I use deep breathing techniques to help with pain relief. It really works. Not sure whether I need an app for it, but I can't see the harm or understand the negativity.
you can predict to a t the responses every year along the lines of, Apple is doomed, this wouldn't have happened if Steve jobs was around,
Someone needs to learn how to laugh (and not take everything seriously)...... may be "There's an app for that™" too!!!It's an app to remind you to deep breathe not just breath which our buddies do instinctively.
Funnily enough I reckon as a pretty spiritual guy, Jobs would have loved the recent popularisation of mindfulness.
As someone who has been practicing mindfulness via the Headspace app (great app, highly recommend) I was really excited about Breathe. Maintaining mindfulness throughout the day is tricky so this app should be great.
This seems like the type of thing a company comes up with when they've run out of ideas for anything new, IMHO.
I'm not sure about this implementation as you don't need a gadget to help you meditate but meditation is one if not the best thing any one can do. If this introduces more people to meditation then it's worth it.
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. – Jiddu Krishnamurti
It's an app to remind you to deep breathe not just breath which our buddies do instinctively.
Those apps.... I can imagine the programmers saying: lets create something ultra stupid like... teaching how to walk. And the partner laughing. All of the sudden... Apple promotes it.Remember when you forgot to breathe?
There's an app for that™!
I don't think anyone is calling deep breathing a gimmick, it's Apple's app that's getting mocked here.No, deep breathing, mindfulness and the various kinds of meditation are not gimmicks. Lots of technically minded people would benefit from some of this as part of their daily routing to be frank.
No, deep breathing, mindfulness and the various kinds of meditation are not gimmicks. Lots of technically minded people would benefit from some of this as part of their daily routing to be frank.
Oh boy. I love Apple as a tech company. But I am not a big fan of eastern spirituality. This breathe app is a step in the wrong direction imho. Luckily it can be disabled, but I don't like the fact that Apple tries to dump such things on me. Wearing the Apple watch is a personal choice. If the Watch will be associated with this, I'll have to consider wearing my good old Certina instead. It would be much wiser to add this app as an optional downloadable, not a core part of the OS.
They did include 2 new analog watch faces, and updated the Mickey watch face, which is analogue.Seriously though, so glad they included this app in Watch OS3 instead of new analog watch faces. OK, not really.
watchOS 9: Time for a new Apple Watch to do all these things faster!watchOS 4: Eat
watchOS 5: Drink
watchOS 6: Sleep
watchOS 7: Make Love
watchOS 8: Visit Bathroom
They did include 2 new analog watch faces, and updated the Mickey watch face, which is analogue.