And the first thing I really like about the series 8 is its battery life and how fast this thing charges. I can now keep my Apple watch on My Wrist all day and night, more on sleep tracking later and only charge it when I shower in the morning and thats it Ive never had to worry about battery life. With this series, 8. Ive never had to worry about it running out of battery on even long travel days or days where I have multiple high intensity workouts. This watch also gets you in always on display, and the series 8 comes now with a larger screen, which fits a full size Mini keyboard for text replies thats, another feature Ive used way more than I thought I would its a great example of something you can Actually do with a watch without needing to pull out your phone to finish a task. Another thing Ive come to really like is the graphite stainless steel material that I chose for the watch. I agonized a bit over whether to stay with the regular stainless steel material or to go with that darker graphite color, because the stainless steel version series 4. I had gained quite a few scratches over the four years I owned it. You can always polish that material, which is not the case for any other Apple watch. That is stainless steel, that is in a different color. To my surprise, over the past six months, this graphite color seems way less prone to scratching than the original stainless steel material.
I was accustomed to and the scratches that do appear, havent been as noticeable next lets talk sleep tracking. In my opinion, sleep is one of the most underrated parts of our lives and especially our overall health Ive been reading. This book called why we sleep fantastic book. Its not a sponsor Ill leave it in the description below. If you want to learn more, but one of the biggest problems with sleep in general is if youre not getting quality sleep, it can be hard to know that, but thanks to the Apple watchs sleep stage tracking, you can now know if youre getting quality sleep or Not it not only tracks how long you slept, but also how long you stayed in different stages of sleep which all do different beneficial things for our bodies. Now, speaking of Health features, another Health feature of the Apple watch that I really dig is hearing Health. Having a tool that allows me to measure the decibel level of the noise around me is really useful. Now, most of the things that I just went over theyre not new features to the Apple Watch, series, 8 and thats. Because for me the Apple Watch. Series 8 is pretty much an iterative update for what I use. My Apple watch, for which is mainly Fitness and sleep, tracking, contextual information from the watch face and then controlling media, the three activity circles. The Apple watch shows you. They quickly tell me how Ive been doing with my move, exercise and stand goals and overall help motivate me to get out and exercise.
The watch also has automatic workout detection, which is incredibly useful. If you forget to start a workout, its even kicked on for bike rides, which is pretty smart Apple. This year, also added heart rate zones, which can now help you determine the intensity of a workout. One of the best uses I found for the Apple watch is being able to show you a ton of information at a glance thanks to watch faces like the infographic face. You can now show a lot of information on the watch with complications and there are quite a few to choose from, and you also have the ability to change the color of them and the rest of the watch face to match the color of your Apple watch. Bands right now I have my watch set to show me my activity level, the current temperature at my location, including the high and low temps for the day, any upcoming events I have on my calendar when the sun will set current weather conditions and, of course, the Time and date, you can also use the watch complications exactly like you use lock, screen widgets on iOS, so you can use them to show you contextual information, but you can also use them as shortcuts. For example, I have both the Pocket Casts and fit Fitness complications which allow me in a single tap from the watch, face to open those apps up on the Apple watch. Now the last thing that I mainly use my Apple watch for is controlling media Spotify, YouTube, music, Amazon, music and, of course, Apple.
Music. All have Apple watch apps that make it easy to control and play music either on your phone or on the watch itself, and the Apple watch now. Playing app will also allow you to control other Apple devices like music playing on a group of AirPlay 2 speakers, or something playing on your Apple TV. This for me, over the past six months and actually the past few years now has just been a fundamental core feature of the Apple watch. Experience for me its a feature that I think the Apple watch does better than any other device you can get from Apple, because the watch is always on my wrist and easily accessible, and the Spotify app in particular is very good because of Spotify connect, even if Youre playing music from Spotify on a device Apple isnt, even aware of like a nest Hub, the Spotify Apple Watch app will still let you control that device right from your wrist now. One other use for the Apple watch that can be quite useful is for clearing and responding to Notifications, but because notifications just constantly disrupt my focus. This has been something Ive relied Less on the Apple watch for over time, and instead what Ive done is just turn. Notifications off for the majority of apps on my phone next lets walk through a few more new things with this Apple watch and the first is the temperature sensing for cycle tracking. Now this isnt a feature Ive been able to test personally, but its a pretty big deal for anyone out there who ovulates and wants to be able to predict when their next period will be now depending on where you live.
You may have some security concerns with your watch tracking the sensitive information and this information, along with all of your health data, tracked from your Apple watch, is stored locally on your iPhone its encrypted and its never uploaded to Apples servers. Another new feature you get with the series 8 is the spo2 sensor that measures blood oxygen levels, because this feature isnt really intended for a medical use or even self diagnosis, youre only really getting a fitness benefit with it, and for that reason I havent really found It to be all that useful Im, certainly more neutral on it now. Another new feature with this watch is a car crash detection, its certainly a nice to have feature, and actually, I think it makes more sense to build that feature into a watch versus a phone. Since a watch should be more accessible to you after a crash also new on this Apple watch is the S8 chip, but I havent really noticed a huge difference in performance between the series 8 and my series. 4.. Both of them are pretty good. Another really cool feature of this watch that I havent gotten the chance to use that much is the compass backtrack feature when youre out for a walk. For example, you can open up the compass app on the Apple watch and mark the entrance to a trail, and then, if you get lost on your height, your Apple watch will use GPS to guide you back to the start of your hike, which is pretty awesome.
Last thing to talk about before I get into downsides is the Apple Watch app its well designed, but only something youll use really when setting up the Apple watch and apple does a great job, including a discover section where you can learn more about how to use Your watch, this is also a reminder that, yes, you still do – need an iPhone to get an Apple Watch. Alright, now lets go through the things I havent liked about. The series 8. first up is digital Crown misfires. This has been an issue. Ive actually run into quite frequently with the series 8 and its not something I experienced with my previous Apple watch when Ive got my headphones in and Im going about my day, and this is almost always why Im listening to something on my phone, not on the Watch itself, the volume on those headphones will just rapidly increase or decrease. Specifically, I noticed this when Im just kind of moving my wrists down at first, I thought the digital Crown was getting caught on clothing and turning up the volume of whatever is playing, because I turned on auto launch Audio Apps on the watch in settings. However, now Ive noticed this Behavior, even when Im not wearing long sleeves, so I dont really know what to make of it and its certainly annoying other than that. I havent run into any issues with the series 8. overall, while I think it is an iterative update to the Apple Watch series.
The Apple watch remains a fantastic companion device to anyone who uses an iPhone and in general, for whatever Apple watch you get. I recommend always upgrading to a version that comes with the sapphire crystal display, because that screen is pretty much impossible to scratch and Ive banged. This watch, as well as my previous Apple watches, into all sorts of things, and I have never seen a scratch on any of my Apple watches, with the sapphire crystal display and if youd like to learn more about the different types of Apple Watch. Series 8 versions that you can get and check their current prices, Ive left links in the description below where you can do that, and the next thing I think you should watch is the review I did of the iPhone 14 pro. This is the iPhone that apple is designed to work perfectly with the Apple Watch series 8, which comes with the new Dynamic Island as well as my long term review of iOS 16, which covers Apples, new, lock, screen, lock, screen, widgets and so much more. You can get to both of those videos by clicking the links above and consider giving this video a thumbs up.myRkDQ8dVec
