Using an iPhone and Apple Watch to Present

Quick reference

• 00:04 Giving a presentation from your laptop is so 2015.
• 00:08 Okay, that maybe going a little far, but the reality is,
• 00:12 we live in a very mobile world.
• 00:15 With Keynote, and Apple's online cloud service called iCloud,
• 00:18 which we cover in greater detail in another lesson,
• 00:21 we can create a presentation on our MacBook, MacBook Pro, or iMac,
• 00:26 continue adding content to that presentation from our iPad, and then wrap
• 00:30 things up on Keynote for iCloud, which we can access by going to iCloud.com.
• 00:35 When it comes time to delivering that presentation,
• 00:37 we can choose any device to play that slide show on.
• 00:41 But in my experience, the most effective way may just be
• 00:44 using an iPhone in conjunction with an Apple Watch.
• 00:47 Let me explain how this works.
• 00:50 When we initially purchase an Apple Watch, we need to pair it with an iPhone.
• 00:54 This pairing process is what allows us to configure the watch settings,
• 00:58 install applications, and use services like activity to track our motion.
• 01:03 One of the default applications installed on the Apple Watch is a Keynote remote.
• 01:08 This app is a simple remote that allows us to start, advance, rewind, or
• 01:13 end a slide show when using Keynote on our iPhone.
• 01:16 To use our Apple Watch as a Keynote remote,
• 01:18 we first need to open the Keynote file stored on our iPhone.
• 01:22 Once the file is open,
• 01:23 we can now switch over to our Apple Watch where we can launch the Keynote app.
• 01:28 As you can see by this screenshot here, there really isn't a lot to the interface.
• 01:34 To start our presentation all we need to do is press the green play button.
• 01:38 When we do this, our keynote presentation will begin to play on our iPhone.
• 01:43 You'll also notice that our green play button has changed to a blue
• 01:46 advance button.
• 01:48 Tapping this will advance our keynote slide to the next slide or
• 01:51 build just as though we were advancing our slide deck on a traditional computer.
• 01:56 If we want to go back a slide or build, we simply force touch our Apple Watch screen
• 02:01 to reveal a slightly different interface that allows us to either go backward, or
• 02:06 end our slideshow prematurely.
• 02:08 If we choose to end the slideshow, our slide deck will close, and
• 02:12 the show will end.
• 02:13 If we choose to go back,
• 02:15 the interface will adjust again showing us both forward and backward buttons.
• 02:20 We can still choose to end our slideshow by force touching on our screen yet again.
• 02:24 This will reveal the exit slideshow option.
• 02:28 Currently these Keynote remote features are only available to control Keynote for
• 02:31 iPhone, and only the iPhone that we are paired to.
• 02:35 Apple may change that at some point so
• 02:37 that we can control a Keynote presentation on our iPad or even our Mac, but
• 02:41 this presentation actually helps to keep the process really simple for us.
• 02:45 There is zero configuration to get started.
• 02:48 The apple watch has all the information it needs to connect to your iPhone.
• 02:52 Now that we know how to present a Keynote presentation from
• 02:55 our iPhone using our Apple Watch to control the slides,
• 02:58 the question is how do we project our iPhone onto a large screen?
• 03:02 The answer is simple.
• 03:04 Your iPhone has a lightening port on the bottom.
• 03:06 This is where we connect our power cable to charge the device.
• 03:10 This is also where we can connect an adapter that will convert that lightning
• 03:13 port to HDMI, DVI, or even VGA for connecting to a projector or
• 03:18 large display.
• 03:20 One thing to keep in mind is that there is a distance limitation between your iPhone
• 03:24 and Apple Watch.
• 03:25 Depending on circumstances, this is somewhere around 100 meters, or 330 feet.
• 03:30 During the presentation, you want to make sure that you don't exceed that distance,
• 03:34 or you run the risk of losing connectivity to your iPhone.
• 03:38 With the popularity of Apple TV in the home and even in the workplace,
• 03:42 you can also use that to present your slide deck wirelessly.
• 03:45 All we have to do is airplay our iPhone screen to the Apple TV
• 03:49 connected to a large display, then open Keynote, and
• 03:52 use our Apple Watch to control our slide deck.
• 03:55 There are many reasons why you may want to consider this as a valid option for
• 03:58 presenting.
• 03:59 Battery life and the lack of need to carry around a bulky laptop everywhere you go
• 04:04 are two of those reasons.
• 04:05 What's great about this is that it's yet another option to choose from
• 04:09 when it comes time to presenting to a large audience.
• 04:12 This combination of iPhone and
• 04:14 Apple Watch easily replaces the need for a laptop and a handheld presentation remote.
• 04:19 If you have an iPhone and an Apple Watch, I recommend giving this a try right now.
• 04:24 If you don't, stop by your local Apple store to take one for
• 04:27 a test drive to see how easy it is to use this amazing feature.

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