Originally Posted by
Mac Guy One of the problems with wOS3 is the lack of a Contacts or Favorites app for the Watch.
You can respond to a text from the Messages app received on the phone.. I let it live in the Dock to keep it handy. I use Siri to start a text from the Watch. This isn't always convenient, especially of you want to be covert.
I don't know of any other way. I want to see a Favorites app. Maybe on a future update.
When you are in the the Message app on the watch you just need to do a hard press and then select new message.
The new message screen opens and has an Add Contact field. Select that and you can click the icon to access your contact list.
Maybe not the most elegant, but the contact list is accessible.