Poll: *** The official Apple Watch Series 8 thread (it can detect when you crash your car and everything!) ***

[Feek]

Nope, generally normal people have their watch on their left wrist and weirdos (lefties) have it on their right wrist.

Which Hand Do You Actually Wear a Watch? Right or Left?

Is there the correct norm for which hand to wear a watch?

www.gnomonwatches.com

 

[Feek]

I’ve still held out. I’m quite proud of myself.

All these pictures are really causing me to struggle.

I don't need one. I don't need one. I don't need one.

 

[Feek]

But you deserve one...

You're right and I do. See the link in my signature

Do tell what you will do with this data? Flawed science and data at that. If it says you only slept for 5 hours instead of 6 or 7 what will you do? As you can tell it's a pet hate of mine and such massively flawed data. Firstly they are pretty poor at doing the job and secondly the data they are gathering isn't all that useful.

Before the Apple Watch, I used to use a sleep monitoring app on my phone and I stopped that when I got the watch. When I realised that it really was absolutely zero value whatsoever, I stopped wearing my watch to bed.

Thanks for the video, watching it now.

 

[Feek]

Bare in mind you can’t use e-sim back here. Better to just buy it here.

What do you mean? There’s no physical sim for the Apple Watch.

 

[Feek]

Interesting, thank you.

 

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Anyone ever had issues with 'wireless signal too weak for Apple Watch to unlock this Mac'?? I'm trying to work out how they watch directly communicates to the Mac. Is it bluetooth or wifi? I've tried putting them both on the same 2.4 network but presumably it doesn't even communicate through the router anyway as that wouldn't make sense. I know the Mini bluetooth is patchy anyway so maybe that's why it doesn't work half the time?

Ventura 13.3.1 (released today) has this in the release notes as a 'resolved issue'

"- Auto Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch may not work"

 

[Feek]

Pedometer++

I have my steps shown as a complication on the watch and it updates regularly, not quite real time but it certainly doesn't rely on me opening an app on the phone.

 

[Feek]

You know the activity complication on the watch shows the rings and when you scroll down past the graphs, it shows you the steps? You don't need your phone.

Yes but all I wanted was a step count I could see on the face and the activity complication doesn't do that.

 

[Feek]

I think I'd be surprised if it isn't updated.

 

[Feek]

Not been watching the latest Apple stuff but is the series 9 due out soon?

No mention yet, it's normally around late September/October. Also suggestions that the Ultra might be on a longer refresh cycle.

 

[Feek]

Be careful with those, they tend to break at the lugs and then your watch falls on the floor. You either lose it or the screen breaks.

And the cheap ones fade really quickly.

And they don't do the cheap ones in long lengths for us with real man sized wrists

 

[Feek]

much more accurate sensors

Apple appears top of the pack when it comes to sensors and sleep tracking.

When the Apple Watch first came out, there were a lot of people saying that a wrist based heart rate sensor couldn’t be as good as a ‘proper’ chest sensor but this was said as a generalisation without any evidence.

When it was tested, it was found to be very good and totally on-par with more expensive sensors. The trouble is that this incorrect perception has continued kicking around.

I did a direct comparison between my iPhone and a Garmin with a chest sensor and they were pretty much both exactly the same.

 

[Feek]

Is it worth waiting for the series 9 rather than the 8?

Considering the announcement is probably only two to three weeks away, I'd wait.

 

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[Feek]

Its the the first apple watch I have had which has had celluar on it,what are people's opinions is it worth the £7 a month to activate it ?

Depends if you think you're going to use it. When I was still very active and was out and about a lot, I had it on mine. I used it once without having my phone with me so I ended up cancelling it.

What does everyone have on their Ultra Modula watch face?

This is what I'm actually using.

 

[Feek]

Thanks @Feek , how did you get the steps in the bottom right?

It’s a complication from the Pedometer app.

 

[Feek]

Probably nothing. I only wanted it for the complication.