Your full position, on your wrist.

Why the wrist wins in the field

In the field, getting a phone out is a cost. Your hands are occupied. The phone is in a holster or a pocket under a vest. A foot pursuit is the worst possible time to be tapping a screen. Every second you spend digging for it is a second your eyes are down and your hands are full.

A glance at your wrist is instant. Turn your arm, read your position, keep moving. Your hands and eyes stay where they belong, on the person and the scene in front of you. The watch gives you the answer without ever changing what you are holding or where you are looking.

When you cannot reach for a phone

• Hands full on a contact or a search, with nothing free to hold a phone
• Running, when a phone is the last thing you want in your hand
• Driving, where a glance at your wrist beats a reach across the seat
• Weather and gloves, when a touchscreen turns into a fumble

This is the full readout, not a stripped-down version. The watch shows the same position your phone does, sized for a glance. Look down and you have everything you need to call it in.

At a glance you see your full street address, the nearest cross street, and live latitude and longitude. A true-heading compass points you to true north with directional haptics, so you can hold a bearing without staring at the screen. A GPS-active indicator tells you your fix is good, so you know the numbers you are reading are solid. It is the same position your phone shows, on your wrist.

On Apple Watch Ultra, you can map the Action Button to launch straight into your position. One press on the side of the watch and your location is on screen. No swiping to a watch face, no scrolling through a grid of apps, no waiting. For officers who carry an Ultra, that is the fastest path there is from "where am I" to an answer you can read out loud.