Despite how many cool new features Apple adds to the Apple Watch, the company’s wearable was made with one goal in mind: To help you live a healthier life. The Apple Watch does that by helping keep track of many different metrics, including your heart, the noise around you, and even your sleep. There’s no doubt that the Apple Watch is a great companion if you want to be a healthier person overall.
Keep a Healthy Weight
Living a healthier lifestyle is hard, especially if you’re doing it by yourself. Fortunately, you don’t have to go on this adventure on your own; your iPhone is always with you. And that’s where Noom comes in. Noom will help you eat better, keep track of your calories, and change the way you think so you can change the way you live.
Noom uses psychology to help you lose weight, plus understand and improve your food choices. Not only that, but the app also helps you count your steps and keep track of the active calories you burn in your workouts, and it then uses that data to reach your calorie deficit goal!
Now, we know what you’re thinking; Noom isn’t an Apple Watch app. And while that’s true, you can combine Noom’s platform with your Apple Watch to make a real change in your body and mind.
Keep Your Hearing Healthy
Your Apple Watch comes with an app called Noise, which is going to be your best friend if you frequently visit loud places.
The Noise app is an Apple Watch app that constantly scans and listens to the environmental sounds around you. If the sounds around you are too loud, you’ll get a notification from your Apple Watch suggesting you move to a different place since being around loud noises for too much time might cause hearing problems.
Alongside the Noise app, there’s also a feature that’ll let you know whenever you’re listening to music with too much volume. Once you’ve heard too loud music for too long, your Apple Watch and iPhone will notify you that if you keep listening to music like that, you might experience hearing problems in the future. Not only that, but it will also automatically lower the volume for you.
Stay in Shape
Apple has been taking a lot of steps to help its users keep moving. Just a few years ago, it introduced Apple Fitness+ as a way to work out without leaving your home, but before that, there was this app called Workout.
The Workout app has been on the Apple Watch for so long that it’s a staple in many people’s lives. You can easily start your workouts with your Apple Watch and then track your progress with the help of the app and your iPhone.
You’ll see metrics like the time you’ve been working out or your heart rate during your workouts. You can then get a more in-depth analysis of your performance with the Health app on your iPhone.
There are many workouts to choose from, including swimming, outdoor walks, and High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, for short. There’s something for everyone, and seeing your progress will help you stay motivated.
Take an ECG
Many people claim the EGC app on their Apple Watch has saved their lives, and it can also help you too.
With the ECG app, you can call an electrocardiogram, also called ECG or EGC, to record the timing and strength of the electrical signals your heartbeat makes. This is a pretty important feature, and it can help you detect irregularities in your heart rhythm.
You’ll be able to see the results and understand if your heart is showing signs of atrial fibrillation, or AFib for short, or if your patterns look normal. Of course, this feature will never be as good as going to the doctor and getting yourself checked, so consider visiting your health provider if you feel like there’s something off about your heart rate.
Measure Your Heart Rate
This is one of the oldest Apple Watch features available, and it’s been improving with each passing year. You can easily measure and track your heart rate with your Apple Watch.
Your Apple Watch will let you track your heart rate and see your current resting rate and walking average. These metrics will let you know how your heart behaves when resting or being more active.
Heart rates are different for some people, but your Apple Watch can let you know if your heart rate is a bit too low or high for whatever it is you’re doing. Whether you get a notification or you just feel strange, you should always talk to your doctor, no matter what your Apple Watch says.
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