The most viewed Apple Watch tips of 2024

Since watchOS 11, you can quickly open the notification overview on an Apple Watch when a watch face is active in a new way. In a similar way it was already possible to open the control panel.

Apple has changed the interface of the smart watch since the introduction of watchOS 10. Schematically, you can read the interface from top to bottom as follows: notification overview ▸ watch face ▸ smart stack ▸ apps. With a clever trick you can easily display parts from the watch face.

Since last year you have been able to use the Vital Functions application for Apple Watch. In the app you will find a collection of measurements, such as heart rate, respiratory rate, saturation, sleep and wrist temperature. Together, these measurements can help you understand the current status of your body.

Short-term changes can be a signal that something may be wrong. Vital Signs notices these changes and can alert the user to consult a doctor. This allows the function to give you insight into your overall health and warn you of changes.

Thanks to ‘Multisim’ for Apple Watch, you can activate a cellular connection on Apple’s smart watch. For example, you can activate this paid service at Odido, KPN and Vodafone to activate cellular (4G) on the Apple Watch.

As a customer, you can link your mobile phone number to a smartwatch with eSIM. This way you stay connected to the internet, even when your iPhone is not nearby. This allows you to stream music, receive messages and make calls with your Apple Watch without using your iPhone. It is currently unknown when other providers in the Netherlands will support this service.

Sleeping well is important for your health, but it is not easy for everyone. Tracking your sleep patterns is a good start and you can do this with the help of the new Sleep app for Apple Watch. This app helps you maintain a regular routine so you can achieve your sleep goals.

Wearing your Apple Watch at night can monitor your heart rate and the accelerometer in the smart watch detects the subtlest movements of your breathing and thus sees when you are awake or asleep.

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch, the smart watch has encouraged you to actively move. The Activity Rings are used for this. From watchOS 11 you can pause and adjust this per day so that you are stimulated at the right time.

Pausing the activity rings was a popular request from Apple Watch users. There is no shame in skipping a day and it ensures that this does not affect your performance series for medals and goals.

You may have recently used the training load feature on the Apple Watch Ultra, SE 2nd Generation, Series 6 or newer. This feature is an insightful way to measure how the intensity and duration of your workouts affect your body over time.

This way you can check whether the workouts are too intensive and you may have put too much strain on your body. These insights will be especially helpful when you’re preparing for an event – ​​whether that’s your first 5K run, a cycling race or a marathon.

Anyone who owns an Apple Watch can measure heart rate variability (HRV). With these values ​​you can determine the stress level of your body and see how it deals with tension.

Heart rate variability is an important indicator of the health of the heart and autonomic nervous system. A high HRV is a sign of a more flexible, adaptive and healthy nervous system, while a low HRV is associated with an increased risk of several health problems, including stress, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sleep disorders, depression and anxiety.

Starting with watchOS 11, the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 can warn you about symptoms of sleep apnea. The smart watch can check for breathing stops during your sleep.

Sleep apnea is a condition in which you experience breathing stops during your sleep, which prevents you from sleeping properly. If this is not treated, you are at greater risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and heart problems. From now on, you can receive a warning about symptoms of sleep apnea, so that you can discuss this with your doctor.

The Apple Watch is equipped with a widget system (smart stack). The interactive widgets with information are a central part of the interface on the Apple Watch. You can compare them with quick glances, a kind of information cards that were shown on the first generations of Apple Watch.

This is a smart stack of widgets that appear at the right time and are automatically adjusted to the context. You also have a handy widget in which you can place shortcuts to apps. Useful if you choose a dial that you would rather not place complications on.

Can I swim or shower with my Apple Watch? A question we receive regularly, especially during the holiday periods. Apple’s smart watch is water resistant, but certainly not waterproof.

Wearing and using an Apple Watch during training, in the rain and when you wash your hands is no problem. Not even if you accidentally get water over it, but swimming with it is a different story. Not every Apple Watch is suitable for swimming and there are limitations.