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I just got ahead of getting sick because I saw my resting heart rate rising pretty sharply. Felt my lymph nodes swelling and my temperature was higher. I was able to get a few nights' solid sleep and now I'm feeling tons better

Improved. It can tell me when I’ve fallen or fainted and I can look at the stats to see what my heart rate did if I get close to fainting too. It can also detect a car crash which I appreciate since I drive a lot.

I was skeptical if I really needed one but now I can’t go without it.

For years I would get the occasional racing heart episodes while exercising but never could confirm whether it was in my head or if they were legitimate. I’ve now caught a few on my watch that are being used to help diagnose me with a form tachycardia. Going to the cardiologist this week to finally get answers.

Also, as a golfer, I’ve used SwingU as a range finder and to track my score. Such a sweet tool.

I also love using Siri to set timers while I grill.

These are just a few of so many great features that have improved my life immensely.

Who says that it can’t be both. Are there cheaper ways to do the things it does maybe but it does them all well enough and I would say with style. Mine was a gift for my wife. I’m still wearing the series 5 I wear mine every day I run a business and I have a family being able to spot my email, appointments and text on my wrist while carrying things and working all day for me is next level.

It’s an integral part of my fitness tracking/health/accountability!

braided loop and sleep tracking helped me keep an eye out for my sleep schedule. I've been able to use sleep tracking data to adjust my daily routine and diet and I've been feeling better every day.

Definitely nice for sleep and fitness tracking and seeing reminders without taking my phone out, but by far my number one use for it is Apple Pay. So convenient to just tap my wrist to the card reader. Makes way more sense to me than using my phone. At that point there’s not much difference in just pulling out my wallet.

The Apple Watch lets me get notifications so I can leave my phone on silent without missing anything important. That’s literally the entire reason I have one. Aside from that, setting timers with Siri when I do laundry and looking at the time, I literally actively, I do nothing else with my AW.

Passively, it lets me unlock my phone and MacBook when I’m using them and that is awesome.

For me, it was somewhat useless for the first year or so until I started going to the gym and began taking care of my health. Seeing progress, such as resting heart rate improvements, VO2Max increases and many other metrics has greatly motivated me to push myself and do more. Nowadays, I can’t imagine going outside without it (not that I ever have, but it wasn’t a priority).

So far just a luxury item for me. Bought it because I was depressed and felt like splurging on something as a distraction

the first one I got helped me to keep on track with hitting goals and that got me down about 80lbs at peak. now i just keep upgrading for no reason minor updates.

I love this watch, it tells you to log your feelings, to stand up, tells you good morning 😃 it’s a wonderful wrist companion!

No. It's just convenient access to information without pulling one the phone.

Helps me track more accurately the steps and you could argue I'm a little bit healthier if I aim for 10k steps / day instead of sitting on my butt all day

It's nice to track my resting heart rate, especially before and after betablockers.

More convenient when looking at my notifications when phone's away / I'm driving.

Once when I was boxing it asked me if I took a fall and wanted to call 911 :)

So pretty much just a luxury , haha

I should have just bought the cheap Amazfit BIP again instead of my Apple Watch series 8.

It has helped me get a good indication of my heartbeat and helps me tack sleep, which in tone helps my GP gain some insights in to my health. But besides that I would actually prefer to go back to a normal watch.

Yes my Apple Watch tracks my health activities- I love having the metrics. It motivates me to exercise and be healthier.

It has definitely been an important part of my health. I use it for working out and although the Fitbit does the same, I genuinely love my Apple Watch.

For me it started by alerting me of atrial fibrillation. Confirmed during an ER visit. Now 2 years later I’ve had an ablation and am AF free.

Since then I’ve used the watch to significantly improve my cardiovascular health. It’s helped me improve my sleep, VO2 max, strength and endurance. I started walking, then after a few months began running and lifting weights regularly. I’m now in better shape than ever and more doubled my VO2 level. Just did my first ever (half) marathon 2 weeks ago.

I ended up buying the AWU when it came out and I love it. The extra battery life is worth it alone, especially for longer workouts where it tends to rapidly drain the battery.

I am sometimes on-call for my work at night. The watch wakes me by tactile feedback instead of an audible ring would wake my family.

My watch informed me that I have AFib. I went to urgent care and got hooked up to all the monitors….definitely AFib. So I’m gonna say my watch might have saved my life.

Going from an S5 that I bought on the outset of the pandemic to an S8 in June that I actually used, I’ve lost 35lbs using it.