This year's Apple Watch product line has been expanded again. In addition to the regular digital series and the second-generation Apple Watch SE, an Apple Watch Ultra is also launched, which is mainly aimed at outdoor extreme sports players.
For most users, they will definitely pay more attention to the digital series with wider applicability. With a little comparison, you can see that the appearance of Apple Watch Series 8 (hereinafter referred to as Apple Watch 8) has almost not changed. It is also divided into 41mm and 45mm models. The prices of each version are 100 yuan cheaper than the previous generation.
As a girl, after watching the press conference, I have been looking forward to this product. After getting the Apple Watch 8, I have been doing my best every day during this period and have had a long in-depth experience. Today I will share with you the user experience during this period.
It even understands me better than my boyfriend
Because the appearance remains unchanged, the internal changes must be large enough to be called iterative . As previously revealed, Apple Watch 8 has added a temperature sensor inside, but Apple did not launch the rumored "fever warning", but instead launched a period detection function for us girls.
What is the relationship between body temperature and menstrual period? I also learned after doing a lot of homework that girls’ body temperatures will not be completely consistent. There is also a medical saying called “bidirectional displacement of body temperature”, which means eliminating interference from external factors such as temperature. Asking questions will fluctuate up and down with ovulation period. The body temperature will be slightly lower than usual two weeks before ovulation, and will rise by 0.3~0.5℃ after ovulation, and last for about 2 weeks.
Apple Watch 8 actually has two temperature sensors, and the accuracy can reach 0.1℃. One is close to the skin and captures the slight temperature changes in body temperature at any time, while the other is responsible for obtaining the ambient temperature. Combined with the algorithm, you can get a more accurate value, which can be recorded in healthy applications.
This function will record two menstrual cycles continuously. It will only start estimation after collecting enough wrist temperatures. It will continue to adjust according to usage conditions in the future to further improve accuracy.
This function requires a long time to record the body temperature data. Manual recording is obviously difficult to achieve. Wearing devices like Apple Watch naturally become the best carrier. Just turn on "Use Wrist Temperature" in a healthy application, wear a watch during sleep for detection (the body temperature is relatively stable at night, and the measurement is more accurate), and leave the rest to the Apple Watch.
Apple has provided good privacy protection for these more private data. It will only encrypt and store it in its own Apple Watch and iPhone health applications. It must unlock the iPhone or watch to view it, and you can use it with confidence.
This function is obviously designed for girls. For people who have no plans to prepare for pregnancy in the near future, will menstrual testing or ovulation prediction be useless? In fact, many girls may experience abdominal pain, acne, irritability, etc. during menstruation. Combined with this function, it can also avoid some unnecessary health anxiety. If abnormal conditions such as non-menstrual bleeding are found, you can also seek medical treatment as soon as possible to check for other gynecological diseases.
I hope you will never use the function
Of course, Apple Watch 8 is not only for girls' upgrades, but Apple has also added car accident detection to this device - yes, it is the same function of the iPhone 14 series.
I drove a car and tested the scenes such as sudden brakes on closed roads. I also tried to collide at home with a pillow, but I couldn't trigger the function. Obviously, I couldn't meet enough g value and other judgment conditions, so I can only introduce the principles of car accident detection to you.
Inside Apple Watch 8, a three-axis gyroscope and high-precision acceleration sensor are added to measure the acceleration of 256g.In addition, sensors such as GPS (hard route deflection or emergency stop), microphone (metal collision, glass breaking) and other sensors have cooperated to complete more than 2,000 real car accident tests in a professional collision laboratory. Combined with more than 1 million hours of driving and car accident data training algorithms, we can accurately determine whether the user has encountered a car accident.
Therefore, if a general wiping occurs, no warning will be issued. Only after a violent collision or rollover will a warning be issued to ask the user whether he needs to call the alarm. If there is no feedback, location information and other information will be sent to the emergency rescue platform to allow users to receive assistance.
Although I did not successfully test, some netizens have had a real car accident and triggered an early warning. According to the netizen, even the friends who were riding together next to him did not react, and the SOS warning of the Apple Watch began to work. It seems that this function can indeed save lives at critical moments.
Heart health is the real health
The above two major upgrades are exclusive functions of Apple Watch 8. Combined with the latest watchOS 9 and iOS 16 health applications, Apple Watch can already be called an all-round health consultant.
For example, sleep monitoring that many people care about has been added to watchOS 9 - many people feel that they have obviously 8 hours of sleep, but they still feel very tired the next day because they spend most of their time in a light sleep, or even a half-wake state that is not easy to perceive. This function can also allow users to better understand their sleep situation and adjust according to the suggestions provided in the APP.
is actually not just sleep monitoring. Apple Watch can now monitor a lot of health data, including common heart rate, blood oxygen , etc., as well as electrocardiogram (ECG), aerobic fitness, environmental noise and other data that require professional instruments to measure, and can also measure your walking stability and breathing frequency... These data may not be so easy to notice in normal times, but they can often reflect the initial symptoms of some diseases and are very important physical data.
I also noticed that Apple Watch and health applications also provide health trend estimates. For example, the resting heart rate range of adults is generally 55~90 beats per minute. It does not mean that lower or higher than this value is abnormal. Some people may have a lower heart rate. Apple Watch will make judgments based on the detected long-term data, so that users can better understand their situation through curves, and can also avoid some unnecessary anxiety.
You may feel that you can run or jump normally, and your health will definitely be fine, but many diseases are asymptomatic in the early stages, and changes can only be discovered through long-term monitoring. On social platforms, some users have received low heart rate reminders from Apple Watch, which attracted attention and received treatment as soon as possible, effectively avoiding the worsening of the condition.
It’s coincidental that today (September 29) happens to be World Heart Day , and its purpose is to promote knowledge about heart health around the world. Here I also call on everyone not to wait until the body has symptoms before taking them seriously. Wear the Apple Watch as much as possible. It will always pay attention to your physical condition and issue a notification as soon as possible when abnormalities are found, so that some chronic diseases can be controlled in the early stage.
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So many real user cases show that Apple Watch can fulfill its responsibilities and responsibly protect the physical and mental health of users. For Apple Watch 8, I strongly recommend that girls wear it for a long time. Its menstrual detection function even understands ourselves better than us. It is a truly practical function.
. For male users, the menstrual period detection function is of little use, but car accident detection is very important - it is suitable for everyone who needs to drive/ride transportation. I think this feature is like buying an insurance policy, which doesn’t cost much, but as long as you wear it, you can get protection and get the first time you get the car accident as much as possible.After all, no one wants an accident, but no one knows when the accident will come.
As for other sports and health-related functions, Apple has always attached great importance to it. It is no exaggeration to say that the Apple Watch is the most comprehensive product in the smart wearable market. It has common functions, many of which were first created by it, and only other products on the market have begun to learn.
For users, they only need to wear Apple Watch on a daily basis to obtain a series of data including heart rate, atrial fibrillation, electrocardiogram, aerobic fitness , etc. After discovering abnormalities, they remind you as soon as possible and are a very competent personal medical and exercise consultant.
After so many years of iteration, Apple Watch has been very mature in terms of product strength and product line. From SE of 1999 to Hermes , users of all levels can find products that suit them. It is an smart watch worth everyone wearing.
