An Apple Watch wrist experiment

If you have an Apple Watch on your wrist, try this experiment:

  • Make sure your Apple Watch is unlocked and paired to your iPhone.
  • Unlock your wristband, making sure your Apple Watch stays in contact with your wrist.
  • Slide your opposing wrist under your other wrist, then quickly drop your Apple Watch from one wrist to the other.

If you do this quickly enough, your Apple Watch will stay unlocked and you can transfer from one wrist to another.

I was thinking about Apple Pay and the possibility of using Apple Pay via Apple Watch at an ATM. If someone robbed you, took your iPhone and was able to take your Apple Watch without unlocking it, would they be able to go on an Apple Pay spending spree?

If you have Find My iPhone enabled, that’s a very solvable problem.