Calls, messages and friends on your watch

Answer and make calls, reply by voice or quick reply, and handle friend requests from the watch.

Most of KeyUp’s people features work on the watch, sized for the round screen. On its own, with no phone nearby, the watch shows its own notifications for them too.

Calls

Watch

  1. A call rings full screen with Accept and Decline. An active call has Mute and End.
  2. To call: swipe up, Call someone, or a person’s screen › Call.
  3. A missed call shows as a notification on the watch when no phone is nearby, and under Calls with a call back button.
An incoming KeyUp call from Sam on the watch, with Decline and Accept.
A call rings on the watch.

Messages

Watch

  1. Swipe up, scroll to Actions and tap Messages (“N unread” shows on the chip). In Simple mode, Messages is right in the short list.
  2. Answer with Speak a reply (sent as text), Quick reply or Voice note.
  3. To start a new direct message: Messages › New message and pick a friend, or a person’s screen › Message.
  4. With no phone nearby, a direct message or a mention notifies you on the watch itself, with the room’s Notify me about level and your mutes still applied.
Watch Messages: New message, #dispatch with its last message, and the chat with Sam Ortiz below.
Messages on the watch.

Friends

Watch

  1. Swipe up, tap Friends: Add a friend, My friend code, My friends, and requests and invitations waiting for you.
  2. A new friend request or Space invitation notifies you on the watch when no phone is nearby.
Watch Actions, further down: Friends (Add friends, requests), Remind me and Reminders.
More actions.

Still stuck? Email [email protected]. Tell us your phone and watch model and what you tried.