watch feature card: Accesses the card management screen.
Swipe up	On home screen: Shows notifications.
Swipe down	On home screen: Opens the shortcut menu and status bar. You can enable or disable Do Not Disturb and Sleep from the shortcut menu. You can view the remaining battery level and Bluetooth connection status in the status bar. You can quickly launch an app from the shortcut menu by touching and holding down on its icon. (Available only on certain watch models such as HUAWEI WATCH GT 4 Series and HUAWEI WATCH GT 3 Series.)
Swipe left	On home screen: Accesses the custom feature cards.
Swipe right	On home screen: Enters the HUAWEI Assistant·TODAY screen. On any app's screen: Returns to the previous screen.

Turning off the screen

Lower or rotate your wrist outwards, or use your palm to cover the screen.

For some watches, the screen turns off only when you use your palm to cover the watch home screen.
The watch will automatically sleep without operation for a period of time.

Turning on the screen

Press the Up button once to wake the screen.
Raise your wrist to wake the screen.
HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series and HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series:

To use this feature, enter the app list on your watch, go to Settings > Accessibility > Gestures, and make sure Raise to wake is enabled. Follow the same path if you want to disable the feature.

HUAWEI WATCH GT 3 Series and HUAWEI WATCH GT 4 Series:

This feature is enabled by default. To disable it, open Huawei Health, navigate to the device details screen, touch Device settings, and toggle off Raise to wake.