Sensors in today’s smartwatches can detect your heartbeat, track how you sleep and even monitor blood oxygen levels. We’re not far from your watch tracking your blood sugar … and possibly sending reports about it to your doctor.
Ever wondered, “Just how accurate are these smartwatch readings?” You’re not the only one, so I took a look. Smartwatches and fitness watches have some serious flaws you should know about.
Turns out that cramming a bunch of sensors into a tiny watch doesn’t create the most legitimate results. Who knew? If you’re seeing spikes or drops in readings for sleep states or blood oxygen levels, don’t panic — it happens to everyone.
OK, so smartwatches are only helpful for estimates. But what can we do to make them better?
Here are a few figurative steps I think all smartwatch users should take while getting in their literal steps (plus, a free play on words!).
This is one case where splurging on newer tech is actually better; the big-name smartwatches get more accurate with each new model. Here are the heavy hitters:
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Tighten up: Smartwatches track most accurately when the strap fits well. Swap the loose-fitting band that slips around on your arm for an adjustable model.
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Plenty of beautiful places beg to be explored, but many can be challenging to reach. Getting to that secluded spot, magical summit, or secret fishing location often means going off the beaten track.
But that poses several risks, such as losing your mobile phone signal. That’s why you need to be prepared for emergencies. Tap or click for 18 must-have items that help you survive any emergency.
When my son went to preschool at age four, I taught him to use a cellphone for kids that I tossed in his backpack. It had no apps and four numbers: Mom, Dad, Grandma, and 911. This time was way before school shootings were in the headlines.
Apple Watch is among the bestselling smartwatches in the world, and for good reason. As a health tracker and communication tool, it changed how we look at watches. But this ingenious little gadget is capable of so much more.
Smartwatches keep us connected more than any other gadget that exists today. You can do so much more with them than check the time. You can even pay for things using your smartwatch. Tap or click here to find out how.
Burning calories is a key to losing weight and staying in shape. However, you should never feel an actual burn when working out. Unfortunately, that is what some Fitbit owners have had to deal with recently.
It wasn’t because they hit the gym too hard or that Fitbit built personal motivators into its smartwatches. But an issue with some batteries led to injuries and a subsequent recall of thousands of gadgets.
Smartwatches and mobile phones are packed with health features that can keep track of your vital signs. Just having your phone in your pocket, the device can track how much you walked in a day or the number of stairs you climbed. Tap or click here to enable and use the health features on your Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch is among the bestselling smartwatches in the world, and for good reason. Sure it carries the cachet that comes along with all Apple products, but beyond that, it’s a pretty darn good gadget.
Apple Watch is like a surrogate phone you wear on your wrist, as it can perform many smartphone functions for iPhone users. It can also communicate with other watches, take screenshots and remotely control your camera. Tap or click here for 10 neat features on your Apple Watch.
If you bought a new PC two years ago, it would only be half as fast as a processor made today. That’s a speedy development time, but it’s not just limited to computer components.
Try explaining to Leonardo DaVinci that one day people would create art without a canvas, paints or brushes. How do you comprehensively detail to people in the 1930s that you can put food in a metal box, and it will be hot within two minutes — without coming across as a lunatic?
Smartwatches have quickly become a must-have device for anyone looking to up their tech game. These tiny supercomputers allow us to do things we might have only thought possible in old sci-fi movies. We can now check messages, track our steps, make video calls and more right from our wrist.
When we think about smartwatches, convenience comes to mind. These smart devices make it easy to check messages, make phone calls, listen to podcasts or music, track fitness or even complete contactless purchases.
What we don’t often think about is how much information these little devices hold. Smartwatches are like miniature versions of our smartphones — which means they contain a ton of personal data. Your payment information and personal data are all up for grabs via your watch. Even the health apps you use can put your privacy at risk if you aren’t careful.
Are you concerned about your aging loved one’s safety while living alone? You should be. While most aging adults want to remain independent as long as possible, it can be dangerous without the right tools in place.
According to NCOA, an older adult is treated in the emergency room for a fall every 11 seconds. Every 19 minutes, an older adult dies from a fall. Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury among older adults as well.
Have you ever wondered how long you’ll live? The question of your mortality is bound to come up at some point or another — it’s just part of being human.
Maybe you’ve even asked the Magic 8-Ball a few times or consulted the all-knowing Zoltar to find out how long you have left on Earth. While fun, these methods aren’t exactly fact-based and can’t take into account important factors like your overall health or family history. Tap or click here to find out if men are programmed to have shorter life spans?
Coronavirus and COVID-19 have people around the world rethinking their hygiene habits. In 2018, a CDC study revealed only 31% of men and 65% of women wash their hands after using the restroom. Flash forward to today and you’ll be lucky to find any soap left in bathroom soap dispensers.
When you buy tech, you can spend less or spend more. You can pick up a $150 Chromebook or a $2,500 MacBook Pro. You can choose between $60 Cowin noise-canceling headphones or $400 ones from Bose. Logic dictates the expensive tech is better, but is this really the truth?
The Apple Watch is one of the best smartwatches you can buy today. But there’s just one little problem with it: It’s expensive enough to be out of reach for many people.
Though you can buy older models for a discounted price, you’re still looking at upwards of $200. Meanwhile, many of Apple’s competitors like Fitbit offer similar features for a much lower price. Tap or click here to read more about Fitbit’s range of fitness trackers.
Technology has replaced a lot of things we used to take for granted, like landline phones, typewriters, and paper maps. But a lot of people are still carrying around something that tech companies would like to consign to history: wallets. Most of us now have access to an alternative to an old-fashioned wallet. The big three options for mobile payment systems are Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. They all turn your smartphone (or certain smartwatches) into a mobile wallet, letting you pay for purchases without having to fish out a credit card or cash.
