Apple Series 7 Watch
The newest release of the Apple Watch is amazing with all the features available. To have the best experience you’ll need an iPhone, likely an Eleven or newer. I have listed a few features below to whet your interest. YouTube has many videos that offer more as well as how to set or use the feature. In your browser, type the feature you are trying to use, and you should find directions on how to do so. You’ll just need to explore the details on your own and uncover more features than listed here. Plus, this watch charges much faster than my Series 2 trade-in.
If you find that the watch is not responding as expected, try a reset by pressing the crown and the sidebar at the same time until the Apple logo appear. Let it reboot. If you continue to have issues (not working as expected), I suggest making sure both the iPhone and watch have the latest updates installed. If the issue persists, try unpair and re-pair the watch and iPhone again. That will bring back the factory settings, while keeping your apps and data intact. See this article for more information. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204568 Needless to say, but be sure your Bluetooth function on iPhone is turned on. (oops)
To access Control Center, touch and hold the bottom of the screen, then swipe up to open Control Center.
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Notifications – will appear briefly and if you need to see them again, swipe down on the watch face from the top.
Reply to messages – when you receive a text you can reply using pre-made responses (Ok, Wait a moment, etc.) or use the keyboard to type your own.
Unlock your iPhone or Mac – found this in Settings on iPhone
Find My… press the crown button to go to your list of apps and chose Find Device, Find My, or Find Friends
Photos app -much improved
Lots of new watch faces and emojis
Camera control – you can use your watch to take a picture with a timer, start a video, or other adjustments. You need to be in normal Bluetooth range (about 33 feet).
Night stand mode – after you turn this on, and place watch on charge you’ll be able to see a dimmed watch face with the current time.
Walkie Talkie – for friends with a late model watch which displays the walkie-talkie app, you can talk to them directly after you add them to the walkie-talkie list.
Focus Mode – go to the Control Center and press the crescent moon icon to select a mode setting.
Maps – you can load a map and use the crown to zoom in/out. Details are limited due to screen size but very handy.
Compass – in app list, choose this app to see your altitude, Lat/Long and a digital compass.
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New health apps are found in the app list.
Simplified ECG – get a peek at your electrocardiogram
Blood Oxygen – press app and sit still for about 15 seconds to see the level of oxygen
Cycle Tracking – for women who want to monitor their menstrual cycle.
Heart Rate – current and recent history.
Fall detection- with the built-in accelerometer, you watch can detect if you had a fall and will contact 911 and your emergency contacts. First, it will ask, “did you fall” and then ask “are you ok” or not. If you don’t respond, it will make the calls and announce your location. See this link for more information. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208944 You’ll have to set this up on iPhone using the Watch App.
Fitness+ – this app let’s you connect your Airpods or headphones with your watch. Then, when you select an exercise you will get audio accompany sound to encourage you. ( I have only just started to use this. Probably much more to discover).
Noise – this app will evaluate and warn you if you are exposed to potentially high levels of noise from music, machinery, etc.
Go the list of apps and choose App Store for many more apps to download to customize the watch for your lifestyle.