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r/AppleWatch is the community to discuss and share information and opinions about Apple Watch, the smart watch from Apple.

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Rules
  1. No Low Quality/Standard Configuration My Watch posts. Please ensure your My Watch post is clear and well-lit (unless it's a choice), is not a standard configuration (combos you can buy from Apple), and, if possible, provide more than one angle/shot. Do not post images of broken watches without a second purpose (a story, support request, etc).
  2. Follow the support post format. All support posts must contain [Support] in the submission title. Include your watchOS version, iOS version, a clear explanation of the issue, and Steps taken to resolve so far. Contact Apple Support for assistance.
  3. Posts must be relevant to the subreddit. Submissions must be about Apple Watch or Apple Watch related accessories/topics. No “six degrees of Apple Watch”
  4. Non-question posts must foster discussion. a) No low effort submissions or duplicate posts of recent submissions (past 2 weeks). App recommendations questions should be posted in the Joined the Club Megathread. b) Non-Question posts must foster reasonable discussion. c) Low effort activity threads (image of a workout, a badge, etc) must be posted in the Joined the Club megathread.
  5. Do not spam. Spam, such as promotional content designed purely for commercial purposes, cannot be posted. Explicit moderator approval must be received to post giveaways or other content that is promotional. All promotional content must disclose any paid sponsorships. YouTube creators and developers may post their content on Self-Promotion Saturday.
  6. No blog spam/low quality blog links/referral links. No advert-laden, untrusted, or otherwise malicious websites and news sources. Do not post links where you stand something to gain. If you believe a blog you have linked to is not of low quality, message the moderators. (Amazon Smile is permitted)
  7. Common/Frequent Post Do not post screenshots of short activities, such as 10-minute walks. Furthermore, posts that are generic AppleWatch band/case combinations, common AppleWatch configurations or AppleWatch boxes should not be posted. Pictures has to be high quality.
  8. Be respectful to other users. Follow Reddiquette. Do not discriminate against or abuse other members. Breaking this rule will incur a 2-week ban, followed by a permanent ban for repeat offenders. Any attempt to dox users will result in a ban.
  9. Buying advices, pre-orders and shipping posts They belong to the Buying advices, pre-orders and shipping Megathread.

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Abbreviations

Abbreviation Watch
AWA/AWS Apple Watch Aluminium/Sport
SGA/SGS Space Grey Aluminium/Sport
SS Stainless Steel
SB Space Black Stainless Steel
AWE Apple Watch Edition
AWH Apple Watch Hermes
AWN+ Apple Watch Nike+

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Long-time lurker, first Apple Watch post! 😅

Series 10 Aluminum, 46mm in Jet Black 😎

Gonna get a slate Milanese later this month 🎄

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2024/12/01
22:25 UTC

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Apple Watch trained me for the mountains I dreamed of climbing for 13 years

I finally accomplished the fitness goals I dreamed of for over a decade. I went to Arizona and climbed the mountains I hadn’t seen since the 2000s

I booked six months in advance and used Apple Watch to train my way there. I wasn’t in shape when I got it all set up, so I got to it. Cardio, strength training, diet changes, you name it. I turned my whole lifestyle around to prepare for mummy mountain, Piestewa Peak and Camelback Mountain.

I got to Arizona last week and immediately began my power use of the watch.

I hiked the mountains I selected and felt fantastic doing so. The preparations finally paid off.

When I wasn’t climbing I was swimming laps or going on walks to simply enjoy the beautiful landscape. Hours of everyday went towards making the most of the Arizona desert.

I also listened to my body, acknowledged I was 1600 feet above sea level (where I normally live) and didn’t push myself towards a helicopter rescue.

My Series 7 never left my side.

Thank you, Apple Watch, for helping me along the way.

0 Comments
2024/12/01
21:42 UTC

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Why is my wrist temperature not being recorded. 4 months ownership.

13 Comments
2024/12/01
21:32 UTC

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What does this gradient interval mean?

3 Comments
2024/12/01
21:26 UTC

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Planning to return my Jet black to silver

As the title goes. I want to return my jet black s10 42mm and get the Silver. Looks like the silver is much better looking and can easilly match any band color and types. Please help

4 Comments
2024/12/01
21:18 UTC

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New Apple Watch - Need help with some Apps

Hi!
I can't wait to have my new Apple Watch Ultra 2. I'm having a new Christmas present to myself...
It’s the first time I’ll have an watch that has a cellular version and I thinks is a great featur! I’m so anxious to try it out!
I need advice in some apps since I want to use my watch without my iPhone in some circumstances, so I want to be able to get some features.
I want an app to:
1 - Instagram (mainly chat) - lens doesn’t work for me.
2 - Messenger for Facebook - WatchMessage doesn’t work for me. 3 - Facebook - WristWeb is not working for me.
4- Telegram on the watch 5 - Currency converter app (precise one, the Elk app just works with whole numbers and I want with decimals too). 6 - the best Sleeping app tracker to track my sleep (I’ve read that autosleep is not that accurate and it’s not free too).
7 - a good Weather app (free if possible).
8 - the best Steps count app 9 - the best Swimming app 10 - some games to spent some time…

0 Comments
2024/12/01
21:18 UTC

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Does Apple Watch 10 have Blood Oxygen now??

23 Comments
2024/12/01
21:13 UTC

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O2 sensor

Have an Apple 6 watch with 72% battery. I am interested in an Apple 10 watch. My concern is that I monitor my O2 while sleeping since I have pulmonary issues.

Was hoping Apple would have settled the O2 patent dispute with Masimo. Hopefully they will settle soon.

Am wondering if I could wear the Apple 10 watch during the day and the Apple 6 watch while sleeping? If so, how could this be accomplished?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
20:58 UTC

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Apple Watch knows that I’m sick today can I have get well soon prayers 🥲🥲🥲

9 Comments
2024/12/01
20:48 UTC

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Is there a band out there that is a bit smaller than 38mm?

I have such small wrists. I almost wonder if I should have gotten a kid’s watch. The 38mm does work, but a lot of the magnet almost touches the watch face.. so I always wonder about it getting loose. I’d love 36-37mm but I can’t find anything. Most Reddit posts regarding this are pretty old. I’m guessing that the Apple Kid’s watch bands won’t work? Any advice out there?

1 Comment
2024/12/01
20:40 UTC

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My Apple Watch is a Data Source in my Health app, but it doesn't seem like the sync is working properly

So I am looking at the Health app on my iPhone and my Apple Watch is listed as a Data Source. I can click on Apple Watch and see the number of steps my Watch tracked at different times throughout the day.

Today I left my Apple Watch at home so when looking at my Apple Watch it says 0 steps tracked. However my Health app expectedly shows a couple thousand steps. I would have thought that my Apple Watch would have the same number presented on my iPhone.

1 Comment
2024/12/01
20:20 UTC

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I’ve been on google a lot. How much longer will my Apple Watch Series 6 last?

I’ve seen so many varying answers. Some say until 2024, some say it’s fine as long as it will update. I’m not trying to be purposefully dense, but do I have a couple more year with this watch? It was used briefly in 2020-2021, then sat in a closet until a week ago. I know minimal usage doesn’t mean longevity when it comes to tech, but can I just use the thing update free for a while? It did update to 11.

6 Comments
2024/12/01
20:26 UTC

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Question about using phone through Apple Watch.

I’m thinking about getting my wife an Apple Watch for Christmas. We have At&T with her parents phone plan. What would the process be to get her watch on the plan? I want to buy the watch at Walmart.

1 Comment
2024/12/01
19:34 UTC

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New Apple Watch owner

I’m a new Apple Watch user, upgrading from the original Apple Watch (Series 1) to the latest Series 10. The features on the new watch are amazing, but I have some questions about gestures and the Smart Stack.

  1. Gestures: When I use the Double Tap gesture, it opens the Smart Stack screen. I don’t have any widgets in the Smart Stack, and I don’t plan to add any since I already use widgets on my phone. Is there a way to customize the Double Tap gesture to open something else, like Siri, or even an app I prefer?

  2. Smart Stack: Since I don’t want to use the Smart Stack at all, is there an option to completely disable it?

4 Comments
2024/12/01
19:14 UTC

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Is there a way to train sleep tracking?

My Apple Watch thinks I am asleep all day every day, never awake. I have a desk job so I sit at a computer a lot. The only time it seems to track as awake is when I am at the gym or walking. Does anyone know how to fix this? I am hoping for a better answer than editing the tracked sleep every day and deleting a dozen hours of mistracked sleep.

0 Comments
2024/12/01
18:48 UTC

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Sleep App doubts

Two nights ago I forgot to wear my watch to sleep and it still recorded various cycles of sleep, including REM and deep sleep, for 8 hrs

Last night, I went bed at 1230 but it was recording various stages of sleep starting at 9pm

Is the sleep app really so janky and unreliable that it is making up phantom data?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
17:59 UTC

1

Timers...

Is it just me, or is there no way to ask Siri to stop the timer on the Apple Watch? I can set the timer by long-pressing the crown, but when I try to tell Siri to stop it, my phone's Siri responds with "there are no timers" or something similar. Is there a setting to fix this? Also, when you manually set the timer, the watch saves the recent ones. But why can't they be sorted in any way other than by the last time you used a particular setting?

0 Comments
2024/12/01
17:55 UTC

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Apple Watch (8 series ) skips recording wrist temperature after iOS update

So I bought a new iPhone (16 pro), and when connected my watch to it, it asked to update the watch iOS (to 11.1), after that my watch keeps skipping recording wrist temperature every other day. It’s been 2 weeks, not sure if it’s a bug or it’s trying to find a new baseline?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
17:52 UTC

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Apple Watch Ultra 2 setting off store alarms

I just received my apple watch ultra today and wore it for the first time into town. First I went into a few stores without any problems, then i went to a grocery store and the alarm went off when i left. It happened in another grocery store as well. I have had the Apple Watch series 7 and never had that problem.

I have never set off any alarms before, the only new thing on me was my Apple watch ultra? What do i do?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
17:24 UTC

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Question about bands.

I just recently bought the se2 and the band fits around my wrist but is very snug, I’m looking for a more comfortable fit for someone that has a bigger wrist, any recommendations?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
17:20 UTC

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How much do you actually use it?

Hi all, wondering as per the title really. For me, I record my daily walk on it, pay for the odd thing 2 or 3 times a week and (obvs) check the time on it every now and then. Think that’s about it.

You? Thx.

44 Comments
2024/12/01
17:11 UTC

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ECG in health app disappeared?

Help, my ecg in heath app for iwatch is missing… when I look at the data is says deleted app but there is no option to reinstall…I was thinking of deleting the app all together and doing a reinstall but I don’t want to lose my current data. Any suggestions?

3 Comments
2024/12/01
17:09 UTC

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Using while charging

Thinking about getting a Series 7 to use as an unobtrusive turn by turn nav display and media controller in a vintage car. Have never owned or used an Apple watch before, so I’m not sure if it would function off the wrist in the way I’m hoping. Which is basically having to touch it as little as possible, except for when using it as a media controller. Some questions for you guys -

Can I use the watch normally while it’s charging, or will it only show the nightstand mode? I want to have it permanently mounted on a charger in the car so I don’t have to worry about recharging it ever.

Can the always on display be set to deactivate when your phone is out of range? And reactivate when your phone is back in range? Hoping it will, so the watch battery doesn’t die while the car is off.

If I start navigation on my iPhone, can the watch be set to automatically display the navigation guidance? Or will I have to switch it over to the appropriate app. Is the answer different for Google maps vs Apple Maps?

Is the MagSafe charger strong enough to hold the watch (no strap) in a moving vehicle?

Also curious to hear other ways people think it might not work so well or seamlessly in this use case. Thanks

12 Comments
2024/12/01
15:49 UTC

3

My first! Help with go-to settings, please?

6 Comments
2024/12/01
15:42 UTC

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Habbie or Pixsteps

I'm new to the Apple Watch gang, so I'm looking for ways to gamify my activity goals. I came across these apps. Which app is better/more fun, in your opinion? I need help choosing, lol.

View Poll

0 Comments
2024/12/01
15:24 UTC

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S10 titanium - gold or natural?

I’m (53m) getting a s10 titanium and trying to decide on which colour to have - natural or gold.

What would you guys suggest I have?

0 Comments
2024/12/01
14:20 UTC

0

Is the 45mm too large for my wrist?

26 Comments
2024/12/01
14:19 UTC

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Are there any third party apps to detect SPO2 in the USA or is it disabled at the hardware level?

I have sleep apnea and monitoring SPO2 is a key indicator. I'd love to retire my garmin but the SPO2 is the only thing keeping me in their ecosystem. Are there any third party apps that get around the disabled sensor (paid is fine) or is it at the hardware level?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
13:44 UTC

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