Breathe: Apple is bringing meditation to your wrist via Apple Watch

“Apple wants you to take a deep breath, savor the moment, and slowly let it go,” Stephanie M. Lee reports for BuzzFeed News. “Preferably while wearing an Apple Watch.”

“Last week, Apple unveiled Breathe, an app that will be the tech giant’s first foray into quantified mindfulness when it becomes available on the Apple Watch this fall,” Lee reports. “Annie Wood, a yogi who writes about mindfulness, said that guided meditation apps similar to Breathe are useful for beginners because they send you reminders: ‘It’s like having a yoga teacher tap you on the shoulder and say, ‘Hey, take a breath.”

Though she hasn’t used a meditation app on a smartwatch, she thinks they sound promising. ‘Anything that gets you in a positive habit and trains your brain to think more about these things … that’s a great idea,’ she said.”

“The concept behind Breathe is straightforward: Every four hours (by default, but this can be adjusted), Breathe pops up with a prompt reminding you to inhale and exhale for one to five minutes,” Lee reports. “You can follow along while you watch concentric circles shift around on the screen, or you can respond to a series of haptic touches on your wrist. At the end, you see your heart rate.”

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MacDailyNews Take: We tried out Breathe in the watchOS 3 and we liked it! Whether via the deep breathing itself or placebo effect, we really did feel nice and calm.