I couldn't care less about how much time Apple thinks I spend in daylight. I know, that's all that matters.
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I wear my watch loose enough so it always sticks out of my sleeves
How do the health sensors work when not against skin?
I wear my watch over the outermost layer of clothing. Sometimes, I need to use a band extension, but it’s worth it.
I wondered the same thing, since I have been wearing a hoodie a good bit recently…
In the Health section on it, it states “When unobstructed, Apple Watch can automatically record an estimated amount of Time in Daylight in Health,” (emphasis mine), so I suspect we are not going to get very good reading during the winter months even if we’re outdoors…
can automatically record an estimated amount of Time in Daylight in Health,”
My guess is that it uses GPS information combined with the weather information to get an estimate. I haven't really done any measurements to check accuracy. But I have exclusively been wearing long sleeves for at least two months now and so far it seems OK.
Well lucky for me I winter in Mexico instead of Canada 😝
Easy solution, I don’t need a watch to tell me how much time I have spent outside 😂 I am outside as much as I can/want/need.
Sure, I was doing fine going outside before the update and I still will, but now they claim they can give me this info and I want to know how accurate it can be, that's all.
Another useless feature is the handwashing detection and timer. I turned that shit off right away.
Ah yes haha that one was more annoying than useful.
Living on a tropical island, so no action time for me here 😅
I've been wearing long sleeves for a while now (I live in Sweden, it's been minus-temperatures for a while), and I think it's working quite well. The average amount of reported minutes in the sun has gone down quite quickly last month, but that can be explained by the fact that the amount of sun hours has gone down drastically as well. Especially during the hours I'm usually outside (to and from work).
Either way, I exclusively wear long sleeves at the moment. And I haven't noticed any inaccuracies. Haven't really spend too much time trying to work out if it's accurate though.
Ok thanks for your reply! I might do some tests with long sleeves to see what it tells me.
Where do I find this metric?
Am I missing something, where does it say how much daylight I've received.
If your watch is on the last OS, you can see your time spent in daylight in the health app, under the mental wellbeing section.
Ha Ha well my watch seems to think I'm a vampire as yesterday I had zero daylight, I was actually out of the house for a couple of hours. And last week I had a average of 38 mins with zero for tuesday, thursday and sunday. I don't think it's all that accurate.
Would be good if you could get a complication of day light for Apple Watch
We won't see the sun here until february so the watch won't either.
Designed by Apple in California …
I’m in the Midwest, I have to wear a coat and gloves. I already know I don’t get enough sun (have had vitamin d deficiency several times since moving here). If you’re really worried, get your blood tested, don’t rely on watch.
Yeah, my “time in daylight” is seriously off because my work uniforms cover my watch most of the time.
Back when I wore my short-sleeved uniforms, it wasn’t a problem.
If the watch is covered up enough that the ambient sensor doesn’t register the daylight, how much daylight are you getting?
It's fine for me, I have a hairband on the middle of the cuff of my sleeve and then it's the cuff is folded back (so it looks like it's halved)
I didn‘t hear about this feature, can anyone tell me where I can find this?
In the health app, under the mental wellbeing section. Only if you are on the lastest OS though.
thank you
I don't understand the question. Just wear it as a watch? I've had a series 4 on my wrist 23 hours per day for 5 years.
S6’s iPhone app: Settings > Privacy > Time in Daylight.
Ambient light sensor in your Apple Watch estimates how much time you spend outdoors in daylight. Apple Watch SE (2nd gen) and Series 6 or later. https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/see-time-in-daylight-apd3ab22534c/watchos
😆 Yeah, in Canada here, during fall/winter I have sleeves covering my wrists even indoors.
Thank you! I guess I should’ve directed this to the folk who say they wear the their Apple Watch on top of their jacket cuffs
Designed in California.
If it’s unobstructed it registers sunlight for me. If I wear sleeves it doesn’t.
I feel like it's not very accurate anyways. I walked around outside for an hour yesterday in short sleeves and it logged 18 minutes.