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It's not a struggle.
How many days should the battery last? Are you willing to wear a much larger watch in order to accommodate the larger battery capacity required for that number of days?
wat? mine lasts more than 3 days, and each day includes an hour workout w/ HR
also, why can't you charge it every day?
Try tightening your watch band. Having it loose on your wrist will give you bad results. I got one notch more than normal on my sport band when I'm working out for just that reason - without that extra notch, my reported heart rate would jump between what it should be and half of what it should be, seemingly randomly.
It's not a false alarm. It's an alarm that you're experiencing an elevated heart rate, not a diagnosis as to the cause of that heart rate. Once you know your heart rate is elevated, it's up to the individual to determine the appropriate course of action. If you have reason to suspect an anxiety attack, or are watching a scary movie, or something else that would elevate your heart rate, you can probably safely ignore it. But if it goes off and you can't identify a cause, it may be time to have a doctor take a look, like this guy did.
Well if I go for a hike for example, I won't carry external batteries and I will probably do it for a week. And 3 days? Apple says that it lasts for a day.
The good news, the Apple Watch 0 will still report the heart rate, when it sees it. The difference, no notification and the Apple Watch 0 will not be specifically looking for this condition. My Apple Watch 0 infact did report a very high random heart rate, I had to look at the Health App history, figure out what time of day it was, what was I doing, and report this to my Doctor. I share this persons success story with my Apple Watch 0, even if a bit more mechanical with my Apple Watch 0. Now updated to Apple Watch 3.I have an original Apple Watch and can't use the feature, my life is not as valuable to apple
Look at the Apple Watch heart rate in the Health App, select the year tab at top, will show you low and high for the year. If high like 200, drill down to see what day and time the events happened. Long explanation, for you were not left behind, the New Apple Watch easier and it taps you on the wrist when a problem occurs. Have this or other heart related problems, and upgrade would be prudent.
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What's recommended to set for the BPM to track for an older adult? 100, 110, ...?
My watch last two days easily. The iPhone is what really needs a full day of battery.
And why bring up inferior cheaper products that only do basic things? Apple is a luxury brand. That’s like comparing your iPhone battery life to a flip phone
Then go buy one of those obviously superior watches.
Maximal heart rate (HR) is age-dependent.
Max HR = (220 - age in years)
Lower resting heart rate can be a sign of good health/fitness
Just thought I’d help clarify this since I am a cardiologist
They are really not that expensive, a Series 3 starts at £329.
Yes, weight can be an indication of what one's resting heart rate would be. The larger you are, the harder the heart has to work to pump blood to the rest of your body. Typically heavier people do have higher resting heart rates. But that is not always the case as a relatively thin person can have a high heart rate and conversely, a large person can have a low heart rate.
One of the features of the apple watch is that it measures your resting heart rate and alerts you of an abnormal increase or decrease in heart rate based on what's typical for you. The key piece of information in the article is that the watch alerted the man to an elevated heart rate suggesting that the measured heart rate was outside of his normal. This could have been an early indication of an impending heart attack. In this case, it wasn't a false alarm and alerted the individual appropriately. Simply using a person's weight to create a normal heart rate range for an individual would cause a lot of false negatives and wouldn't alert an individual when there was an actual medical issue present. I'm a nurse.
No, it doesn’t.
What is true is that people who are fit typically have lower resting heart rates than those who don’t exercise, and typically aren’t fat. But weight does not determine heart rate. Your maximum heart rate is a function only of age, estimated as: 220 – age = HRmax
If these sort of stories are true, I would think insurance companies would be offering AppleWatch discounts to members as it would also be in their best interest to catch illnesses before they really get out of hand. I haven't heard of any such push as of yet.
They missed out on the promise these devices hold. The biggest thing is that they can detect changes in patterns over time and whether this change implies something, or is a normal change FOR YOU.
For example, assume you normally run in the morning and your route takes you up and down hills. Your heart rate would vary quite a bit as your exertion level changes. But your historic heart rate data could be combined with you historic step and acceleration rate going up and down hills. A model can then determine if the heart rate is out of bounds for your current activity level, and as importantly is your heart rate slowing down as you reduce exertion.
For example, assume you normally run in the morning and your route takes you up and down hills. Your heart rate would vary quite a bit as your exertion level changes. But your historic heart rate data could be combined with you historic step and acceleration rate going up and down hills. A model can then determine if the heart rate is out of bounds for your current activity level, and as importantly is your heart rate slowing down as you reduce exertion.
Yeah, it's a nice feature, too bad it's unavailable outside of the United States, like most nifty and useful features that Apple introduces.
I guess other people's hearts don't matter.
I guess other people's hearts don't matter.
I'm sorry, but that is not relevant in this case. The formula you're referencing for maximum heart rate pertains to the highest heart rate achieved during exercise. It is not used to suggest or indicate a medical condition.
And the Fitbit, Garmin, etc offer the same features, functionality, usability of the Apple Watch, at the same (or smaller) package size, with the same kind of display with excellent readability, and similar ecosystem integration?
I have an original Apple Watch and have done what you suggest any number of times, but I have difficultly unpacking when spikes in heart rate are being recorded, as this data is grouped in the Health app by hour. Would a newer watch warn me if I had a single report of 110bpm in a given hour? I've seen that any number of times, but it's unclear what if anything that means, especially as I am probably not going to remember exactly what I was doing during that hour. The newer models of Apple Watch interpret this for you, and the feedback is immediate, so that is a real advantage over fishing around for it yourself and trying to make sense of what you find.
No, that is used as a guide to determine how effective an exercise session is
The story was really inspiring.. I think Tim Cook’s response should have been more exciting.. he was just saved.. a little I hope you’re doing well, and I’m happy we could help u in any manner, etc etc..
All that aggression is it because you're online or because you own apple stocks? I never said that they were superior. What I did say is that they have long lasting batteries. 2 days seems ridiculous if you're a traveler or if you hike constantly. I do think that it is an awesome product but I can't understand how it can work well if you're so dependent on a 2 day battery.
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Again, I never said they do. The apple watch is like having a Ferrari that can you can only drive for 20 miles. It might be awesome, but if you always need to fuel it, what's the point? It's the same as with a lot of electric cars. Amazing product, awful autonomy.
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https://www.apple.com/lae/watch/battery.html here they mention 18h.