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Bark Watch Quick Start Guide

Have questions about navigating the Bark Watch? Check out our quick start guide below! 

Choose the instructions for your watch model:

Samsung model

Turn the watch on and off

  • To turn it on, press and hold the Home button, the top right button, for a few seconds.

  • To turn it off, press and hold the Home button, then tap the Power off icon. You can also swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the Power off icon.

Move around the screen

Press the top button to use the watch face as a starting point.

  • To open apps, swipe up from the watch face to reach the Apps screen.

  • To go back, swipe right or press the Back button.

  • To return to the watch face, press the Home button, or swipe down from the top of the Apps screen.

Wake the screen

Do any of these:

  • Press the Home button or Back button.

  • Raise your wrist.

  • Tap the screen.

If raise to wake or tap to wake are off, you can turn them on in Settings > Display > Screen wake-up.

Check notifications

  • Swipe right from the watch face to open the notification panel.

  • An orange dot on the watch face means there is a new notification.

  • To clear a notification, swipe up while you are viewing it.

Open quick settings

  • Swipe down from the top of the screen to open the quick settings panel.

  • Adjust settings like sound, Bluetooth, or turn on power saving mode.

  • Swipe left or right for more settings.

Make a call

  1. Swipe up to open the Apps screen.

  2. Tap Phone.

  3. Tap Keypad to dial a number, or tap Contacts to pick a saved contact.

  4. Tap the Call icon.

Your child may only be able to reach approved contacts. You manage these settings from your dashboard. See Manage the contacts on their Bark Watch.

Apps on the watch

The Samsung model comes with these apps:

  • Phone

  • Messages

  • Contacts

  • Gallery

  • Health

  • Alarm

  • Timer

  • Stopwatch

  • Voice Recorder

  • Calculator

  • Compass

  • Reminder

  • Settings

  • Bark

  • Samsung Knox

If the watch freezes

If the screen stops responding, press and hold the Home button and the Back button at the same time for about 7 seconds to restart the watch.

Tiles and widgets

Tiles are quick-view screens next to the watch face, like weather or steps.

  • To see them, swipe left or right on the watch face.

  • To add one, swipe to the end and tap Add tiles, then pick what you want.

  • To move or remove one, touch and hold a tile, then drag it or tap the Delete icon.

The Now bar

When your child is in the middle of something like a workout or a voice recording and presses the Home button, a Now bar appears at the bottom of the watch face showing that activity. Tap it to jump straight back to what they were doing.

Close all apps

  1. Swipe up to open the Apps screen, then tap the Recent apps icon.

  2. Swipe left or right to move between open apps.

  3. Swipe up on an app to close it, or tap Close all to close everything at once.

Schok model

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