What can you do with an apple watch?What are your favorite apple watch tricks/apps?

[gpspad]

I am keeping an eye open for apple watch deals. I was just wondering what are some of the neat things I might be able to do with a non LTE apple watch?

I run and ride with a Polar HRM, the apple watch's battery would die for me on a long ride. I use an iPod shuffle for music. I am thinking along the lines...

Can I setup up my phone as a camera and use the watch to take pictures?

Can the watch work as a remote?

Unlock a mac

I know it can get messages and the like, but just curious what some of the add on apps allow it to do that would make it worth wearing a watch again.

 

[Resqu2]

How long are your rides? I do half marathons and play music the whole time, not killed it yet, also did a 4 hour bike ride and it worked great. As for neat things, I start my truck with my watch, I pay for stuff with it also. As for the camera question, I do believe you can take a pic with your phone with the watch.

 

[gpspad]

Actually 4hrs would cover my long rides, Im just so used to using a HRM that I don't charge as often.

Thats good to know, with the iPod shuffle discontinued there may be a day when an apple watch may be the only game in town. I like too have my phone charged for emergencies and don't use it for directions.

 

[ersan191]

Can I setup up my phone as a camera and use the watch to take pictures?

Yep, there's a "Camera" app on the watch that does this. You can see what's in the phone's camera viewfinder on the Watch as well.

Can the watch work as a remote?

Yep, I do this all the time for my Apple TV's and it's very convenient. If Apple wanted to take it one step further they could determine which Apple TV you were closest to physically (via Bluetooth signal strength) and choose that automatically, rather than whichever one you last used.

There's also a third party app for Harmony remotes that didn't work too well when I tried it, but apparently has been improved since then. I think there are other apps for other remote systems as well, but I haven't tried them.

Unlock a mac

Yep, MacBook Pro late 2013 or later supports this (and this is the Mac I own, so I just barely made the cutoff). It's very convenient (but sometimes if my girlfriend "borrows" my laptop and is sitting within 5 feet of me it will log her in as me automatically, still worth it).

I originally owned a Series 0 but sold it a year or two ago because I never really wore it unless I was going out, and even then I really found I was just using to get notifications on my wrist. It's come a long way since then and I find myself putting the watch on every morning when I get up because it makes my life a bit easier in many different ways.
[doublepost=1511316227][/doublepost]The only third party apps I use are:

• AnyList so I can leave my phone at home when shopping for groceries.
• Tile so I can find my keys without needing my phone.
• Uber to call a ride.
• Chipotle and Dominos, but these only work if you always order the same thing as they are one button reorder apps.
• Slice for seeing when packages are coming.
• Carrot Weather because the native Weather app isn't informative enough for me.
• News Explorer but only rarely, if I get bored and want to read some news and don't have my phone.

And I'm not sure how long you ride but I'd think the Apple Watch could definitely replace an iPod Nano - my Series 3 lasts a long time playing music stored locally for me (10 hours according to Apple, though I have to recharge the AirPods more often than that).