How to Join an Apple Watch Challenge

Last Updated: May 17, 2021

This wikiHow will teach you how to join and create or share an Apple Watch challenge or Activity. You can use this feature to motivate your friends to complete your Activities or to challenge them in competitions.

Method 1

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Challenging from your Apple Watch or iPhone

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Open the Activity app. The app icon looks like multicolored circles that are identical to Activity rings. Only people with either iOS12 and watchOS 5 can accept and participate in your challenges. These competitions last 7 days and the person with the most points wins.
- You can use the Activity app on either the Apple Watch or the iPhone and the steps are the same.
- To earn points, you need to fill your Activity rings, with a max of 600 points per day.
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Swipe to the Sharing tab. It looks like a stylized "S" in the bottom right corner of your screen.

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Tap a friend. If you don't have friends added, tap the plus sign in the top right corner to find and add some.
- You'll see your friend's activity displayed here.
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Tap Compete. You might have to scroll down to see this option.
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Tap Invite (FriendName). If you want to view the rules of the competition, you can tap View Rules.
- Your friend will see the challenge invite on their Apple Watch.^{[1]
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Method 2

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Joining a Challenge

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Open the Activity app on your iPhone (if you missed the notification on your Apple Watch). If you didn't tap Accept or Ignore from the notification on your Apple Watch, you'll want to find the notification manually in the Activity app.
- The Activity app icon looks like the multicolored circles that represent the Activity rings.
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Tap the Sharing tab. This looks like a stylized "S" that you can find in the lower right corner of your screen.
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Tap your profile picture. You'll see this at the top of the screen with a notification badge.
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Tap Accept. You are now part of the competition, so fill those Activity rings each day to earn points and win the challenge.