I'm digital-minimalism curious, and part of the reason I originally got the cellular watch was to use my phone less. but it ended up just being another proxy for notifications and I ended up using my phone just as much.

My SE was gathering dust in a drawer so I figured why not give it a new life as a "clip on" like the Nano 6th gen or Shuffle, and it's been a game changer. With Apple Pay and Phone/iMessage I've been able to carry it out and about for errands and also use it at home with my phone away from my desk.

Biggest drawback has been battery life, and I'm thinking of switching carriers or upgrading to an Ultra and doing a case redesign. Low Power Mode is saving me in the meantime though!

I'm happy to share the 3D print STL file Printables link if anyone wants to print this themselves!

Thinking about going back to an Apple Watch Ultra. Let me know what you think.

El series 9 con algunas funciones de series 12 activadas como el nuevo diseño de medición y la complicación de pulso también pude activar el AOD 1hz donde el segundero funciona con la pantalla apagada todo conseguido con HermesEnabler desde windows 11 esto es una belleza. 😮‍💨🕺🏽

POST DATA: QUEDÓ AL DESCUBIERTO COMO APPLE HACE QUE COSAS TAN SIMPLE LLEGARÁN SOLO A LOS NUEVOS ULTRA 4 Y SERIE 12 DONDE SABEMOS MUY BIEN QUE HAY COSAS QUE SI FUNCIONARÍAN DESDE LA SERIES 9 Y ULTRA 2.

What’s are you using/what are your favorite watch faces? I think I’ll stay with this one for now

Found the best app to track everything! Similar to Whoop, called Bevel. You can even track food calories. Amazing app

Having a small wrist, I was pretty convinced that the 42mm model would be a better choice for sleeping, working out, and everyday use in general. And I was so right! The comfort has been top-notch compared to the Ultra and larger models.

However, I had serious concerns about battery life, as one of my requirements is that the watch should last at least 48 hours with regular use.

Here are my results:

• Started: Friday at 23:05

• Last checked: Sunday at 19:25

• Battery remaining: 19%

• Total time: 44 hours and 20 minutes

For anyone interested, here are my watch settings:

• Health tracking: On

• Sleep tracking: On

• Activity tracking: On (low power mode during workouts)

• Always-On Display (AOD): On

• Brightness: Low

• Watch face: Simple, with two shortcuts for Voice Memos and Workouts

• Background App Refresh: Off

• Music Detection: Off

• Raise to Wake: Off

• Hey Siri: Off

Based on these results, I'm pretty confident it will last me easily between 45h-50h, which is a very pleasant surprise!

Hope this helps anyone considering the 42mm model! 😊

I’ve always found it a little strange how much Apple focuses on active calories with the Move ring, while your total calories burned are kind of hidden away.
I track what I eat, so I’m usually more interested in my total expenditure than just how many calories I burned exercising.

I’ve been messing around with side projects and am just hosting versions of different ideas on my phone to make this easier to see and understand how my watch is breaking down my active and resting calories, calories from sleep, how my sleep affects my calories burn for the next day, predicting my calories burnt/ calories I will burn by midnight, based on my (now 3 years) of health history from basically wearing this thing 24/7, especially alongside food tracking.

But I’m curious if this is actually something other people care about, or if I’m just overthinking it.

For those of you who track calories, do you actually use your Apple Watch’s total calorie estimate? And do you find yourself switching between Apple Fitness and another app to manage your food intake?

Very interested to hear how everyone else handles this.

I got the burgandy plaid sport loop with my watch - I like it but it isn’t overly comfortable so I’m looking for alternatives!

I have small wrists and find a lot of the silicone straps on amazon are too big and almost double up on themselves once I have them on - does anyone have any recommendations?

I kind of begrudge spending £49 on an official apple strap after just buying the watch so ideally options on Amazon - I’m from the UK also if anyone has any specific brand recommendations!

Has anyone had results that appear like this?

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Thanks for sharing your experience! Please keep personal readings and screenshots out of the comments.

Was browsing around target and found an unopened 46mm gps/cell series 11 for 150$ just sitting on a clearance endcap(which blew my mind as that stuff is usually locked up). Turned around and traded into Verizon for 500$ towards a series 12 in the same exact configuration. Only paid the ~70$ difference with taxes.

Been on the ultra 1 since release and I have 6.5inch wrist. Been getting annoyed with the chunkiness of the ultra in day to day and workouts. I really didn’t enjoy wearing my watch much anymore but the health metrics mean a lot to me.

Recently did the 42mm ceramic for a change and it’s been a huge difference in my day to day. Way more comfortable and really enjoy wearing my watch now.

Small wrist people - just do it. U won’t regret it.

Should I pull the trigger on the current S12 sale at seventy off or hold out? Thanks!

The latest Pixel Watch includes a feature that puts live activities, such as timers, in a very small widget that overlays your watch face. I think this is a brilliant feature that Apple should include in a future watchOS version. I figure as long as you can squeeze a live activity into a very small widget, you could have it there.

I obsessively check my sleep score every day because I struggle with sleep and want to see if the watch confirms my general impression of how the night went. I’m so confused by this morning’s feedback. I did get to sleep quite early for me - before 10pm - and slept ~8.5 hours (!!) - also unheard of for me. Minimal wake-ups, (and longest one was just a potty break) — also great for me. Felt great when I woke up - well-rested for the first time in ages. I needed this good night. A “high” score of 93 seems mostly accurate, but am surprised it wasn’t higher, and am confused why the app is telling me it deducted points for “missing my bedtime”? Do we get reduced points for going to bed TOO early?

Ironically, the previous night I got ~1.5 fewer hours total duration, I went to bed later, had longer Awake time, yet it still gave me a 92, (also “High”), just 1 point lower than last night’s. I definitely did not feel rested yesterday morning.

Curious if there’s a bug in the Health app, perhaps?

Bonjour à tous !

Je me demandais si d'autres utilisateurs d'Apple Watch Ultra 3 rencontraient une baisse significative de l'autonomie de leur batterie après la mise à jour vers watchOS 27.2.1.

L'autonomie de ma batterie a chuté de façon spectaculaire.

Auparavant, je tenais environ 75 à 80 heures en mode normal, même avec des séances d'entraînement, et environ 110 heures en mode économie d'énergie.

Maintenant, je ne tiens plus que 25 à 30 heures en utilisation normale.

Voici quelques détails :

Apple Watch Ultra 3

watchOS 27.2.1

État de la batterie : 100 %

Aucune application ne consomme excessivement de batterie

J'ai déjà redémarré la montre plusieurs fois

Mon utilisation quotidienne n'a pas changé de manière significative

J'ai également remarqué que la batterie se décharge même lorsque je ne porte pas ma montre ou que je ne l'utilise pas.

Par exemple, je l'ai enlevée avec 20 % de batterie avant de me coucher, et quand j'ai vérifié plus tard, elle était déjà à 10 %.

Est-ce que quelqu'un d'autre rencontre le même problème ? Avez-vous trouvé une solution ? Pensez-vous qu’il s’agit d’un bug de watchOS qu’Apple doit corriger ?

Vos témoignages m’intéressent beaucoup !
ESSAYER DE REPUBLIER UN MAXIMUM!!

Anyone else have this happen when you try to compete with someone on Apple Fitness? It’s only 1 friend it happens with.

Why does my watch give me such a low estimate of active calories burnt during swimming?

I mean 75KCAL for 31 minutes sounds ridiculous considering swimming is a full body workout.

Can someone help me understand this?

I really love this combo. I wear it to sleep in, workout, and as an every day band.

Installed using Xcode from https://github.com/pookjw/HermesEnabler

Please note that there is a screen protector and then the gap. The gap is small but if you follow the red lines you can clearly see white dust inside.

Should I get a replacement? Also water gets inside that gap.

It was a surprise for me that band from my 38 SE is great for 42mm 10 aw