Oh yeah I heard that starlight sport band comes with starlight aluminum and gold stainless steel Apple Watch Series 8. S6 either comes with either a deep navy one like mines or a dark Cypress green sport band if we do not get the added cost 💲 of the Milanese loop. Very great bargain for the upscale stainless steel Apple Watch to be marked down this low; you would be saving more than half the price, only $245 instead of the regular starting price of $700.
I usually only upgrade if my Apple Watch is damaged like how my S1’s screen popped off gradually for a few months and the battery not lasting long as it usually does, i use my Apple Watch for everything. I use it for notifications, reminders, Activity rings, the complications and faces. Even to answer calls and texts when I cannot have my iPhone out in certain situations like during in person meetings or to glance at the weather, emails and reminders without looking at my iPhone.
Since upgrade to Apple Watch Series 6, I have expanded it to blood oxygen, watchOS 11’s features of vitals and additional health features like Training Load, Fitness+, blood oxygen levels and sleep tracking. I also use third party apps and complications to monitor my energy levels and analyze routines based on sleep tracking (Peaks), short little games to play on my watch while I wait in long lines (Hit the Island), and meditate with the Mindfulness app with audio meditations if I do not want to watch Fitness+ meditations without the video on my iPhone.
No wonder the complication on the Solar Analog face has a number and arrow. Do you use the Dexcom app on Apple Watch? No wonder you wore an Apple Watch for many years!
For the Apple Watch Ultra, i like the siren feature for personal safety reasons and the 2 days’ worth of battery life, but size wise when I tried it on at the Apple Store a few times, it looked like a brick 🧱 on my wrist and most bands had the long pieces hanging out.
You’re definitely getting the most out of your watch! I love the sleep info, fitness functionality and the blood oxygen. I hope they can bring the blood oxygen feature back on my 9. And I also love the complications for a quick look at weather, calendar and for messaging.
I really wish I had bigger wrists too, haha. The Ultra also looked massive when I tried it on. I am happy with the size and usability of the 45mm, especially with the text size cranked up just a tad to take advantage of all the screen room compared to my S2 42mm. I didn’t even realize there was a siren feature, awesome!
And, yes - the Dexcom app is incredible! I am super happy to have the Direct to Watch feature and cellular so I feel like I can leave my phone if need be and never even think about it!