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Apple Previews watchOS 11 With New Health and Workout Features
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Seems like you haven't actually compared and just heard so?
Accuracy of tracking is about the same.
Android has really key features like:
- manual input/edit of sleep times (some devices)
- shows multiple time info in one day rather than just total and tracks less than 4 hour sessions automatically
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Yup, Garmin is very good.
Almost went with them instead of Samsung but it would have been double the price and for my first smartwatch figured I should test first.
If Apple watch isn't improved in some ways next year if I switch to iPhone then I will have to get a Garmin instead.
I swear every bloody time there is an iOS or WatchOS update, it messes up for me.
I changed my goals for 1 day due to injuries and needed to rest. The damn thing says I broke the streak the next day until I completed that day's goals...
It is so annoying that these minor bugs are still plaguing the product this many years after it had been launched.
This was a lot of what I wished for. Still hoped for maps integrated in the workout app for runs in new areas - sounds like the first step has been taken with the hiking feature in maps (Not for us in Europe but still).
Hope this means it will come
Whole-heartedly agree.
While I appreciate some of the things added to WatchOS 10. Apple seemed to make more things worse.
Currently I have to reboot both my phone and watch every few days because the watches weather widgets stop working. I have temp and wind speed on the watch face and they will go out every few days until I reboot both devices.
Took a while for the widgets to load or for the weather data to show up or both? My widgets were gone initially but then showed up, but with no data!
I really need Apple Watch to be accurate counting steps. I’m a bus driver in the UK and whilst sat, driving my bus, my watch has me walking all over the place - adding hundreds of erroneous steps. Surely Apple can design the watch tracking software to know when you’re driving and not walking!?
Anyone with WatchOS 11 already can tell if the Vitals app is available?
Does the Beta feel stable?
Does the Beta feel stable?
I’ve injured myself trying to maintain streaks when I was exhausted and didn’t feel like it or was sick. Glad to have rest days. Would be great to be able to tell it when I’m sick on the flu, hope that makes it in. This makes a lot of sense for how actual exercise training works too. I usually go harder on certain days of the week, as it aligns with my schedule and allows for resting certain parts of my body on certain days. Fitness is not a one size fits all approach.
Same here. The weather goes out once in a while and I have to reboot both devices too.
(I find it funny when reading the very next post after yours and wanted to say it is not a WatchOS 11 only thing.)
This is a problem for any tracker. It detects steps based on movement. On a bus you are moving, there are vibrations that it will count as steps. I get the same problem when driving. It's less on the Apple Watch than any other tracker.
The main thing for me is a clear watch face with various complications. I tried to replicate my Garmin (glance) and it's impossible. The Altitude complication has a font so small, I can't even read it. Even worst if you are walking or running anywhere.
Same for running, it's a list of text on the AW.
I’m sure the algorithm could be better designed to ignore ‘steps’ when GPS is showing the watch moving at 20, 30, 40 even 50mph. It’s effectively useless as a health tracker for me as it counts hundreds of erroneous steps every duty. Especially when active calories and whatnot are also calculated on your activity.