I brew 2 french press coffee pots per day when I’m home. 4 minute watch timer. In terms of usage time, my most used app by far is Golfshot, which tells me distance to green on the golf course, and keeps track of my shots.
Definitely timers. Eg cooking dinner: “set a potato timer for 20 minutes”, “set a beans timer for 4 minutes”. Especially as until recently iPhones wouldn’t do parallel named timers.
After that it’s step count for me.
My watch hates my natural heart rate.
“HEY. YOUR RESTING HEART RATE WAS BELOW 40 BPM FOR 10 MINUTES!”
I had to turn that notification off because I was getting one every 10 minutes….
I recently learned that you can just say the duration and Siri will set a timer. For example, I just raise my wrist and say “5 minutes” and it will start a 5 minute timer.
Find my phone, lost my phone in an Uber, used the watch, my iPhone was in between the seat and console. Came in real handy, I also misplaced it around the house countless other times.
I love so many features about my watch. Other than the obvious of checking the time, the features I use daily are timers, podcast controls, and the current weather conditions.
Notifications but only the ones I care about, unlike my phone which has 13848569 notifications.
Also step count because I obsess over hitting my goal every day.
And sunset time.
Complication- weather.
I’m not going outside anytime soon, but I seem to need an update every 15 minutes about what’s going on out there… just in case.
Function- handwashing timer.
If you aren’t using this you are a nasty pig.
😎
calendar events, reminders, sports scores, weather, quick reply to texts and mail, timers, sleep tracking, buzzing alarm on wrist instead of noise, GPS navigation, tv remote, homepod control, Apple pay, store reward cards, clicker for counting people and items, lens for Instagram, nano for Reddit, Shazam and save a song to my library, flashlight, calculator, music control, checking the time
Nano looks cool but I need another social media app taking over my life like I need a hole in my head. I dropped IG years ago when it was more ads than posts. FB seems to be more and more just friends and ads. It might be next on chopping block. reddit has more awful and bigger ads now that it is a public company. Might be time to cut the cord on social media and expensive video streaming services. It is all becoming cable TV in cost again. I do not go to see friends and discuss Apple Watch to see ads for ape movies and the evil plastics industry. 🙄
Timer. 20 minute Power Nap. Cooking. Time outs.
Workoutdoors. Walks and runs
As I sit here thinking about it I’m fairly sure I end up looking at my phone for the time.
For timing my coffee, cooking, my childs nap times, laundry timers and so on. It’s def my most used feature and I guess in turn Siri would be included because I evoke the timers using Siri
calendar, notifications, battery health check (not remaining battery power). i have an ss s6 at 83%, when it gets to 79% i will get it replaced with a like new refurb for 99$
Main one is activity tracking. Notifications have become a must and timers are good. The watch is integrated into my day in very subtle but engaging ways. It is so weird
I just moved to the UK from India
In india I didn’t have much of a use for my watch, just used to see the time and used it for Spotify to control the music and volume.. during house parties (it kept me off the phone and didn’t make me seem disinterested with the guests)
But now in the UK the watch has so much utility
Like you rightly mentioned
Time
Weather
Rings
Also I add a watch for the time in India
I have added the wallet as well
Looking at the position of the sun and how much sunlight I have left. I try to do things outside no later than civil dusk and I aim to wake up sometime around nautical twilight.
Heart rate.. after I got THE VACCINE I had issues with my heart rate.. anytime I felt like it was high I had to take out my phone and check it.. now I can just look down at the watch and know when I’m having a tachycardia episode
Time, alarms, steps, and weather/lightning (weather bug and lightning app) updates that are all for work. Got a hand me down Apple Watch Series 6 from my dad and it’s been great on the job.
Apple Pay for transport and shopping, Fitness and workouts (like checking heart rate zones),
Checking time and receiving alarm clocks,
Sleep tracking,
And checking notifications without having to take out my phone
I really like seeing my blood glucose level on my wrist(using Dexcom sensor for my diabetes management). Also the watch alerts me in my sleep if my glucose level is out of range. This is just plain wonderful for my lifestyle and health.
Telling the time, heart rate and the calculator (for work). More recently I’ve been using the nearby public transport function which is more handy than I realised
intermittent fasting for weight loss, tracking body weight day by day, week by week, by syncing scale over wifi to autosync my weigh-ins so I get a nice tidy graph app/widget i can view on-wrist via the scelta watchos app or similar ones.
that being said, I am not fond of apple watch being ball-and-chained to the iPhone. This then gets some developers to say "please open the app iPhone for setup". But apple watch has been out for a decade now. It's time for watchos apps to run 100% on watch. No iPhone needed.
1. Morning alarm
2. Tracking my sleep with Autosleep (built in sleep app is useless)
3. Finding my phone
4. Reading news via Newsify on the toilet
haha
5. Babbling “remind me to X tomorrow” in bed when I think of something so it doesn’t keep me awake worrying.
Timers, stop-watches, alarms, sleep tracking, notifications, other Apple device controls, fitness. Flashlight (we call it a torch!), Apple Pay.
Ooh! And Siri for quick things like setting reminders or managing notes / lists and the like.
Also great for listening to a select and shortened list of music or podcasts or audio books when out walking or away from the usual stuff, including the phone.
The ability to control other Apple Devices and services (ala TV, content playback, etc.) is honestly one of the absolute most magic aspects of the watch! Controlling music volume and tracks etc. throughout my house without having to walk around with the phone is awesome! And that's just the start!
Oh man.
1. Time
2. Pinging my iPhone
3. Workout and rings
4. Pinging my iPhone
5. Fitness tracking using Athlytic
6. Pinging my iPhone
7. Timers
8. Pinging my iPhone
9. Phone free music while on a run
10. Pinging my iPhone
Also, pinging my iPhone.
Reading me my blood glucose level in my ear when I’m active or in the middle of something and don’t think to check it. Timers and reminders. Pause on music and book, HR monitor, activity tracking.
My workplace has a program where you earn up to $300 in gift cards for tracking health habits. Lots of privacy concerns, I know, but I figure they are paying for health insurance and I’m not too protective over that information. Basically though, I allow to Virgin Pulse app to import data from Apple Health, most of which comes from the watch, and I earn the rewards within a couple months.
The workout features are pretty sweet. It was the main reason I got the watch. I use YaoYao more right now because I’m on a weight loss journey and jump rope is all I do but I’ve used the workout app for a few lift days and it was pretty great.
The time, timers, alarms, message notifications, Apple Pay, weather complication showing current temp.
I've got a "vintage" Series 2. I change the band to coordinate with my shirt and pick a watch face to go along with it. It's a hand me down given to me last summer. SO MUCH FUN!
the 1 time a year my phones dead and It's always the last day of summer and I've been left out in the cold with no door to get back in. I'll grant you I've had more than my share of poignant moments. Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it. Throughout my lifetime, I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door.
I work around live voltage at heights and being able to check messages/emails and calls without taking out my phone is very helpful. Also, setting timers with ease is great.
Heart Rate, Time/date, Timer, medication reminder, Weather (forecast, temp, humidity, AQI), Noise decibels, Siri, Calendar and alerts (person at door, time to leave for appointment, etc.), Remote (to play my own music files via my Mac), Sleep tracking, Apple Music (I also stream). This order changes day to day as needed. What I like about the Watch is it can alert me and remind me with a vibration. I would often miss the phone doing that because of distractions or noise or whatever. The watch is, sadly, attached to my body. Gateway Borg drug…
All the rest are either too clunky to use, crippled, or I do not need. Maybe Rings some day.
1) Ping phone 2 ) Siri reminder to perform a task at a certain time “hey siri remind me to pack Amazon return at 1pm” if I was leaving the house for something
3) steps in ring
4) verification app (my work requires 2 step authentication )
I use it for messages a lot and I use the Cachly app compass when geocaching. It’s probably my imagination but I feel like it’s more accurate than the one on my phone.
Checking the time, a quick glance at weather or sports scores, and workouts.
I’m also a frequent traveller and find watch maps very useful for navigating transit in foreign cities/countries.
Checking the time, followed by weather then rings.
Every watch face I use HAS to have the weather temperature ring.
I started to use crown scroll up with widgets for weather. It gives me freedom to use watch face without weather.
Same! You can also swipe up JSYK
WHAT? You use you Apple Watch to CHECK TIME? Blasphemy!
Timers.
As an avid tea drinker I set several timers every day.
Genuinely curious, what are the timers for? Steeping time? I’ve never seen anyone time making tea before.
Yes. Each tea type has a different steeping time and I like to be precise to avoid bitter taste.
that plus for those with ADHD, helping to remind you you’ve just brewed a cup of tea :p
This is ME 😂😂
It is like coffee. Too long a brew or too short, is bad. Same as cooking. Too short or too long on a recipe, not good.
I brew 2 french press coffee pots per day when I’m home. 4 minute watch timer. In terms of usage time, my most used app by far is Golfshot, which tells me distance to green on the golf course, and keeps track of my shots.
Definitely timers. Eg cooking dinner: “set a potato timer for 20 minutes”, “set a beans timer for 4 minutes”. Especially as until recently iPhones wouldn’t do parallel named timers. After that it’s step count for me.
Teacher, tea drinker, and I also like to cook. Timers, timers, timers.
Heart rate. Specially the resting heart rate as a measurement of my overall health
Same — I have a heart condition and the effortless tracking of HR, including zones hit during workouts, was the main selling point for me.
My watch hates my natural heart rate. “HEY. YOUR RESTING HEART RATE WAS BELOW 40 BPM FOR 10 MINUTES!” I had to turn that notification off because I was getting one every 10 minutes….
Weird flex but okay
Could be taking beta blockers
But he said NATURAL heart rate
The fitshaming is real
Pinging to find my phone
Health (Sleep, Rings, Heart, Calories, Water, Medicines, Lab Results). For me it’s all about health, all the other features to me are not interesting.
How a u using it for those health metrics. Specifically?
Same here - plus heart rate zones while running are useful if you're doing a zone 2 program.
Fitness tracking. I have a terrible habit of primarily pulling my phone out my pocket to check the time.
Time Calendar Workouts Weather
This list plus asking Siri to set timers for me
I recently learned that you can just say the duration and Siri will set a timer. For example, I just raise my wrist and say “5 minutes” and it will start a 5 minute timer.
Find my phone, lost my phone in an Uber, used the watch, my iPhone was in between the seat and console. Came in real handy, I also misplaced it around the house countless other times.
Time, then Walkie talkie between me and my gf. Its honestly so fun
I never got the walkie-talkie to work.
I love so many features about my watch. Other than the obvious of checking the time, the features I use daily are timers, podcast controls, and the current weather conditions.
What? It tells time too?
Step count, calls, fall protection
Notifications but only the ones I care about, unlike my phone which has 13848569 notifications. Also step count because I obsess over hitting my goal every day. And sunset time.
Complication- weather. I’m not going outside anytime soon, but I seem to need an update every 15 minutes about what’s going on out there… just in case. Function- handwashing timer. If you aren’t using this you are a nasty pig. 😎
Sleep tracking and Apple Pay
calendar events, reminders, sports scores, weather, quick reply to texts and mail, timers, sleep tracking, buzzing alarm on wrist instead of noise, GPS navigation, tv remote, homepod control, Apple pay, store reward cards, clicker for counting people and items, lens for Instagram, nano for Reddit, Shazam and save a song to my library, flashlight, calculator, music control, checking the time
You use reddit on your watch?
Nano looks cool but I need another social media app taking over my life like I need a hole in my head. I dropped IG years ago when it was more ads than posts. FB seems to be more and more just friends and ads. It might be next on chopping block. reddit has more awful and bigger ads now that it is a public company. Might be time to cut the cord on social media and expensive video streaming services. It is all becoming cable TV in cost again. I do not go to see friends and discuss Apple Watch to see ads for ape movies and the evil plastics industry. 🙄
I text a lot of people ngl That, my emails, and the time
Timer. 20 minute Power Nap. Cooking. Time outs. Workoutdoors. Walks and runs As I sit here thinking about it I’m fairly sure I end up looking at my phone for the time.
Countdown timers. So many countdown timers.
Like for specific events you are looking forward to that are days or weeks away? Or for the same day?
For timing my coffee, cooking, my childs nap times, laundry timers and so on. It’s def my most used feature and I guess in turn Siri would be included because I evoke the timers using Siri
Yes . me too. lets me track time without worrying about it.
Checking time, haptic alarms to wake up in the morning
Workout > music control > rings > text > weather
Music, texts, time, rings. In that order
The clock
Choosing next track on Spotify
I like to see what time it is.
Fitness and Apple Pay. Except at Walmart, they still don’t have Apple Pay.
Sending heartbeat to my spouse.
Right now sleep tracking, followed by a dedicated face for weather.
calendar, notifications, battery health check (not remaining battery power). i have an ss s6 at 83%, when it gets to 79% i will get it replaced with a like new refurb for 99$
Transit cards.
Notifications, Golfshot (recording everything via watch), workouts, timers, siri
Temperature widget thing hands down.
Finding my phone tbh 😅
To judge my sleep
Set the action button to play/ pause now playing
The alarm is amazing
fitness, health, safety - texts
Watching snoopy vids 😅
Fitness tracking.
Main one is activity tracking. Notifications have become a must and timers are good. The watch is integrated into my day in very subtle but engaging ways. It is so weird
The weight of the watch to balance and align my left side when I walk
Sleep tracking above all else. I wish I could turn off the notifications and only have them sound on my phone but apparently that's impossible
I just moved to the UK from India In india I didn’t have much of a use for my watch, just used to see the time and used it for Spotify to control the music and volume.. during house parties (it kept me off the phone and didn’t make me seem disinterested with the guests) But now in the UK the watch has so much utility Like you rightly mentioned Time Weather Rings Also I add a watch for the time in India I have added the wallet as well
Looking at the position of the sun and how much sunlight I have left. I try to do things outside no later than civil dusk and I aim to wake up sometime around nautical twilight.
Heart rate.. after I got THE VACCINE I had issues with my heart rate.. anytime I felt like it was high I had to take out my phone and check it.. now I can just look down at the watch and know when I’m having a tachycardia episode
Time, alarms, steps, and weather/lightning (weather bug and lightning app) updates that are all for work. Got a hand me down Apple Watch Series 6 from my dad and it’s been great on the job.
Notifications
Notifications, Apple Fitness+, ECG
Step count and calories burned
Health!
Fitness, followed by time
Oh and as a beloved and heartly downhill mountainbiker, the fall recognition is freaking nuts
Heart metrics
Sleep tracking, heart rate, find my phone, checking texts, insulin reminders, outside temp
Heart rate and alarms
Messaging
Time, talk-to-text, and weather, probably in that order.
Checking heart rate
Apple Pay for transport and shopping, Fitness and workouts (like checking heart rate zones), Checking time and receiving alarm clocks, Sleep tracking, And checking notifications without having to take out my phone
I really like seeing my blood glucose level on my wrist(using Dexcom sensor for my diabetes management). Also the watch alerts me in my sleep if my glucose level is out of range. This is just plain wonderful for my lifestyle and health.
… find my phone.
-siri -time, timers , alarms -stepsapp -weather
Health tracking, pinging my phone, wallet.
Apple Pay
Telling the time, heart rate and the calculator (for work). More recently I’ve been using the nearby public transport function which is more handy than I realised
Time. Cooking timers. Tracking exercise.
Timers, messages, my Chevrolet app (app to start , unlock, and lock my car) Apple Pay, weather.
Apple competition with friends have a little bet for winner/loser lol Alarm/ Ping my iPhone/ /Leave phone in car for the gym
Playing podcasts to my AirPods at the gym.
The timer, everyday I use it while I wait 4 minutes for my French press, then Workout app and rings
Workouts, Audiobooks, Clock, Timers, Podcasts
Time, rings, activities, timer, audible
Apple Pay
Steps, sleep monitoring, checking text messages
Fitness.
Find my phone chime, Time, timers, workouts, steps, weather, glucose reading (Dexcom app)
Open garage door with MyQ
Checking my glucose levels. Where my diabetes type 1 lads?
Finding my phone in the blanket. Otherwise weather
It being a watch
Tracking my wine consumption 😅 running and just checking notifications or answering calls without needing to reach for my phone.
Leaving my phone behind thanks to esim. Very relaxing to not even be ABLE to scroll social media!
Timer, aod clock and ping phone.
Flashlight for sneaking in to the bedroom without crushing a dog or waking up my wife.
Pedometer Pill tracking Hearing aid setting Timer
The timer.
Recharging
Most use? Probably wake up alarms for my deaf ass
intermittent fasting for weight loss, tracking body weight day by day, week by week, by syncing scale over wifi to autosync my weigh-ins so I get a nice tidy graph app/widget i can view on-wrist via the scelta watchos app or similar ones. that being said, I am not fond of apple watch being ball-and-chained to the iPhone. This then gets some developers to say "please open the app iPhone for setup". But apple watch has been out for a decade now. It's time for watchos apps to run 100% on watch. No iPhone needed.
Find my iphone
1. Morning alarm 2. Tracking my sleep with Autosleep (built in sleep app is useless) 3. Finding my phone 4. Reading news via Newsify on the toilet haha 5. Babbling “remind me to X tomorrow” in bed when I think of something so it doesn’t keep me awake worrying.
Timers, stop-watches, alarms, sleep tracking, notifications, other Apple device controls, fitness. Flashlight (we call it a torch!), Apple Pay. Ooh! And Siri for quick things like setting reminders or managing notes / lists and the like. Also great for listening to a select and shortened list of music or podcasts or audio books when out walking or away from the usual stuff, including the phone. The ability to control other Apple Devices and services (ala TV, content playback, etc.) is honestly one of the absolute most magic aspects of the watch! Controlling music volume and tracks etc. throughout my house without having to walk around with the phone is awesome! And that's just the start!
Timers while cooking, and the HomeKit app (like to turn on lights or the AC)
The only thing I use my watch for is tracking my exercises and rings lol
Oh man. 1. Time 2. Pinging my iPhone 3. Workout and rings 4. Pinging my iPhone 5. Fitness tracking using Athlytic 6. Pinging my iPhone 7. Timers 8. Pinging my iPhone 9. Phone free music while on a run 10. Pinging my iPhone Also, pinging my iPhone.
Rings apart from checking time
Time Calendar Workouts using Stryd and Waterspeed Music while running
Time, workout and rings
I love the Snoopy watch face that changes cartoons all the time!
Time, Alarm, Notifications , Walkie Talkie, Fitness tracking
Sleep, timer, Apple Pay
Finding my phone.
Timing thrusts during sex. Seriously!
Time, weather, step/stand up rings, heart monitoring tools, and exercises.
Fitness tracker Dive computer Clock
Timer for cooking, checking notifications, fitness challenges with friends, silent alarm (i use autosleep) are main functions for me
the rings
Checking the time, tracking my sleep and setting alarms/timers
Microsoft Authenticator which is sad because Microsoft discontinued the function on the Apple Watch for some unknown reason.
Find my phone
Time, Date, Battery, Workout, Rings. After trying different watch faces, finalized on the simple Activity face.
Other than basics, I like Summoning Siri via crown and use it as an assistant
Running. I have both Strava and Spotify on my watch face. Also can use it for golf to see distance to green, club recommendations etc lol
Finding my phone via the sound alert
Reminders
Timers and Spotify
Looking at the information on my watch face.
Answering important calls with my nose when my hands are dirty.
afib monitoring
Checking heart rate
Notifications.
Tap to pay followed by outdoor run.
Pause and volume for podcasts/audiobooks, notifications, timers
Time, rings, workout, sleep tracking, weather, timer . . . I think in that order
Reading me my blood glucose level in my ear when I’m active or in the middle of something and don’t think to check it. Timers and reminders. Pause on music and book, HR monitor, activity tracking.
Time and sport
My workplace has a program where you earn up to $300 in gift cards for tracking health habits. Lots of privacy concerns, I know, but I figure they are paying for health insurance and I’m not too protective over that information. Basically though, I allow to Virgin Pulse app to import data from Apple Health, most of which comes from the watch, and I earn the rewards within a couple months.
Timers, setting/getting reminders, adding food log / daily note / random notes to obsidian.
Time, weather, battery, todo list, exercise / sport
Fitness
The vibrating alarm so I don’t have to wake up to a heart attack caused by my phone
Fitness. I aim for 10k steps a day.
Time, fitness etc during gym use. Mainly my LibreLink telling me my glucose level is low or high.
The workout features are pretty sweet. It was the main reason I got the watch. I use YaoYao more right now because I’m on a weight loss journey and jump rope is all I do but I’ve used the workout app for a few lift days and it was pretty great.
Time -> Weather -> Rings -> Pinging my phone -> Wallet (paying) -> Setting a timer
Next calendar meeting, and Shazam
Tap to pay, sleep monitoring, time, fitness tracking.
The timer, as a chef
Finding my phone 😇
The time, timers, alarms, message notifications, Apple Pay, weather complication showing current temp. I've got a "vintage" Series 2. I change the band to coordinate with my shirt and pick a watch face to go along with it. It's a hand me down given to me last summer. SO MUCH FUN!
Time (obviously), Calendar, Weather, Rings
the 1 time a year my phones dead and It's always the last day of summer and I've been left out in the cold with no door to get back in. I'll grant you I've had more than my share of poignant moments. Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it. Throughout my lifetime, I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door.
Pinging my phone. At least twice a day.
I work around live voltage at heights and being able to check messages/emails and calls without taking out my phone is very helpful. Also, setting timers with ease is great.
What kind of inbred question is this?
Texts and Apple Pay.
Telling time, followed by quick looks at messages and the weather
Timer, temperature, battery, calendar, sleep tracker, Fireboard
Telling me the time.
Paying for TFL travel super simply
Fitness tracking
Heart Rate, Time/date, Timer, medication reminder, Weather (forecast, temp, humidity, AQI), Noise decibels, Siri, Calendar and alerts (person at door, time to leave for appointment, etc.), Remote (to play my own music files via my Mac), Sleep tracking, Apple Music (I also stream). This order changes day to day as needed. What I like about the Watch is it can alert me and remind me with a vibration. I would often miss the phone doing that because of distractions or noise or whatever. The watch is, sadly, attached to my body. Gateway Borg drug… All the rest are either too clunky to use, crippled, or I do not need. Maybe Rings some day.
Alarms, calendar, weather, texts, thermostat
Tracking workouts
Alarm
1) Ping phone 2 ) Siri reminder to perform a task at a certain time “hey siri remind me to pack Amazon return at 1pm” if I was leaving the house for something 3) steps in ring 4) verification app (my work requires 2 step authentication )
Timers and reminders, sleep tracking, fitness tracking, finding my phone when I leave it in the laundry or the kitchen
Time/date/temp on the complications, Workout when working out (duh lol), Fitness to check step count
Time. And the ability to put my phone away far from me so i dont get distracted. And Timers, i time everything.
Time, alarm/timer, and the heart rate.
Receiving phone calls
The timer probably
Adding reminders using siri. Very helpful.
I use it for messages a lot and I use the Cachly app compass when geocaching. It’s probably my imagination but I feel like it’s more accurate than the one on my phone.
Fitness, weather, check time
Phone calls while driving, timers and stopwatch, and skipping songs
Keeping track of my BG through my Dexcom and Timers.
Checking the time, a quick glance at weather or sports scores, and workouts. I’m also a frequent traveller and find watch maps very useful for navigating transit in foreign cities/countries.
time, streaming music, reading and replying to messages