One thing we didn't manage to touch on in our otherwise comprehensive Apple Watch and Watch OS review is the backup and restore process—what you'll need to do if you ever switch watches or iPhones. Yesterday, Apple released a new support document outlining just how the backup process works, what gets backed up, what doesn't get backed up, and when it gets backed up.
Apple says the watch is automatically backing up to your iPhone, but if you really want to be sure you have a current backup, a fresh one is created when you unpair your watch from your phone (as long as your watch is within range of your phone when that happens). That backup is stored locally on your phone, which means that it gets backed up to iCloud or iTunes along with the rest of your phone's data. If you back up your iPhone and then restore that backup on a new one, the Apple Watch data will come with it.
The backup includes "general system settings" like your watch face and haptic settings, your language and time zone, settings for the Mail, Calendar, Stocks, and Weather apps, and "app-specific data and settings." If you back up to iCloud or use encrypted local iTunes backups, your Health and Fitness data and achievements will also be stored—so far Apple has erred on the side of caution when dealing with health information, and it apparently doesn't want to risk unencrypted health data falling into the wrong hands.
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