This article looks at some practical reasons why you might want to buy an Apple Watch if you’re an iPhone user. Browse through the list and see if you’re confident about buying an Apple smartwatch if you haven’t already!
Note. This article mentions the best features of the Apple Watch. Some of them may not be available on all Apple Watch models.
1. Perfect companion for running, walking and fitness
Running, walking or playing sports is not always convenient with a phone in your pocket. However, the Apple Watch can track your steps, distance, heart rate, calories burned, and more while you’re focused on real fitness activities.
Excellent water and dust resistance also makes Apple Watch perfect for swimming, diving, surfing, exercising, and more.
2. Health Benefits
Stay active: Your Apple Watch might periodically nudge you to get up and take a walk, or catch your breath and focus for a couple of minutes. These small features can help improve your overall physical and mental health.
Heart rate. Your Apple Watch can measure your heart rate, record it, and let you know if it notices any abnormalities, such as a high or low heart rate.
Blood oxygen: Apple Watch sensors can measure blood oxygen levels, which is an important indicator of overall well-being.
ECG: Apple Watch can also generate an ECG (electrocardiogram) report from your wrist that you can share with your doctors, helping them better understand your health.
Temperature sensors. The temperature sensors in Series 8 and later can help with cycle tracking, which can be helpful for family planning.
3. Get alerts when your iPhone is not around
Whether you’re in a meeting where you can’t see your iPhone, or in a place where using it would be rough, your Apple Watch can still show you notifications, and you can even reply directly from it.
In addition to notifications, you can receive and make calls when you’re away from your iPhone (but within its Bluetooth range). And if you have an Apple Watch or Apple Watch Ultra with cellular connectivity, you can make phone calls, send text messages, or stream music even when your iPhone isn’t around.
4. Useful security features
If you fall, call emergency services and relatives: If you fall hard, your watch can immediately call your emergency contacts and local emergency services.
Quickly use an emergency call – SOS. If you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation where you can’t reach your iPhone, you can use the Emergency SOS feature on your Apple Watch to call your emergency contacts and get help from emergency services.
5. Unlock your iPhone when you’re wearing a mask
If you’re wearing a mask and have an older iPhone, your Apple Watch can authenticate and unlock your iPhone without having to manually enter a passcode.
6. Listen to music and podcasts anywhere
You can download music and podcasts to your Apple Watch and listen to them even if you don’t have an iPhone or Internet. All you need is your watch and any Bluetooth headphones like AirPods.
7. Use your Apple Watch for Apple Pay and travel passes
You can use Apple Pay on your watch by simply holding it up to a contactless payment reader. Similarly, you can store your Apple Watch tickets or pass in supported cities and use them on public transportation like trains, subways, and buses.
8. Apple Watch can save iPhone battery life
Every time you pick up your iPhone to check the time or view a notification, it consumes some battery power. Multiply this action by a few dozen times and we will see a significant drain on the battery. However, if you have an Apple Watch, you can check the time and see notifications on it instead of on your iPhone, which helps save battery for more important tasks.
9. Great alarm clock that doesn’t bother your partner
The alarm clock on the Apple Watch is fantastic! It will vibrate to push your wrist and play a quiet sound to wake you up. This is very useful if you’re an early bird and don’t want to wake your partner up with a loud alarm on your iPhone or a dedicated alarm clock.
10. Apple Watch as iPhone Camera or Media Remote
You can use your Apple Watch as a remote iPhone camera shutter.
In addition, you can also control music playback on your iPhone with your Apple Watch using the Now Playing app.
11. Convenient voice recorder on the wrist
I love the Voice Memos app on my iPhone and having the same app on my watch is very practical. For example, if I go to the doctor, I start a voice recording on my Apple Watch so that later, when I’m at home, I can listen carefully to what the doctor said again.
12. Quick actions with just one tap
You can access the camera and flashlight from the iPhone lock screen. In addition, lock screen widgets can also help you quickly open certain applications.
However, I find the Apple Watch to be better for a few things, such as quickly launching the Voice Memos app. This was made possible by adding the Voice Memos app to the Apple Watch face. After that, I can open and start voice recording with just two clicks! No need to unlock my iPhone, find the app and then start recording!
13. Apple Watch can do several things better than iPhone
Your iPhone can track your steps, the number of stairs you climbed, and even your sleep. But the Apple Watch, being a dedicated device, often does these things better. For example, its sleep tracking will be more accurate than your iPhone.
And, of course, we must not forget about the heartbeat, blood oxygen, temperature and other sensors that are absent in iPhones.
14. Raise your fashion quotient
The watch band replacement process is very simple, and you can get official or third-party watch bands for your Apple Watch that match your outfit.
Plus, you can also customize the watch face with numerous options to match your dress or strap! In fact, every time I buy a shirt or sweater, I add a new watch face that complements my outfit. This is a good way to stay on the flick.
Are you convinced?
Here are some of the main reasons why you might want to get an Apple Watch. Undoubtedly, its average battery life is an issue that will keep you charging it almost every night. But all things considered, the Apple Watch is better than the competition in almost every way, making it the most popular smartwatch on the planet!
If you’re thinking about buying a smartwatch and you already own an iPhone, there’s no better alternative than the Apple Watch.
However, if you don’t have an iPhone, the Apple Watch isn’t for you as you can’t even set it up with an Android phone, iPad, Mac or anything else! If you are an Android user, look for Samsung’s Galaxy smartwatch, Google Pixel Watch, or other third-party watches that can be found in abundance in all online marketplaces.
Let us know what you think. Are you planning to buy an Apple Watch? Or you already use them, in which case tell us what you think is a good reason to buy an Apple Watch.