Skip to main content
The Steps Apple Watch app gives you quick access to your daily steps, weekly trends, and workout history right on your wrist.

Watch Views

Apple Watch Today view
The app is organized into vertical pages you swipe through:

Today

Your main view showing:
  • Current step count
  • Distance walked
  • Calories burned
  • Goal progress bar (color changes when goal is met)
  • Current day and date

Week

Weekly step overview with:
  • Total or average steps (toggleable)
  • 7-day bar chart
  • Dashed goal line for reference

Month

Monthly step data with a summary of your activity for the current month.

Workouts

A list of your recent workouts showing:
  • Workout type and name
  • Duration
  • Date
Tap any workout to see more details.

Workouts on Apple Watch

Apple Watch workout metrics
You can start and track a workout right from your wrist — no iPhone needed.

Starting a Workout

  1. Open Steps on your Apple Watch and tap Start Workout
  2. Choose a workout type:
    • Outdoor Walk / Indoor Walk
    • Outdoor Run / Indoor Run
    • Outdoor Cycle / Indoor Cycle
    • Hike
The workout begins immediately and your watch keeps tracking even if your iPhone isn’t nearby.

Live Metrics

During a workout, your watch shows the elapsed time along with a 2×2 grid of live stats:
  • Heart Rate (bpm)
  • Calories burned (kcal)
  • Distance covered
  • Pace — or Speed for cycling

GPS Route

Outdoor workouts record your route with GPS so you can review the path you took afterward in the Activity Detail view.

Mirroring to iPhone

When your iPhone is nearby, an active watch workout mirrors to your phone in real time — live metrics update on the phone as you move. If your iPhone is out of range, the watch records the complete workout on its own and syncs it once you’re reconnected.

Complications

Watch complications
Add Steps data to your watch face with three complication types:
ComplicationWatch Face StylesShows
StepsInline, Circular, Rectangular, CornerDaily step count and progress
StreakRectangularCurrent streak and weekly progress
Step GoalCircular, CornerSteps with goal progress gauge

Adding Complications

  1. Long-press your watch face
  2. Tap Edit
  3. Swipe to the complication slots
  4. Select a slot and choose a Steps complication
  5. Press the Digital Crown to save