Apple watch fans?

[garbulky]

My wife and I just got the apple watch (series 3). Today was my first chance to wear it for a day. I was pleasantly surprised as to its usefulness. But at the same time, I was also surprised that there were so many missed opportunities. It is in its 5th generation now. I would have expected many more apps and more capabilities.

Here are the pros so far
1. I now rarely have to get my phone out. Text messaging, phone calls are all handled by my watch, time. date, email.
Surprising how little screen you need. That so far has sold me.
2. Waterproof.
3. Battery lasts all day.
4. Raise to talk siri.
Cons:

So many known apps and features that are part of iOS are not there for apple watch.
The biggest annoyance is that the raise to talk for siri is inconsistent. Sometimes the watch times out while working on the siri request if you move your hand.

1. Your bluetooth headset cannot be shared between your phone and watch. It has to be paired to the watch to work. So if you want to hand it off to your phone, you have to unpair your bluetooth headset, repair it to your phone to get it to work.
2. No keyboard. Wtf?! No ability to edit your text even in a limited manner. You either send it or you don't.
3. No safari.
4. No notes app. Come on now.
5. No way to get rid of several "core" fitness icons.
6. Apple doesn't sell any protective cases.
7. Battery ONLY lasts one day.
Now I have found some work around for the keyboard and I have purchased a third party protective case. I am sure there is a third party notes app. But these are things that apple should have jumped on.

Any Apple watch fans?

[novisnick]

Hi garbulky I’m still rocking my series 1 and have been using it it daily since conception. It handles what I need, especially important to me was the timer but also being able to sent messages and take notes. On the occasion that my phone is not on my hip I can answer on my watch. I don’t plan on buying a newer version as mine is fine for me. It’s stainless steel with a crystal face. It looks flawless after all this time and abuse it has sustained.
They have missed a lot of features that could be incorporated but for me, I’m good. Enjoy your watch and Merry Christmas my friend. 🎅

[cawgijoe]

I have the series 2. Still works great. My wife has series 3 and my daughter, series 4. Very useful device. Besides telling time, I use it to track exercise, answer phone calls and texts when my phone is out of reach or in my pocket. I have Nest cams and notifications pop up with a video when I get an alert. These are just a few things this amazing device can do.
I’ve always worn a watch. This is the best one I’ve ever owned. My others sit in a drawer.

[thrillcat]

I had a Series 2, now a Series 4.

Raise for Siri requires not just a raise, but a slight twist as well. Look at the motion in a full raise. You need the twist too.

You don’t need a Notes app, and you don’t need to type. Raise your arm, Hey Siri, remind me ......... then at your convenience, on your phone or computer, arrange all your Hey Siri “notes”.

I don’t think Apple has left anything out accidentally. There are ways to do everything easier.

The point of the watch is not to have a web browser on your wrist so you can have another reason to ignore people. The point is that you can use your voice to ask Siri for information and Siri can get all that information for you, so you don’t need to type in urls into a browser. You don’t need to type out long notes.

Tel your watch. Get back to living while it does the busywork for you.

Oh, and swipe left on those unused core fitness icons.

[retrobill]

I have a series 4 and gave my wife my series 2. Love it

[garbulky]

Dec 14, 2019 10:13:56 GMT -5 thrillcat said:

I had a Series 2, now a Series 4.

Raise for Siri requires not just a raise, but a slight twist as well. Look at the motion in a full raise. You need the twist too.

You don’t need a Notes app, and you don’t need to type. Raise your arm, Hey Siri, remind me ......... then at your convenience, on your phone or computer, arrange all your Hey Siri “notes”.

I don’t think Apple has left anything out accidentally. There are ways to do everything easier.

[ The point is that you can use your voice to ask Siri for information and Siri can get all that information for you, so you don’t need to type in urls into a browser. You don’t need to type out long notes.

Tel your watch. Get back to living while it does the busywork for you.

Oh, and swipe left on those unused core fitness icons.

Hi thrillcat thanks for your feedback.

u]The point of the watch is not to have a web browser on your wrist so you can have another reason to ignore people

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I got to say I was chuckling as I never thought of that perspective. Then I realized that Apple also probably has a totally different perspective than me as well.

I guess if somebody looks at it as "not a phone" but a lifestyle watch for quick things, it works fine. But I would much rather do more work on it. I like the haptic feedback gives me notifications. I don't have to worry about "missing" one when my phone is on my desk and charging.

So for me...the point of the watch is to have my phone on my wrist as much as possible - but in a small package. Though it's not to (purposely) ignore people, it's definitely for "life and office productivity". I realized quickly how little screen I actually need - and the apple watch is a pretty great compact size for being a "near" phone replacement.

So for instance if I send a text message to my friend. And siri doesn't catch a word in the middle. I can't just tap on the message and quickly type in the word. Same for office emails. Even the ability to tap on a word and then voice dictate from there to add the missing word would be helpful. Or tap on a word and then tap delete would be an easy fix.

In my first ten messages on the phone, I had innacurate transcribing on four of them. On my phone it would have been a snap to fix them. But the watch, I just have to pull out my phone which defeated the purpose.

Re: the reminders. How do I organize my reminders in to a note? 'I use the notes app extensively for the office and also records. I am constantly pulling up specific notes. Personally I would prefer apple offer a better notes app. More similar to one note. I heard they have something called "Pages' but I haven't looked at that yet.

How do you swipe left on the fitness apps? I tried the "delete" function by doing al ong press but a lot of the fitness.health stuff I can't get rid of.


Other apps that I'm looking for.

The Alexa app, fire tv remote, logitech harmony, whatsapp (specifically the voice call functionality not the messenger), facebook. I managed to find a third party logitech harmony app but it doesn't have full functionality.
I found a third party alexa app called voice in a can which allows me to use alexa when saying hey siri. But it only works sporadically and lacks features and speed.
Oh also google drive and google docs.

Finally I'm looking for a way to force push on the watch to get straight into the main app screen without having to click on the watch crown.

[davidl81]

I had a 1st gen now I have a series 4 with LTE. I love mine. I use it a lot for exercise and I really love it when I run. I have airpods that work super easily between the iPhone and the watch. And since I have the LTE version I can run with just my watch and my AirPods. If I get a call I can tap my airpods and answer as I’m running. Overall I really do like it a ton.

[dust770]

Very happy with my series 3. When I upgrade I will probably get one that can do cell service as I seem to be far enough away from my phone, often enough to use that function. Love using it to track my laps at the pool and send texts without diggin for my phone.