We open the box that the wise men have brought us and surprise, it is a new Apple Watch! Whether it’s our first watch or our fifth, receiving such a gift is always nice. After the initial surprise we began to test and discover functions and features of our new Apple Watch, Let’s list some of the first ones that we can enjoy.
Spheres: to taste the colors (and the spheres)
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The screen that we will look at the most in our new Apple Watch is the sphere. This will be in charge of giving us the time and provide us with information through the different complications that we can add. Among the multitude of spheres available there are several that we can test and customize:
- GMT: showing us multiple time zones.
- Cronograph Pro: which has a tachymeter to count speeds.
- Typograph: where we can choose between many fonts to show the hours.
- Artist– Featuring creative designs created by Jeff McFetridge.
- Memoji: where we can place our Memoji and see it react when we touch the screen.
- Stripes: which shows thousands of color combinations to create flags or adapt to the colors we wear on a specific day.
How? Very easy. A long press on the screen while we see the time allows us to choose between several spheres or choose New to browse the entire catalog. Once we have chosen the sphere we want, we repeat the long press and then we touch Edit to change its colors, complications, arrangement, etc.
Sleep monitoring: the Sleep app and Sleep Mode
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Thanks to watchOS 7 our new Apple Watch is capable of monitoring our sleep hours. When it is time to sleep our Apple Watch, and also our iPhone, go into Sleep Mode, lowering the screen brightness and activating Do Not Disturb mode.
Our Apple Watch will notify us when we should go to sleep each night and every morning he will receive us with a graph in which we can see how we are doing this week. In addition to this graph we will see the weather forecast, the state of the battery and some other information of interest. If one day we wake up before the alarm goes off, a single touch allows us to turn it off.
Setting up sleep monitoring is very easy. Simply we open the app Dream on our Apple Watch and follow the steps onscreen.
Health: Fitness, Health and Training
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The Apple Watch has a great vocation for health. The app Training allows us to record our training sessions. From walking, running or rowing to dancing, cycling or yoga, we can modify the training goals by duration, calorie goal, etc.
All the information about our training sessions It is saved in the Fitness app of our iPhone. From here we can consult our data, view statistics, share progress with our friends or participate in competitions.
Through machine learning and ML, the Apple Watch is able to use motion sensors and microphone information to detect when we are washing our hands. Upon detection starts a 20-second timer, the recommended time for a full wash. This is a functionality that we can activate in the app Settings > Handwashing.
Family setup: the Apple Watch for young and old
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The family configuration allows us to pair more than one watch with our iPhone so all watches retain your phone number and personal account. So children and seniors who do not have an iPhone can enjoy the Apple Watch equally.
In this mode we can manage all the clocks from the Watch app on our iPhone. This management allows us, for example, decide with whom our children can talk, which apps they download or limit the use of the watch during school hours. We can also use the Search app to locate all devices and receive notifications when users arrive home or are not where they should be.
Thanks to the cellular connection, necessary to activate this mode, the Apple Watch is capable of call 911 if you detect a heavy fall, an important function for the elderly. Plus, we can customize exercise and “standing” goals to keep us more active without pushing ourselves too hard. Some objectives that, in the case of children, substitute calories for minutes of movement, a much more relevant fact.
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The Apple Watch has evolved a lot since the first presentation several years ago. Whether we are talking about the Apple Watch Series 6 or the Apple Watch SE, it is a great device that together with watchOS 7 offers infinite possibilities, these are some of the ones that we can try right out of the box.
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