See How the Apple Watch Ejects Water in Slow Motion

[kerr]

What a fascinating video, 2.2m views already!

I can recommend going through more of their videos, great viewing.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

How is this interesting? Its been around since AWS3. It's odd that only now a video is featuring this on macrumors site. It should've been available since the S0 as someone else mentioned though.

Since the Series 2, actually.

 

[1146331]

I will not lie, this is pretty cool to see in slow motion.

I shake my wrist when I use the water eject feature, does anybody else do that in effort to get the water out better?

 

[Marco Klobas]

I wonder how he didn't hurt when he jumped in the tub. I mean, the smash on the knees...

Anyway, interesting video.

 

[macduke]

People like grapes.

 

[patent10021]

I was going to make a joke, but never mind... it’s low brow.

F Timmy. He's doing nothing in that regard. It started with Steve and now it's the engineers. Timmy is the money side only.

 

[Veinticinco]

Fascinating subject and concise entertaining presentation, that’s how you do first rate content, take note low-rent Youtubers.

Loved the slo mo of the impressive and injury-defying bath dive at the end!

 

[markfc]

Nobody here watch the S2 keynote where they demonstrated it??

 

[opeter]

I was going to make a joke, but never mind... it’s low brow.

Yeah, it reminds me too of something else... eh, I will not write it, because it gets deleted.

 

[NightFox]

How is this interesting? Its been around since AWS3.

Explosions have been around since about 13.8 billion years ago, but slo-mo videos of them are still interesting.

 

[chucker23n1]

It should've been available since the S0 as someone else mentioned though.

So, they should've delayed the S0 by three years just so it can have the features of the S3?

 

[justperry]

"First things first, I will go for a swim", dives into a bathtub and actually swims in it.

Good I did not have a sip from my coffee, my desk would have been a swimming pool too.

 

[navier]

That is what happens when you introduce not Apple-Certified water in your Apple Watch.

 

[JosephAW]

Why don't they bring this feature to the iPhone?

 

[0128672]

I watched this video last night and I'm still laughing about it this morning. Time to watch more of their stuff.

 

[iGeek2019]

This feature seems to wear out over time just like how speakers tend to slowly degrade in sound quality over time. I’ve had my series 2 since launch day still and over time the ejecting sound has turned from that nice crisp beeping sound to a much more “crunchy” and static-like sound. Would be interesting to see how the performance of this feature is affected as the speakers get worn out. I know that the speaker grill design was also completely redesigned since the series 2 as well.

I’ve noticed this with my two year old Series 3 as well-as time has gone on periodically it does sound “crunchy”-I haven’t used my Series 5 under water (yet) but I have a feeling the Speakers probably have been tweaked to get around this?

 

[Seanm87]

Makes me wonder, why don’t they put this on the iPhone so you could use the camera underwater like a go pro?

 

[ruku]

Makes me wonder, why don’t they put this on the iPhone so you could use the camera underwater like a go pro?

Probably because they'll miss out on a lot of iPhone sales and the extra parts price.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I showered in mine many times and went swimming several, never had a problem

The holes are small enough, I'd imagine they keep air in, unless they are really swamped with some pressure. Soap will help break down the surface tension, making it easier for water to enter the slots. I've never gotten much water out of my AW4. The 3 I had would occasionally burp out a bit of water, leaving a 'wet spot' on a towel. I was surprised it was that much actually. Maybe the 4 has shallower holes? Water doesn't get in them as easy? Hard to say... Not worrying about flooding the AW is great. I was always concerned that the AW0 I had would be swamped and fail.
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Makes me wonder, why don’t they put this on the iPhone so you could use the camera underwater like a go pro?

Because the iPhone being used underwater would be comical. Like when I was on holiday. Someone was using their iPad as a camera. Someone watching the goings on commented that they should call police because it looks like the wielder was attempting to beat those children to death with that massive plate. Most people laughed. *shrug*

 

[urnotl33t]

I will not lie, this is pretty cool to see in slow motion.

I shake my wrist when I use the water eject feature, does anybody else do that in effort to get the water out better?

Me too.

 

[mazz0]

The holes are small enough, I'd imagine they keep air in, unless they are really swamped with some pressure. Soap will help break down the surface tension, making it easier for water to enter the slots. I've never gotten much water out of my AW4. The 3 I had would occasionally burp out a bit of water, leaving a 'wet spot' on a towel. I was surprised it was that much actually. Maybe the 4 has shallower holes? Water doesn't get in them as easy? Hard to say... Not worrying about flooding the AW is great. I was always concerned that the AW0 I had would be swamped and fail.
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Because the iPhone being used underwater would be comical. Like when I was on holiday. Someone was using their iPad as a camera. Someone watching the goings on commented that they should call police because it looks like the wielder was attempting to beat those children to death with that massive plate. Most people laughed. *shrug*

I get that using an iPad as a camera looks daft, but why would using an iPhone underwater? Would seem quite sensible to me. You could do it now I suppose if you open the camera and then enable whatjamacallit, the feature that disables a chosen area of the touchscreen.

 

[chucker23n1]

I get that using an iPad as a camera looks daft, but why would using an iPhone underwater? Would seem quite sensible to me. You could do it now I suppose if you open the camera and then enable whatjamacallit, the feature that disables a chosen area of the touchscreen.

Guided Access?

Well, you can always put it in a waterproof case. But the camera isn't really intended for underwater use anyway. There's a lot Apple would have to adjust, and they probably regard it as too much of an edge case for now, whereas "we can use the Watch for all kinds of workouts… why not swimming?" is much more within the major use cases of the Watch.

 

[KiltedSlinger]

Only Apple can come up with something so insanely ingenious.

Copycats’ brains be blown forever.

Actually, the Samsung Galaxy watch has been doing this for over a year now.

 

[chucker23n1]

Actually, the Samsung Galaxy watch has been doing this for over a year now.

I don't see how Samsung doing something for a year and Apple doing that thing for close to four years is an argument against @sniffies's post.

 

[kerr]

I don't see how Samsung doing something for a year and Apple doing that thing for close to four years is an argument against @sniffies's post.

sniffies did say 'Only Apple'