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Wearing an Apple Watch on the Ankle? New Report Explains the Trend
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I could see doing this while cycling. When I get these stupid "walk 3 miles" a million times challenges in the month in summer when I cycle a lot, but don't walk that much.
If you have tattoos covering your wrist, you have bigger problems than heart monitoring …
They idiot proofed the watch! Then along came a worse idiot!
Sorry, but I can’t disagree with this more. Wearing sag pants defeats the purpose to wear it around the ankle. It would be a hassle to check anything on the watch. Imagine lifting up your pants each time? That’s a no. 🤣
Is it April Fools Day already?
It seems the reporter is the one trying to justify this rediculous "look", as their wrist is too small. I've never seen this "look" & can only laugh at how someone is trying to create a fashion trend dead in the water 🤣🙄🤦♂️
It seems the reporter is the one trying to justify this rediculous "look", as their wrist is too small. I've never seen this "look" & can only laugh at how someone is trying to create a fashion trend dead in the water 🤣🙄🤦♂️
The article literally tells you its a trend among fitness people but something tells me you don't know many black people and your prejudicious view of black people is not reality.
Would you look at those saggy pants.
Doing my best to wear Apple Watch as least often as possible.
Workouts - yep. Everything else not so much. Was getting a rash on my wrist, and frankly was just overwhelmed with notifications. Notifications are totally off now, and I’m just tracking activity.
Workouts - yep. Everything else not so much. Was getting a rash on my wrist, and frankly was just overwhelmed with notifications. Notifications are totally off now, and I’m just tracking activity.
They’re lame to a lot of people. J Ive was right to position it in fashion, they need to revisit that strategy to attract non-tech, non-gym-bro people.
Not that I really care, but the person in the original post never brought up blacks or race.
And not just black people sag their pants. I got a good laugh out of an adult white male I saw a couple of nights ago with his pants around his thighs and a belt to keep them there. Such lunacy is clearly not race specific.
I’ll keep my pants around my waist and my watch on my wrist, thank you.
Are you getting a rash from the metal piece on the band? If so, I was doing the same and found a magnetic band that is completely wrapped in a rubbery material. Rash was gone after a few days! Let me know and I can send you a link to the band.
Some people walk on the treadmill holding on because we would probably fall otherwise. So a watch on the ankle counts steps better than a watch on the wrist. This could be older people or those with a balance issue.
A report from The New York Times over the weekend highlighted the trend of people wearing an Apple Watch on their ankles, instead of the wrist.
Apple Watch on ankle (Image Credit: The New York Times)
The report highlighted reasons why some people prefer to wear the Apple Watch on the ankle:
Apple has not commented on the report, but its support documents and white papers for the Apple Watch mention that the device's heart rate and calorie measuring functions are validated for wear on the wrist, with no mention of the ankle anywhere. Apple has not publicly come out and advised people against wearing the Apple Watch on the ankle, but it is not something that its documentation acknowledges at this time.
- Some people with tiny wrists find the Apple Watch fits too loosely for heart rate sensing.
- Some people with wrist tattoos believe the ink may interfere with heart rate sensing, which is something that Apple acknowledges in a support document. Apple says some tattoos can "block light" from the heart rate sensor on the bottom of the Apple Watch, making it "difficult to get reliable readings."
- Some people believe the Apple Watch provides more accurate step counting when it is worn on the ankle, compared to the wrist.
- Some people with skin conditions prefer to wear the Apple Watch on the ankle.
- Some medical professionals cannot wear anything on their wrists.
Article Link: Wearing an Apple Watch on the Ankle? New Report Explains the Trend
I did it for bit because I have some nicer Swiss watches and didn't want to double fist watches.
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Probably wouldn’t wear it on my ankle tho!
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