How to get the Apple Watch Earth Day 2026 badge before it’s gone — you can only get it today

If you’re a committed collector of Apple Watch badges, then you’ll know that there’s always a special award available on Earth Day, which you can only earn on the day itself.

Earth Day falls on Wednesday, 22 April this year, so if you want to get hold of the limited edition badge, you need to get moving today, or you’ll miss out.

The first Earth Day badge was made available in 2017, so if you’ve been diligently collecting them each year since then, you definitely don’t want to miss out on 2026’s award.

My own record with the badge is disappointingly spotty — I’ve earned 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023’s badges, but missed out on the others.

How to get the Apple Watch Earth Day 2026 badge

Earning the Earth Day badge is simple — you just have to get active for 30 minutes on the day and record it with your Apple Watch.

You can do this either in the native Workout app or using any app that syncs the workout over to Apple Health — my favorite Apple Watch running app is WorkOutDoors, for example.

Once you’ve recorded the workout, you’ll be rewarded with the Earth Day 2026 badge in the Fitness app, and you’ll also receive some special edition stickers to use in the iMessage app.

If you don’t see the badge and stickers after completing your workout, make sure you synced the info with your iPhone, then try restarting your watch and phone.

Dance your way to another limited edition badge on 29 April

Seven days after you get active on Earth Day, you have the chance to earn another limited edition Apple Watch badge, and this time you’ll have to dance to get it.

You can earn the International Dance Day 2026 award by recording a dance workout with your Apple Watch.

The workout must be 20 minutes long and can be recorded with any app that syncs with Apple Health. Just make sure you record it all in one workout – you can pause and resume, but don’t end the session before 20 minutes is up.

Follow Tom's Guide on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds.

More from Tom's Guide

• Garmin Forerunner 165 vs Apple Watch SE 3: Which entry-level smartwatch wins?
• I walked 5,000 steps with the Garmin Forerunner 570 vs Apple Watch Ultra 3 — and the winner was nearly too close to call
• Garmin’s rumored screen-less wearable just might be the subscription-free Whoop rival I’ve been waiting for