If so, in what way?
I was in several car accidents in the past. Both at 80-100 kms. The first time I did find my phone and called 911 my phone was very close to dead and I was lucky enough to send a text to my mom of which hospital I would be at before it died. I now had ptsd nightmares of car accidents but the worst part is my phone dying in the dream and I can’t get help. I wouldn’t go anywhere without my phone fully charged after. Getting this watch has taken away that anxiety. It has given me a plan b If my phone were to die or be smashed. I personally think it’s worth it just for having that feature
Helps me track more accurately the steps and you could argue I’m a little bit healthier if I aim for 10k steps / day instead of sitting on my butt all day
It’s nice to track my resting heart rate, especially before and after betablockers.
More convenient when looking at my notifications when phone’s away / I’m driving.
Once when I was boxing it asked me if I took a fall and wanted to call 911 :)
So pretty much just a luxury , haha
It has helped me get a good indication of my heartbeat and helps me tack sleep, which in tone helps my GP gain some insights in to my health. But besides that I would actually prefer to go back to a normal watch.
(M23YO) Not super useful in everyday life, I can always use my phone instead. I’d say if you’re not doing sport, it’s just a gadget. If you are though, it’s a great piece of gear, totally worth it for training.
I should have just bought the cheap Amazfit BIP again instead of my Apple Watch series 8.
It has definitely been an important part of my health. I use it for working out and although the Fitbit does the same, I genuinely love my Apple Watch.
Yes my Apple Watch tracks my health activities- I love having the metrics. It motivates me to exercise and be healthier.
It encourages me to do more on the days I might not want to. So I suppose that is an improvement.
Massive health benefits for me
Exercise everyday, track bike workouts, strength training, walking
Tracking Hrv trends, resting heart rate and sleep
To say nothing of productivity
Other watches are hedonistic luxuries, not the Apple Watch
Btw. is it possible to mute all notifications, while i’m on my iphone or macbook and only have them on the watch, when im not on the phone or macbook? I guess not? Kinda annoying to have them everywhere.
Yeah! You can have the watch notifications “match” your phone. So if you swipe one away on one device, the other will also update.
There’s also focus mode settings you can play with
Uh nice, do i have to set that up?
// nvm it already works like that. cool.
I guess i have to limit the incoming notifications. I hate them :DYou can also specify which apps can send notifications which is nice! I just have a handful turned on
Yeah I never realized how much spam I’m subscribed to that floods my phone. Hits different when you get tapped by the watch to look at it 😒
The notification is designed to only appear in the “active” device. So if you’re using your phone, the notification appears there. If your phone is locked, the notification goes to the watch. I find the mac notification a bit weird in this aspect, but the ones between iphone and apple watch will work as you describe.
More info here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204791
It’s an integral part of my fitness tracking/health/accountability!
braided loop and sleep tracking helped me keep an eye out for my sleep schedule. I’ve been able to use sleep tracking data to adjust my daily routine and diet and I’ve been feeling better every day.
It made me enjoy running at least a bit. With music
The Apple Watch lets me get notifications so I can leave my phone on silent without missing anything important. That’s literally the entire reason I have one. Aside from that, setting timers with Siri when I do laundry and looking at the time, I literally actively, I do nothing else with my AW.
Passively, it lets me unlock my phone and MacBook when I’m using them and that is awesome.
Definitely nice for sleep and fitness tracking and seeing reminders without taking my phone out, but by far my number one use for it is Apple Pay. So convenient to just tap my wrist to the card reader. Makes way more sense to me than using my phone. At that point there’s not much difference in just pulling out my wallet.
