
Mobile optimized sites work the best on the Apple Watch. Where possible, the little Apple Watch browser will use Reader Mode for text heavy websites, so you will see simple, easy-to-view sites with no ads. Complicated websites with a lot of content, such as news sites, can take awhile to load or can refuse to load all together, so simple browsing is best on the Apple Watch. You can't watch YouTube videos, for example, nor will other types of video content load.

Some content will not load on the Apple Watch. It's essentially a full browser that's been miniaturized for the wrist. You can load all kinds of websites on the Apple Watch, from Wikipedia to restaurant sites for finding menus, to airline check-in sites to websites like.


If someone sends you a link to your Apple Watch in the Messages app, you can tap on it to open up a little mini web browser right in the Messages app. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.
