I am excited about this app. Hoping the Watch OS4 will include a new "Breed" app, as well 
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watchOS 3: Bringing Attention Back to Apple's New 'Breathe' App
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Was Apple bought by this company?
https://www.qray.ca/
Q-Ray has about the same health benefits of Apple claiming for Nightshift and their Breathe anti-stress feature.
People might sleep better and have less stress in life if perhaps they didn't spend a lot of money on devices that make fraudulent claims about their health benefits.
https://www.qray.ca/
Q-Ray has about the same health benefits of Apple claiming for Nightshift and their Breathe anti-stress feature.
People might sleep better and have less stress in life if perhaps they didn't spend a lot of money on devices that make fraudulent claims about their health benefits.
I have some experience in mindfulness meditation and it's a useful tool for a number of health related issued - anxiety, adhd, chronic pain etc.
In my opinion the app is a one size fits all kind of deal, to the point where you either hyperventilate or hypoventilate depending on how you choose to keep up with the pace the haptics provide.
There's no calibration accounting for the volume of air you can inhale. My lungs are healthy and can hold an above average total capacity of air.
There doesn't seem to be any algorithm in place that governs the heart rate to breath frequency - it just a colorful animation that just happens to measure your heart rate.
One of the few times I have tried it the application it got stuck and just gave the haptic feedback and the whole watch hung up to the point where it needed a reset.
In my opinion the app is a one size fits all kind of deal, to the point where you either hyperventilate or hypoventilate depending on how you choose to keep up with the pace the haptics provide.
There's no calibration accounting for the volume of air you can inhale. My lungs are healthy and can hold an above average total capacity of air.
There doesn't seem to be any algorithm in place that governs the heart rate to breath frequency - it just a colorful animation that just happens to measure your heart rate.
One of the few times I have tried it the application it got stuck and just gave the haptic feedback and the whole watch hung up to the point where it needed a reset.
I was not expecting this feature, however, I am very happy to see it.
I have been with speech pathologists for years because of my stammer. As you may know, there are no medicine or drugs for stammering. Breathing exercises have been something they have told me to try, as my abdomen tightens up. Breathing releases the tension and clears my stammer. I am hoping that using the app on a regular basis will make my body be in a constant relaxed stage.
I can take a joke just as well as the next person, but this app is something I see that can help me finally order food at a restaurant without a fear of me stammering, so this app shouldn't be joked about.
I have been with speech pathologists for years because of my stammer. As you may know, there are no medicine or drugs for stammering. Breathing exercises have been something they have told me to try, as my abdomen tightens up. Breathing releases the tension and clears my stammer. I am hoping that using the app on a regular basis will make my body be in a constant relaxed stage.
I can take a joke just as well as the next person, but this app is something I see that can help me finally order food at a restaurant without a fear of me stammering, so this app shouldn't be joked about.
It really feels that Apple has no direction with the Apple watch. I hope this is a step to focus on health, but without additional sensors it really doesn't have a place in most people's lives.
Let's hope for Apple watch 2 knocks it out of the park, though I am losing hope in general about Apple's ability to create something useful.
Let's hope for Apple watch 2 knocks it out of the park, though I am losing hope in general about Apple's ability to create something useful.
Whoa whoa, relax. Take a deep breath.
...In fact, there's an app that will help you with that
I'm really looking forward to this and can't wait to use it. To each their own.
I was wondering how long it would take someone to object on religious grounds. It's an exercise. it's not a religion. But I understand, everything unfamiliar is bad.
"What's not obvious from demos is that the app also makes use of the Apple Watch's haptic feedback..."
They definitely mentioned this in the keynote, as a way to guide you through the exercise if you prefer to have your eyes closed.
On another note, I've been seeing MacRumors post a lot of stuff lately, saying a feature is hidden or not featured, when it was definitely front and center in the keynote.
They definitely mentioned this in the keynote, as a way to guide you through the exercise if you prefer to have your eyes closed.
On another note, I've been seeing MacRumors post a lot of stuff lately, saying a feature is hidden or not featured, when it was definitely front and center in the keynote.
you are supposed to breath to relax and not stress out over the watch response time...feel better now? lol
technically we did ask to see something besides watch bands. check mark in the box for apple has to be granted I guess.
Me, when life has moments I just do the emo exaggerated sigh..... Full exhale on the sigh and then the inhale. Stress relieving breath, no app required.
Sure. How about everything in iMessage in iOS10? Stickers, more emojis, finger drawing...Designed for teenage girls to compete with Snapchat and Facebook messenger. SOOOOOO cutting edge...
The part that is amazing me is everyone on here going, "I can't wait to try this!". It's relaxation breathing. Try it now. Without iOS 10. Apple didn't invent it. You don't need iOS 10 to try this. You don't need Apple to tell you that you need to do this. You have reminders on your phone. Or there have been countless other breathing apps in the app store for years with notifications. But when Apple does it, everyone is so amazed and thrilled?
Come on. Have people lost all ability to think for themselves? We have to wait for Apple to tell us we need something? How about giving credit to the developers of the apps that have been there for years? Apple copied the idea from them, and everyone wants to praise Apple like they are visionaries.
Whiles it's not a true "calibration", you can set the number of breaths per minute, ranging from 4 to 10, allowing for adjustment based on individual people.
This particular feature? No. But watchOS 3 is getting substantially faster on the existing hardware, through a variety of changes - no more endless spinning waits to load apps (if it takes more than two seconds to load an app, I'll be cursing the watch while reaching for my phone to get the task done - this happened a lot on watchOS 2, until I stopped bothering with apps and stuck to just fitness tracking, notifications, and complications). With watchOS 3, most of what you'd want to load is already set up in memory, and getting periodic attention from the CPU, so switching to other apps can be near instantaneous. The impression I get is, now that they've got a year's worth of in-the-field usage data, they've seen the pain points and they also know just exactly how much extra power budget they have to play with to make things run more smoothly.
Out of all the new operating system releases announced at WWDC, I'm kind of looking forward to watchOS 3 the most (sadly I can't load the beta as it requires the iOS 10 beta on the phone, and I'm not willing to dive into that yet).
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Thank you for letting us know, there have been a lot of tense moments here with folks worried about whether or not you were going to get an Apple Watch. If you change your mind in the future, please let us know right away.
Thank you for letting us know, there have been a lot of tense moments here with folks worried about whether or not you were going to get an Apple Watch. If you change your mind in the future, please let us know right away. [/QUOTE]
Likewise if you have anything meaningful to add to any given thread.
[/QUOTE]Likewise if you have anything meaningful to add to any given thread.