Apple Watch

“As a non-user who will talk with people wearing Apple Watches, I disagree being recorded and my conversations with the watch owner summarized.”

“Having a device listen to your conversations for you, so that you can avoid the hassle of having to ask someone to repeat themselves”

“Once I started to wear my watch at night, and seeing the sleep stats, I actually felt a stronger push to force myself to bed early.”

“My conversations with friends would be vastly different if I knew at any second they could push a button and get a transcript”

“it’s hamstrung by its software and being forced to be anchored to an iPhone to be activated just makes it unsuitable as a primary device”

“The video demo is so strange. A waitress spoke too fast - just act like a normal person and politely ask them to repeat themselves”

“Apple Watch for Kids has a parent's phone configure the watch in proximity initially, then does most things via sync thereafter”

“My apple watch ais the only one that goes out of it's way to make sure I know my steps for the day, and is always "accurate".”

“Advanced health tracking is when my Apple Watch watched my activity versus heart rate over time and warned me it saw signs of hypertension”

“It helpfully points the direction and distance, so even if I cannot hear the phone ding I know how to get close enough.”

“The more power user things I do would be to change the complications on my Apple Watch to keep it in context such as AQI”

“I love my Apple Watch. Alerts mean I don't look at my phone which means I don't unlock it and get sidetracked.”

“My Apple Watch is set up by default to assume any 15-minute walk is a "workout" and interrupt me to ask if I wanted to record it.”

“AssistiveTouch for for Apple Watch (2021), which ultimately drove the requirement for a faster low-power Neural Engine”

“ECG stopped working reliably after the battery replacement, but otherwise the watch should be good for another few years”

“Of all the Apple Watch's many failings (such as its hilariously bad transcription) I've never had Apple Pay not work flawlessly on it.”

“they've managed to make WatchOS some weird nightmare of distractions and things I need to actively shut off on my phone, and I've grown very tired of it.”

“The notifications caused me to be way too connected to my phone, and the "tracking" aspects of it were kind of useless to me.”

“the G-shock, the Garmin watches, or the Apple Watch run circles around mechanical watches in terms of functionality”

“I do kind of envy my apple watch friends who can track our rowing pace and pay for coffee without a phone”

“So the Apple Watch was originally launched as a luxury product and that just never made sense for an electronic product.”

“I’ve disabled all activity notifications. It actually helps me avoid the phone on other type of notifications.”

“I'm up to my third, I always wear it while I sleep, I only charge it when I'm getting ready for bed or getting ready in the morning, and the battery never runs out.”

“the watch really proves what can be done with it when it is a fundamental part of the hardware and the OS can be built around it”

“having an Apple Watch quietly collect useful data over years and store it in a database has been immensely useful”

“it's given me some really great insights into when I'm hitting the red zone and need to dial back training”

“Apple Watch is pretty poor at estimating VO2 max and it seems to be more correlated with how often you record exercises with said watch”

“The trick with the vo2 max measurement on the apple watch though is that the person can not waste any time during their outdoor walk”

“These findings indicate that Apple Watch VO2 max estimates require further refinement prior to clinical implementation.”

“Apple has published validation data showing the Apple Watch's estimate is within 1.2 ml/kg/min of a lab-measured Vo2Max.”

“It works for me. I know whatever is on my phone will be there when I get back to it and in the meantime I know if I'm getting an urgent message or not.”

“I really like some of the health features on Apple Watch. But I won't buy it because I don't want it to be my watch”

“if you tell your Apple Watch you have AFib, it will take many more measurements of your HRV, making the value much more accurate”

“continue to drag the industry kicking and screaming into some sort of minimum expectation of performance and efficiency”

“Siri on your wrist for setting timers and replying to messages with voice, completely hands free, was the killer app that everyone agreed on.”

“the battery life of the Apple Watch 11 is not that bad. It typically lasts more than 48h for me and charges very quickly.”

“I used to start running/walking workouts from the Apple Watch telling Siri something along the lines of "let's get running!"”

“The problem is no other third party is able to make a smartwatch that competes on an level playing field with the Apple Watch on Apple Devices, because Apple locks them out.”

“the Apple Watch killer feature is a bit embarrassing... it's the button that makes your phone ring so you can find it”

“Apple Watch's killer feature is the alarm. It is so much more pleasant to be woken up silently by your watch vibrating than your phone beeping.”