8 Best Apple Watch Accessories (2026): Bands, Chargers, and More

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• Best Sport Band

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  When you bargain your Apple Watch, you get to take which band you get astatine checkout. Both WIRED exertion Adrienne So and I find textile and metallic (stainless alloy oregon titanium) bands to beryllium much comfy and fashionable than fluoroelastomer bands, which thin to beryllium rigid and tin irritate your skin. I emotion the Nike Sport Loop truthful overmuch that it's been my mundane set for six years, and I ended up buying it successful 2 colors: navy bluish and black. Made from recycled polyester, Spandex, and nylon, it's soft, breathable, and casual to hand-wash. The Velcro propulsion tab makes it arsenic adjustable arsenic a set tin get, and it's casual to fasten with 1 hand. Apple doesn't advertise immoderate h2o resistance, but I've swum with it aggregate times; aft rinsing it disconnected and letting it aerial dry, it looked marque new. The yarn is reflective if you're moving astatine night, though it is subtle.

  It comes successful 5 colors and 3 lawsuit sizes, which makes it compatible with astir versions of the Apple Watch. If you're buying for a leather band, Konsu NYC makes a gorgeous strap, too. For much recommendations, cheque retired our Best Apple Watch Bands guide. —Boutayna Chokrane

• Best Charging Stand

  

  Belkin

  3-in-1 Qi2 Charging Stand

  Even though Apple has markedly improved the artillery life connected the Apple Watch successful 2025, it inactive won't past for longer than 24 hours connected a azygous charge. If you person an iPhone, AirPods, and an Apple Watch, a 3-in-1 charging station keeps everything organized, reduces cablegram clutter, and ensures your devices are ever charged and acceptable to go. WIRED reviewer Simon Hill—who specializes successful smartphone accessories—says the Belkin 3-in-1 Qi2 Charging Stand is the champion wealth tin buy. Thanks to its Qi2 certification, it tin fast-charge an Apple Watch Ultra and Series 7 oregon newer, but it's compatible with each Apple Watches. Hill besides appreciates the chrome aesthetic of this peculiar stand; it's a tree-like basal that suspends 2 gadgets successful midair (MagSafe-compatible), with a spot for the AirPods lawsuit connected the circular band. —Boutayna Chokrane

• Best Portable Charger

  

  Anker

  MagGo Power Bank for Apple Watch

  A fully-charged Apple Watch should past each day, but since I don't ever retrieve to apical it up, I ever transportation a powerfulness slope for backup erstwhile I'm out. WIRED reviewer Simon Hill says the compact Anker MagGo Power Bank is the champion portable Apple Watch charger. It tin present 5 watts and supports Nightstand mode. It has a 10,000-mAh artillery capacity, and its built-in USB-C cablegram and USB-C larboard connection up to 30 watts to your telephone oregon tiny device. Plus, it comes successful white, black, teal, and pinkish for whimsy. —Boutayna Chokrane

• Best Apple Watch Case

  

  Unlike a phone, a ticker is worn connected your wrist, truthful each millimeter of existent property counts. If each you privation is simply a thin, affordable, and charismatic bumper that volition support your ticker from bumps and bangs passim the day, this is my favorite. It's made from a matte thermoplastic urethane (TPU) that is highly bladed and fits a 41-mm ticker well. The acheronian greenish colour I tried is good represented by the images connected the website. However, reviews accidental the lighter colors amusement ungraded precise easily, truthful I would instrumentality with darker shades.

  ★ Alternative: The Spigen Thin Fit ($15) is besides a precise nice, minimal case. But it's a spot pricier, and the integrative is not arsenic brushed to the touch. —Adrienne So

• Best Screen Protector

  

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  Apple Watch Screen Protector

  As with straps, the champion protector is not ever the brand-name enactment oregon the astir costly one. I tried surface protectors from Spigen and Zagg, but erstwhile I pushed oregon pulled a lawsuit connected implicit them, the bladed films peeled disconnected oregon bubbled astir instantly. This surface protector—also made from TPU—was casual to use and looks invisible erstwhile it's on.

  I peculiarly similar the tiny rubber installation pad, which held the ticker overmuch much securely than different installation plates. Even if it's reasonably casual to use, I urge watching the abbreviated instructional video earlier putting the surface protector on. Don't worry—if you messiness up, it includes respective replacements. —Adrienne So

• Best Band Storage

  

  Twelve South

  TimePorter Watch Band Wall Mount

  Even the astir restrained and minimalist among america astir apt person astatine slightest 2 bands: a nylon athletics loop for mundane wear, and a titanium oregon alloy set for erstwhile you person to formal up.

  You could ever support your spare bands successful a shoebox connected your dresser, but I truly similar this hanger from Twelve South. The partition equine is incredibly casual to install—just marque definite you're not hanging it upside down and instrumentality it connected your wall. The bands slot neatly successful a compressive groove astatine the top. Each holder fits up to six bands, but you tin easy adhd much if your postulation is bigger than mine. —Adrienne So

• Best Earbuds

  

  Not lone are the Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 the champion workout earbuds if you person an Apple Watch, but they are besides the best workout earbuds, period. They adjacent person a bosom complaint show that's built disconnected the 1 utilized successful the Apple Watch. If you already ain an Apple Watch, this diagnostic is superfluous, arsenic iOS volition prioritize the Apple Watch's much blase readings implicit the earbuds. But if you tally with third-party fittingness apps similar Nike Run Club oregon Peloton, you volition find the other information useful.

  On apical of that, the buds are brainsick comfortable, dependable great, person fantabulous sound canceling, and person astir of the aforementioned Apple-exclusive features, similar hands-free Siri (no Adaptive Audio, however, sad). The lawsuit besides sports wireless charging and, dissimilar galore of Apple's different products, it comes successful bright, amusive colors. Our trial portion is Electric Orange, but I find the Hyper Purple to beryllium conscionable arsenic good. —Adrienne So

• Best Workout App

  

  I americium guessing you wanted an Apple Watch successful portion due to the fact that you needed a fittingness tracker. Most large fittingness apps enactment connected the Apple Watch, similar Strava, Peloton, oregon Nike Run Club. However, if you're firmly ensconced successful the Apple walled garden, the champion fittingness app is astir apt Apple's Fitness+, which seamlessly interacts betwixt the Watch, the iPhone, and the Apple TV+.

  I similar it chiefly due to the fact that it's included with my family's Apple One subscription, but it's besides incredibly convenient. There is present coaching for outdoor walks and runs (although determination is different Apple app I usage for this, which is Podcasts). The workouts are non-intimidating, and a batch of them are precise short. Those 5 minutes erstwhile I was not responding to your Slack? I was astir apt doing a five-minute halfway workout! Sorry, it's conscionable hard for maine to beryllium still! For much fittingness apps and services, cheque retired our roundup. —Adrienne So