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Definitely helps me daily.

The Apple Watch has definitely improved my life. I use it to track my sleep, which helps me determine lifestyle choices that harm my sleep quality. I also use it to track my heart rate, which better equips me to handle my anxiety. Finally, the Activity Rings have wonderfully gamified my fitness, which has been a tremendous benefit for my executive dysfunction.

It’s just made me more conscious about my activity levels and sleep quality. Gentle reminders that I haven’t moved much today. I also realized that my heart rate when riding the jam packed subway was really elevated after it gave me warnings, so I started going to work earlier for a more stress free ride and getting a seat on the train.

Hedonistic luxury. But, still enjoying it.

It only improves my sports life but in every other situation it‘s just hedonistic luxury

%100 improved. I was against using arm bands but found out that it is very easy comfortable.

Sleep watch, Bluetooth speaker remote control, health apps, Siri features really helped.

Both. Do I need an Apple Watch? No. Therefore I see it as a luxury. Do I LOVE having an Apple Watch? FUCK YES. And I say so because it does improve many aspects of my life. It’s essentially an extension of the iPhone—a shortcut if you will. Being able to glance to check email, messages, pick up a phone call, send a message, invoke Siri, get directions, check weather, etc etc etc., it’s a nice luxury. And yeah, like many others have stated, it also motivates you to stay fit. I’m sure other wearables can accomplish this, but having all this within the apple ecosystem is convenient.

O2 sat, ecg, impact detection all make it worth it health wise. Workout tracking is great, not having to pull my phone out for everything is lovely.

Mine is a mostly my alarm since it just vibrates to wake me up, and reading text quick…

I got my Apple Watch 9 this weekend, I have finally completed the ecosystem! feels great like a puzzle completion, but the motivation behind the watch was to improve my fitness.

It’s got me active for the first time in my life. I’m 45 and I was starting to see the effects of being so inactive. So in some respects it may well have saved my life.

Changed my life.

Motivated me to get out and get moving. The gamification of fitness on my wrist may seem a silly thing but it works for me.

It’s been a great motivator to stay healthy and it has helped me be off my phone for longer periods of time, focusing only on important calls and texts.

Alarm was a game changer. Fitness metrics also push me to wanna go to the gym and be active

I have found it pretty helpful, it definitely improved my life.

First of all, it displays the time accurately; with my watch face, I also get the day and date, the IV index, sunset/sunrise time, calorific burn etc., temperature and temperature range for the day, and finally, I get the weather forecast for the day which is useful in Ireland where it rains a lot. Compared to a watch, the amount of information I get is unbeatable. Combine this with notifications, it also makes it easier to avoid going on my phone, which I also value highly.

It looks good; I got the 45mm series 8 watch. I like the size of it, and I can customise the screen to my liking. I have it in black and white, which is very sleek. I find the watch stylish and have been complimented on it before. It was an acceptable watch to wear with a work suit, in a T-shirt, for playing sports, can be worn in the sea etc. The only situations where I would not wear it would be black-tie/very formal events where I would go for a more classic watch/no watch.

The watch for people who are super health-conscious/data-driven is also great. I use it to track my calories burned, heartbeat during workouts and much more. I have found it very useful when trying to push myself more. When weight lifting, I now use my heartbeat to manage my rest between sets and have noted an improvement in the efficiency of my workouts. It is also handy when exercising as I can control my music on the watch to quickly change songs, volume, etc.

One thing it's lacking is the analysis one gets with a whoop with sleep scores, recovery scores, etc. This could and should be improved, particularly considering how much more advanced the apple watch sensors are compared to the Whoop. I use the Athlyic app to get recovery scores, etc. But this is undoubtedly something Apple could and should do in-house.

It looks good; I got the 45mm series eight watch. I like the size of it, and I can customise the screen to my liking. Have it in black and white, which is very sleek. I find the watch stylish and have been complimented on it before. It was an acceptable watch to wear with a work suit, in a T-shirt, for playing sports, can be worn in the sea etc. The only situations where I would not wear it would be black-tie/very formal events where I would go for a more classic watch/no watch. I find looking at the different metrics and seeing my route interesting. I can also set quick timers and stopwatches on it, which I often use when cooking. You can also take calls on your Apple watch, which is more handy than I expected. It also tracks your sleep cycles, which is interesting.

So yes, overall, a massive improvement on a typical watch, for me I prefer the functionality of an Apple watch over perhaps having a more stylish watch, etc. That said, I personally find the Apple watch to look good if you take the time to design a watch face.

I thought it was to lux but I fell hurt my knees but I got notified n now I got alerts for AFIB … keeping my mouth shut

Workoutdoors made hiking unfamiliar areas low stress. The breadcrumb feature means as long as you have GPS (Not data!) you have a path on the watch you can retrace.

Took mine off a couple of years ago. It was more annoying than helpful.

Improved for sure. And make it convenient. My phone is on silent Al time for 4 years now.

It’s one of the most important pieces of tech in my life. With adhd, it’s my constant, voice activated personal assistant.

In some ways more than others… it has definitely helped me remember to take my medications. It wakes me up. It reminds me to breathe. Stand up. Reflect. (The last two, it’s really is up to me to do it as warranted). I’m more conscious of my health. It relieves me of carrying a smartphone because I have a phone on my watch. I have maps on my watch. I can stay in touch via msgs. If they add an actual camera so I could FaceTime and take basic photos I’d probably never use my phone.

Loved the lil motivating messages when you hit goals, and how you can either set your own goals or choose a template online. I didn’t develop any heart conditions hence I guess it’s just a piece of luxury, but it’s a worthy one as it’s still useful and goes/works with what I own (ie iPhone)

The baseline wrist temperature tracking was the first sign that I had Covid. With no other indications whatsoever, it results in my wife and I testing and getting Paxlovid before the onset of symptoms. My wife has immune system issues, so this may have been life-saving. It also allowed us to tell the housekeeper and other workers not to come in which may have prevented the spread to others.

The awards highly motivated me and I went from not doing much, to working out consistently, to then being competitive. I now do Ironmans as well as several adventure travels.

I had a bike crash and the watch alerted people close by who came to my aid.

My stepdaughter and family were in a car crash and we were notified. First responders came to the scene, but it resulted in my wife and I knowing something happened and staying up so we could help them remotely.

Another family member received AFib warnings, diagnosed and has received a pacemaker.

I could go on and on if I were to list minor benefits like being able to locate my iPhone or unlock/start my car when my keys were lost.

Diagnosed afib for me and currently going through treatment for it

It helps me a ton with my cycling workouts. I get to see if a ride was difficult, easy or just average. Of course I can usually tell just by what my body is telling me, but sometimes it's nice to know when I have more to give, or when I need to slow down.

I rely on it for fall detection and heart rate help.

Inbetween.

I know people who have bought the AW for show (“hedonistic reasons”), and they inevitably get bored and stop using it or change. IMO its primary purpose if for its features to integrate into your life. Exercise for me primarily (and yes, I’ve been much more regular/committed and fitter since owning them), but also maps, music, timers, weather, not needing to raise your phone every time a message arrives etc. Improved? Transformative.

It helps me find my phone about a gazillion times a day and that alone is worth the money

It saved my life 2 months ago. Had a massive fall during a free solo (solo) hike. The watch knew I fell, sent 911 my name and my precise geotagged location (I have the ultra and it uses 2 GPS bands - so crazy accuracy. It also sent my location and that I fell to my family.

I had many serous broken bones and was losing blood. EMS was at my location in 6 minutes. My family - through watch sent alerts - tracked me in the ambulance to the hospital. The watch would report my location to them as I was moving. They literally knew what hospital to got to because they were getting Apple texts. I was in surgery when they got to the hospital, but they were there to see me in recovery!

So in my view for anyone who is not a couch potato, it’s become a potentially life saving tool.

New owner. I do like the fact that I pick up my phone less often. Filtering work emails and texts on my wrist is so nice.

Mostly a luxury but it has improved my life.

During / around Covid I got in really good shape by setting my daily calorie goal to 1000 and closing rings and monthly goals every month for months on end - I even did the little comps with anyone who would participate, even a couple redditors. It def got me moving way more than I prob otherwise would have.

It's improved my life as a tool in a lot of minor ways. I use the flashlight to move around the house at night without waking up my wife. I use the timers several times a day, for cooking and at work to let me go dive into a task but set a timer to get me back in focus for upcoming meetings, small naps if I'm really tired just hit the timer for 30 and lay down.

Tracking snowboard stats in real time, as well as controlling music through my helmet without bothering with my phone on a lift. Knowing if the incoming message I've received is important or not time sensitive so I can ignore, etc.

not to be but to my friend’s mom.

Apple Watch was alerting that friend’s mom was experiencing elevated heartbeat rates. Despite feeling nothing unusual, they rushed her to the Emergency Room of the closest hospital and was revealed that she was having a minor cardiac episode. Doctors said it could have turned out much worse for her had she not been given proper medical attention at this time.

It was really cool at first. But now it’s simply a very expensive watch. The health stuff is okay especially if you have a chronic disorder like COPD— for O2 levels. But for a young and relative healthy person is so not needed. In fact I switch my 8 for an SE2 [with my mom] and It’s so much better. I don’t need all that “fake” medical data.

I like texting, answering calls, temperature, date and time on my watch face. And that’s it. I don’t use it for absolutely anything else.

It saved me when I fell down in my home and broke my shoulder, I couldn’t get up and used it on Wi-Fi to call for help from my iPhone

It's just a watch that works well with iOS.

I do 3 to 4 hours of exercise a day and at work have back to back meetings most days so just having something on my wrist to vibrate and or track my movement is convenient and helps me be consistent.

It’s nice to know how many times a day I stand up.

Mine saved my life. I was in a pretty bad bicycle crash earlier this year. The watch dialed 911 and got me to the hospital when God knows what would have happened without it.

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Encourages me to go on walks or stand up at my office job. Shows pictures of my family. Keeps time. Helps me find my phone.

Oh I love my watch. I like that it keeps track of my steps, heart rate, exercise, and I can track my menstrual cycle.

Started wearing my new Apple Watch to bed for the sleep tracking and discovered I had severe sleep apnea (did a sleep study, now on cpap). Wear my Ultra 1 every day.

It’s my favourite apple device. Had a budget Fitbit for 3 years before getting a series 7 this year didn’t realise how much I was missing out on and enhances my phone too

I’ve been using Apple Watches for 6 years now and there are definitely lots of benefits from it. However, recently I got annoyed of it and bought an actual watch. I still use my Apple Watch but now it’s exclusively for working out. I literally just turn it on when I’m about to work out then turn it off. The main reason for quitting on my Apple Watch was upgrading to the iPhone 14 Pro… I have a series 7 which has the always on display and this feature is extremely useful for me. But my iPhone already does that and it’s using on a stand on my desk. Side note: I also got tired of charging yet another device (sometimes twice a day). But that’s a me problem Ik.