For a healthy life keeping a tab on your heart rate, blood pressure, sleep quality, and overall fitness level, has become a must in today’s hectic lives. It is best to be aware of any activity in your body. And smartwatches are a perfect way to monitor your health. Additionally, they can do much more than that. In this article we will discuss about Apple Watch, its features, advantages, disadvantages, and How to Unpair and Erase Apple Watch Without iPhone.
Fig 1: Apple Watch
What is a Smart Watch and Why Do You Need it?
Smartwatches are like wearable computers which exist in the form of wristwatches that give you a plethora of features apart from timekeeping. Often your smartwatch can integrate with your smartphone and show you incoming calls and messages. Some of the smartphones have enhanced features like weather information, maps for directions, etc.
Fig 2: Smart Watch
- You can easily access some of the smartphone applications via your smartwatch without reaching for your phone.
- It displays sensor data like heart rate, sleep tracking, and many other details.
- They present different scenarios of health tracking and fitness like step counting, GPS, etc.
- It can tell you the current time and you can set an alarm on the watch instead of your smartphone.
- This ease of finding all important information in one place without having to open your bag or reach your pocket to take out your smartphone is one of the most valuable features of smartphones. They push notifications such as calendar reminders, Twitter, emails, etc. In some of the watches, you can even read the full email on your watch.
- The “Find My Phone” feature in a smartwatch is extremely handy where you press a button on your smartwatch and your smartphone will give out an alarm even if it is in silent mode.
- Some of the latest smartwatches like the Apple Watch Series 7 have ECG or Electrocardiogram features where you can see more data apart from heart rate to know if there is a possibility of any heart issue.
What is Apple Watch
Apple Watch is also a smartwatch but the quality and accuracy of data is beyond comparison to its rivals. Through Apple Watch you can accomplish a variety of tasks that include making phone calls, reading emails, sending text messages, etc. Apple’s first series of watches, the Apple 4, came out on April 24, 2015. Presently, the latest series of Apple watches is series 8 which came out in September, 2022.
Fig 3: How Apple Watch Works
Basic Requirements and Information about of an Apple Watch
- Apple watches function by connecting with your iPhone so you must turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your iPhone.
- Your iPhone must have iOS 8.0 or later run on it.
- The iPhone and Apple watch must be within a range of 33 feet.
- Apple watches can work through Wi-Fi if your watch and iPhone are connected on the same network.
- Your watch could also connect through cellular data.
- Apple watches are smart enough to choose which connection to use to connect with your iPhone so that it is most power-efficient.
- When your iPhone is near, the Apple Watch would use Bluetooth.
- If Bluetooth is not on, the Apple Watch would try to use Wi-Fi.
- If neither Bluetooth nor Wi-Fi are available, the cellular models of Apple Watches can connect to cellular networks.
What an Apple Watch Can Do for You?
Apple watch is like your fitness partner on your wrist that measures your movements, the ways you move and gives you meaningful and critical health insights. Apple watches are meant for all, from fitness enthusiasts to business owners. It allows you to manage your lifestyle with just a few taps.
Fig 4: Benefits of Apple Watch
Health Status Tracking
Apple watches have a 24/7 fitness tracker which apart from other parameters also records your blood-oxygen levels. It counts how much you walk every day, your active calorie count, and tracks your heart rate. Another amazing feature of this watch is the SOS function where you can send an emergency message if you face irregular heartbeats.
Fall Detector
The SOS feature can also detect if you take a hard fall. The Apple Watch would immediately notify emergency services. The watch would tap on your wrist, sound an alarm, and display an alert. You have the option to send the message to emergency services or discard the alarm by pressing the “I am OK” digital crown. Apple Watch can detect a hard hit with its highly sensitive and accurate gyroscopes and accelerometers. Within 30 seconds of a hard hit, anyone nearby can hear the beep and if you are not able to press SOS within 60 seconds then the watch would send an emergency call on its own.
Sleek Design
Apple watches are well known for the design and functionality of their devices. The watches are designed for every build and can be worn on any occasion. You can change the straps of the watch with the wide variety of colors and designs available. So, you can don a sporty look for a walk or change it for a business meeting in just a few minutes.
Shock and Water-Resistant
Apple Watch provides you a warranty against damages and spills. All the variants and series of Apple Watches are water-resistant so they can be worn while swimming or doing any strenuous activity. The watches can even withstand extreme conditions like boiling temperatures or icy winds.
Convenience
All you need to do is sync your iPhone and Apple Watch and strap it on your wrist and you are ready to receive a message and call via your watch. You can see who sent you a message or who is calling on the watch, without having to look at your phone. The watch also lets you tune into your favorite playlist while you enjoy your ride.
Snooze Feature
The watch not only tracks the quality of your sleep but also works with your iPhone to create bedtime routines and other schedules to meet your sleep goals.
Become More Mindful
In the new Apple Watches there is a Reflect feature that aims to bring more mindfulness into your lives by encouraging you to focus on thought-provoking, short themes. The Breather function helps you in focusing and connecting with yourself.
Protects Well-Being
You can focus on your overall health by tracking your menstrual cycles, giving you reminders to wash your hands, and protecting you from loud sounds.
Handoff
The Apple Watch has a very useful handoff capability where you can start a task on the watch and finish it on your iPhone. For instance, you can not compose an email on the Apple watch but you can ask the Siri assistant to write an email that will transfer the email writing task to your iPhone. Siri on Apple Watch is present in text form only and does not speak.
The New Features in Apple Watch 7 Series
Fig 5: Apple Watch Series 7
The Apple Watch Series 7 has many new features apart from a large always-on retina display. The design is more rounded and has a larger casing along with enhanced durability and a faster charging rate. This series is available in 41 mm and 45 mm sizes and they are 1 mm longer than previous generations of Apple watches (40 mm and 44 mm.)
ECG
Through its ECG function, these watches can also monitor your heart’s rhythm and generate an ECG which is similar to a single-lead electrocardiogram.
Broader Display
Due to slimmer borders you can view more screen data. The display is further enhanced by a larger re-engineered retina display.
Crack-Resistant
The 7 series is more durable and its front glass is crack-resistant. It is also laced with IPX6 dust resistance and has a WR50 water resistance rating.
33% Faster Charging
The Apple watch series 7 can charge 33% faster than the earlier series of Apple watches. You just need to charge it for eight minutes and you can get eight hours of sleep tracking time.
Blood Oxygen Level Monitoring
This series has a revolutionary sensor that can measure your blood oxygen levels which is an important indicator of your overall health.
GPS + LTE
The Apple watch series 7 are available in both GPS and GPS + LTE models. With the LTE model, your Apple watch can work even without your iPhone being nearby.
New Colors for the Casing
Series 7 comes with five new aluminum casing colors that include Starlight, Midnight, Blue, Green, and (Product) Red.
The New Features in Apple Watch 8 Series
Apple Watch Series 8 features a lot of new and improved features. They are:
Wrist Temperature Sensing for Women’s Health
Crash Detection
Low Power Mode
watchOS 9
- With International Roaming coming in play, users can saty connected to a cellular network even while traveling abroad.
- Users who are diagnosed with AFib can turn on the FDA-cleared AFib History feature and access important information, including an estimate of how frequently their heart rhythm shows signs of AFib, providing deeper insights into their condition.
- The completely redesigned Compass in watchOS 9 provides more in-depth information and three distinct views. This Compass app provides a new hybrid view that simultaneously shows both an analog compass dial and a digital view. Turning the Digital Crown reveals an additional view that includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and incline, as well as an orienteering view showing Compass Waypoints and Backtrack.
- The Workout app in watchOS 9 includes new in-session views, such as Segments, Splits, and Elevation, that offer more precise workout data. Users can also improve their training with advanced workout experiences, including Heart Rate Zones, Custom Workouts, Pacer, and, coming later this year, Race Route.
- Sleep tracking in watchOS 9 provides even more insights with the introduction of sleep stages.
- The new Medications experience on Apple Watch and iPhone helps users manage and track their medications, vitamins, and supplements, allowing them to create a medications list, set up schedules and reminders.
Steps for Unpairing and Erasing Your Apple Watch
Fig 5: Unpair Apple Watch
Unpair Apple Watch
By unpairing your apple watch, you restore its factory settings.
- When you are unpairing them, keep your iPhone and Apple watch close to each other.
- Open the app for Apple Watch on your iPhone.
- You will find a tab named “My Watch”, tap on that and then tap on “all watches.”
- The watch you wish to unpair should be listed there, click on the “info” button next to that watch.
- Now select “Unpair Apple Watch.”
Erase Your Apple Watch Without iPhone
If you wish to erase your apple watch without your iPhone near you then you can follow the below steps:
- On your Apple watch, go to “Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase All Content and Settings.”
- If prompted, give your password.
- Tap on “Erase all” to confirm the deletion. Your Apple Watch is now reset to its factory settings.
Disadvantages of Apple Watch
All good things do have some limitations, and for Apple Watches the significant ones are:
Heavy pricing
Amongst other Smartwatches, Apple Watches are in the costliest bracket and their price range is between 399 USD to 799 USD.
Low battery life
If you choose more functions, the battery dries out fast. Though Apple says that their watches can go up to 18 hours, it is all dependent on how many tasks you are running in the background.
Compatibility issues
If you have an Android phone, Apple watches do not catch up easily. Even with an iPhone, it needs to be synced with iCloud and Apple Pay. Also, Apple watches work only on iPhone 5 and above.
Conclusion
Apple Watches have a lot in store for your overall health. Apart from providing health-related information, the watch also shows email, message, and call notifications for your convenience. You could also play music from your Apple Watch as it has internal storage where music can be downloaded.
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