Apple likes to advertise his smartwatch on the wrists to sporting people – appealing they all look good in some physical activity against a breathtaking scene somewhere in the mountains or on the beach. This gives easy impression that Apple Watch is intended solely for athletes and fitness enthusiasts.
Apple Watch is not only interesting for athletes, but also for anyone who has nothing to do with sports. It collects important data and can use this data to provide valuable insight into your own health. Some emergency messages have already saved life for more than a few people. HWRE is the Apple Watch features you can get the most out of every day.
Heart rate notifications
Most of the life-saving stories we have heard from our readers and supporters relate to two eye-catching controls in the heart settings in the Watch app on the iPhone. Apple Watch can recognize if your heartbeat is too low or too high based on your normal heartbeat and emits a warning.
The system recommends a 40 BPM setting (beats per minute) if your heartbeat is too low and 110 bpm if it is too high. However, you can adjust them upwards in both cases.
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How to set Heart Rhythm -Messages: Go to the Watch app on the iPhone and then to Heart Setting. Scroll to about the center of the screen and activate three messages: Irregular rhythmAt High heart rhythmand Make heartbeat.
Ideally, you never get a message about these, but if you get one, don’t take it lightly and if in doubt, ask your doctor what they mean. For example, the irregular rhythm review may indicate an atrial fibrillation; Apple Watch can give your doctor information about your condition.
ECG measurement
Although Apple Watch produces a single-lead ECG measurement, a twelve-lead-ekg is standard within the medical area. But even with its limitations, Apple Watch’s ECG is accurate; Smartwatch from Apple correctly recognizes a period of atrial fibrillation in 98.3 to 99.6 percent of cases, according to Apple.
To make sure you can quickly access the ECG measurements, open the Watch app on your iPhone and switch to Heart Setting. Make sure the ECG app is installed on the clock.
If you now want to register ECG, all you have to do is open the corresponding app from the Apple Watch start screen; It gives you instructions on how to use it. The results can be found after the health app on the iPhone.
Monitor sleep
Since Watchos 8, Apple Watch has been able to monitor sleep phases, but “sleep” focus means much more. I recommend that everyone takes a few minutes to familiarize themselves with the settings and adjust the focus to fit their own needs as sleep monitoring on the Apple Watch offers more benefits.
Even if you are not interested in your own sleep phases, Apple Watch measures your wrist temperature, breathing frequency, blood oxygen and heartbeat during the night. These measurements flow (seven days after activation) in different analyzes (more on this below). Apple Watch can even estimate an ovulation period. Since Watchos 10, Apple Watch can warn about sleep apnea.
You can also create a relaxation period in sleep focus, for example half an hour before going to bed. Apple Watch notifies you at the appropriate time and may indicate that you have to charge the clock before you go to sleep.
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You can also create all kinds of automations via the Home app: Overhead lights from, only a covered light source somewhere in the corner, relaxing music, dampen all messages and possibly block apps on social media (via screen time).
Fall detection and accident detection
If you have a serious fall or are involved in an accident, Apple Watch can make an automatic emergency call for you. The corresponding shooter is available in EMERGENCY CALL SOS Settings. Make sure that Accident Detection The slider is on.
Stand Ring
The standing of the Apple Watch is a little annoying. While calories are burned and minutes of exercise is self -explanatory for most (it is always better to burn more calories than less), many stand mining finds as more nuisance.
But behind these disturbances lies findings about human metabolism: The longer a person is in a soothing position (lying or sitting), the less fat treatment enzymes produce the body. These are produced mainly by your muscles, and when the muscles are not moving, fewer of these enzymes are produced and the fat from food is only inadequate or not at all.
The standing is the innermost ring, surrounded by the training ring (green) and the move (red).
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The treatment of glucose in the blood is also slowed down during long rest periods. This increases the risk of diabetes and cholesterol levels can also be worsened with a sedentary lifestyle.
When it comes to standing, the Apple Watch analyzes the movement times within an hour and if the user has not moved in the last 50 minutes, it sends a reminder. This reminder should not be seen as a blame, but as a call for a break in your routine. Get a refreshing drink from the kitchen, or take another trip to the toilet if you are in the office. You can take it a step further than just standing up: Do five push-ups or three squats. This activates your back or rear muscles, the largest muscle groups in the human body. You will increase your fat and sugar metabolism again and again, every hour. Your body will thank you.
Hearing of health
Apple Watch also warns you about noisy surroundings. Of course, you will notice that it is high, but these warnings are systematized in the health overview and in a chronological context; The system automatically evaluates whether the surrounding noise is still okay for you or whether you need to pay more attention to your hearing health. You don’t have to do anything to create this evaluation. It runs automatically via microphones built into Apple Watch.
Wash your hands
In the WWDC 2020, in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, the manufacturer revealed a cool feature: Apple Watch from Series 4 and in the future recognizes that the user washing their hands based on typical movement patterns and sounds and starts a countdown in 20 seconds. Proper hand hygiene can prevent respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases.
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You can also activate a washbasin reminder in settings: As soon as you arrive home and stay there for several minutes, Apple Watch reminds you of washing your hands.
To set the countdown and reminders of Hand Washing: Open the Clock app on your iPhone and look for Hand washing Setting. There you need to check the box opposite “Allow messages” and change the two slides “Hours to Hand Wash” and “Hand wash” to Green.
Vituations signs
Vital Signs is a new feature as Watchos 10 does not actually bring new features but bundle the existing ones and show the data from them in a clear form.
There is not much you can put in vital signs, only sleep focus for your habits. When this focus is activated, the watch automatically measures your wrist temperature, heartbeat during sleep, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and sleep duration. You can simply enable the messages in the Vital Signs of the Watch section on iPhone.
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To help increase your attention, place a large widget on the home screen of your iPhone showing your vital characters. This way you can see in a moment if everything is okay.
To add a Vital Widget, press and hold a place on your iPhone’s Home screen to put the screen in editing mode. Press Edit button on the top left, and then press Add Widget. In the search box, type “Health” and then press the health icon that appears. You have three widgets to choose from: Vitals at night, weekly vitals and cycle tracking. You can add all three if you want.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and located from German.