AppleInsider‘s Mike Wuerthele is a self-described “reluctant Apple Watch wearer” who’s been, and continues to be, converted. Currently stranded 800 miles from home, he explains how his Apple Watch helps him.
Mike Wuerthele for AppleInsider:
When you’re stuck 800 miles away from your house, it turns out that you can get pretty good stress-impacted data collection if your Apple Watch is monitoring your health.
Earlier in July, I took some time off to deal with a family member’s ongoing health challenges. All told, that went well until a young driver decided that since he missed his turn, he would zoom over three lanes to try and make it last-minute.
He might have made it — if my moving car wasn’t in the way. But, instead, we both came to a sudden, involuntary, stop. Obviously, the fall detection feature of the Apple Watch that I recently put on full-time wasn’t the first thing to alert me to the accident…
I am still 800 miles from home, with all that entails from a routine, sleep, and dietary standpoint. Beyond the obvious and automatic health monitoring that the Apple Watch provides, its presence alone on my wrist makes me more mindful about what’s going on as a whole…
MacDailyNews Take: As Apple Watch users every day since Day One (April 24, 2015), we can tell non-AW users: Resistance is futile. Once you wear a properly set up Apple Watch and see everything it can do, you never want your wrist to be without it.
MDN is exactly right.
AppleInsider is going down the toilet. First Apple writers who don’t like to use Apple stuff, then an Apple reviewer, Stephen Tarnished Silver, who hates Apple TV+ shows. Might as well be AppleOffsider
AppleInsider has been purchased by Applecynic. That’s why the quality has gone downhill so fast.
Now that’s funny!…🤣
I mostly use it to track my running 🏃🏻 I use the excellent Strava app (Nike app became unusably bad). I don’t feel compelled (currently) to wear it all the time. I found the activity monitoring features to be annoying and turned most of them OFF, as well as most notifications.
It’s an older Series 3 Watch (GPS-only smaller size). I’m glad Apple still sells it as new; makes me think it’ll be supported with latest updates longer. I also like unlocking my Mac automatically while wearing and Camera Remote for my iPhone’s camera when needed. And it’s even useful to tell me the time/date! For a lot of people, Series 3 (and its significantly lower cost) is ideal. The fancy sensors for health monitoring are not necessary for me (maybe later).
Many a youngish fit person has found they have a heart problem they didn’t know about. Better to be safe!
Probably not very “many” as a percentage all users. You just hear about those rare examples as marketing exercises 😉
True, but still… why risk it?
That said, I’ve been procrastinating replacing my own busted Watch.
I still remember someone here that went on about the Apple Watch being “clunky” and that it would never sell, just like that guy Dvorak who did not see a future for the techno toy called the mouse.
Forget it, a device that will usher in an era of self health monitoring is sure to advance humanity’s cause.
Not interested in NEUROTIC DAILY “self health monitoring.” I eat and sleep well and see my doctor twice a year or whenever something comes up and don’t need an Apple Watch.
But for the virtue signaling Leftists out to change the world and advance the human race, cough, cough, knock yourselves out…
I’m still sans Apple Watch. If it gets sleeker and if it adds blood sugar monitoring or some other revolutionary option I will give it a try. Until then I prefer my wrists to be gadgetry free.
Three flavors of comments here: those who use Apple Watch, those who do not but can see how others might, and those who are so self-centered that they are convinced that anyone who uses a product that they think they don’t need personally is “a neurotic virtue signaling leftist.” I guess the Master Race knows best about how to handle defectives.
You had a point until:
“I guess the Master Race knows best about how to handle defectives.”
Once again you can’t help yourself referencing Nazi Germany for no good reason except to PROVE you are a Leftist RACIST struggling to paint others with the same brush. It doesn’t work, so stuff it where the sun don’t shine TxRACIST!🖕🏻🖕🏻
I don’t need neurotic daily monitoring of my health on an Apple Watch and have no need for a useless iPad.
To each his own, and TxUseless pay close attention. You have never learned to RESPECT DIFFERENCES…
I’m a charter wearer of an Apple Watch since April 24, 2015. Started with 42mm Space Gray Series Zero. Then 42mm Gold Series 3. Then 44mm Gold Series 5. Now 44mm Blue (looks like black) Series 6. Had to have a blue one. Surprised the battery charges in 100 minutes and a charge lasts 40-48 hours. The Extra Large face with the Always On display with the Juice Watch complication is amazing.