Smartwatches, and what you use them for

[Supafly]

Hi,
I am starting to use a smartwatch, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, safety, I will set up the features I can either voluntarily, or the watch can automatically call a emergency center that will then check and, if needed, initiate help. There are such services with "oldschool" devices, but with Smartwatches, the difference is, they can get help without me being conscious. And make an ECG, very close to a medical one, and run tests on my sleep, rem phase and such. Check how much I have moved per day, that all helps a lot.

Oh, and, of course, 40 years after first watching the series, I get to talk with my watch. Dreams never die

 

[Mr. Daystar]

As far as I'm concerned, a watch should have 3 hands, and a dial. I prefer a chronograph, but it's the same basic principle. Much like Velcro tennis shoes, digital clocks/watches have only seem to have made children lazier, and less competent.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I have 2 Apple Watches and they both have batteries so terrible I don’t bother wearing them.

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

My children have always told me not to get a phone or watch that is smarter than I am. So no, I don't have one.

 

[Supafly]

My watch will be a Samsung one, and I am pretty sure that I will be happy to use it... though, with my plans for how to use it, I will have to charge it every evening, for an hour or so, like I do charge my phone

 

[DrakeM]

I haven't worn a normal watch in years and was damn glad to be rid of it. Who needs that extra weight on your arm catching on things and getting sweaty underneath? I was also always having to pay attention not to hit it on things and break or scratch it and now you want me to replace that $10 drug-store watch with something that costs hundreds? No thanks. If I'm going to drag around a computer, I'll take a smartphone with me.

 

[jod0565]

My watch is a Garmin GPS that I only use when I golf. It's a smartwatch. It keeps time also. I was lucky that it was a gift.

 

[Duke Klingenpooper]

It's early warning for your notifications if you have a phone connected to it that's in your pocket or briefcase or something. Most of the time you can interact with the notification (reply to email, text, answer calls, etc) as tho it was your phone in a much smaller form factor to be sure. And date and time at a glance in the dark even. Sometimes weather stats.

 

[gmase]

Time, alarm, temperature, activity, etc. are right there on my wrist. Most importantly, I don’t need to run for spam calls any more. I can easily decline them from wherever I am located without needing to find my phone.

I ditched watches for a decade then was gifted a Fitbit. It was nice because it wasn’t ‘smart’. After those died too quickly I upgraded to an Apple Watch which works nicely. I was a reluctant convert, but now see some benefits.

 

[Indicboi95]

I bought a smartwatch about a week before my trip to Las Vegas few months back, and I used it mainly to check the weather, set alarms, stuff like that. Oh, I also use the companion app to see the cool looking watch faces.

 

[Supafly]

Now I have my smartwatch in use for around three weeks, and for one week, I have it set up to send emergency calls to a company that takes the first call, and contacts and pinpoints me via gps and calls me if an emergency call gets made (I use this variant, a brand new one, as it allows me to send that call, even if I am unconscious, as that is a function smartwatches have, they can detect the wearer falling down, and then send the call to the number programmed before in the app.

I have put my medical records into the app, too, so the emergency unit has them when they react, so they even know which medication I am on, and when. That service is 10€ per month, in comparison, if I would have taken the usual one, it would cost almost 50€, and the service would be inferior

I also use it to gauge my sleep and make blood pressure checks plus ECGs. I'll never go back again.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Now I have my smartwatch in use for around three weeks, and for one week, I have it set up to send emergency calls to a company that takes the first call, and contacts and pinpoints me via gps and calls me if an emergency call gets made (I use this variant, a brand new one, as it allows me to send that call, even if I am unconscious, as that is a function smartwatches have, they can detect the wearer falling down, and then send the call to the number programmed before in the app.

I have put my medical records into the app, too, so the emergency unit has them when they react, so they even know which medication I am on, and when. That service is 10€ per month, in comparison, if I would have taken the usual one, it would cost almost 50€, and the service would be inferior

I also use it to gauge my sleep and make blood pressure checks plus ECGs. I'll never go back again.

Dude, I don't mean to pry, but are doing alright? I understand it isn't my business, but ya know, we are sort of a family. A sad pathetic dysfunctional family, but still. I just hope you're doing alright.

 

[Supafly]

I have a number of disabilities, but manage to live alright with them. Maybe a thread about living with disabilities might be a good idea, I know of some of you other guys that have some, too, not just the run-of-the-mill depressions or alcoholism (Both of which I have, of course)

 

[Supafly]

I am in my fifth month with my (First) Smartwatch, and I can't imagine ever going back.

I wear it around the clock (sic), and it helps me check not only the time of day, but also,:

How many kilometers I've walked each day, how my heart is doing, I take calls on it whenever my phone is on the other side of the apartment, I use it as a timer when I cook or bake, It gives me reminders for dates I have set

But I think I might upgrade to the model that includes an eSIM, so I do not rely on having to always carry the phone with me.