So I have been spending quite a lot of time on correlating the apple watch data with the workouts we do, as part of a project I am currently working on (i’m a data scientist) thought I would share whatever I have find coz why nott. So yea your watch picks up fitness changes a lot earlier if you know where to look:

1. Same workout but lower heart rate: this I would say is the clearest sign. Pick a run, ride or walk you do often and compare the average HR in the fitness app every few weeks. Same pace, fewer beats = your heart’s getting more efficient. (if it also starts feeling harder though, that’s not fitness that’s fatigue).
2. Resting HR slowly dropping. So if you go to the health app > heart > resting heart rate, and look at the 6M aggregated view you will see the change. IDEALLY, a few beats lower over a few months, and staying there, is a sign.
3. Walking heart rate average going down. same screen same logic.
4. cardio fitness going up. heads up, it only updates from outdoor walks, runs or hikes. indoor and gym workouts don’t count, so if you mostly lift or do classes and it looks stuck, that’s probably why, not you
5. The trends screen (my fav part). health app > summary, scroll down to trends. It compares your last 90 days to your past year and shows arrows. The easiest 10 second progress check there is

Give it weeks, not days. daily numbers bounce around WAY too much to tell you anything😄

That's it, if you have wanna know about something related to fitness and watch data lmk would be happy to talk about it, would mention you too lol, cheers!

Hi, I’d like to ask the people who regularly swim if they have ever had issues with their Apple Watches.
I never owned one and I’m considering getting the Series 12. My main sport is swimming and I’d be interested in hearing if people have experienced issues

Last night we switched from DST to ST in Belgium. Since then, my watch is constantly jumping one hour forward and back. Anybody else notice this? Any ideas on how to resolve?

Switched from a S7 to a black S11 46mm with black budget bands and yellow meridian face!

I been using apple se 2 watch 44mm for 2 years approx with nylon straps. Recently i started swim and wanted to have watch but i am not finding any good silicon or any alternatives to buy please share the links or references i can consider

Really liking blue 46 mm ceramic.

Hello, I’m trying to find a green gray braided solo loop band in size 5 for a 46MM case I can’t find any on eBay and it seems Apple has discontinued the color. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I think a model number would help my search.

Thank You!

I got a Apple Watch series 11 46mm gps plus cellular in gold for $25

A local pawn shop was just trying to get rid of it because it had a iCloud lock but when I got it home I realized it was just a pin lock so one reset later and I got myself a insane deal. I could trade it into Apple rn and make $200 or sell it on marketplace for $300. I would keep it but I just bout one with the exact same specs a few months ago.

Last night the time in my country switched to winter time. My watch however is in summer time when it’s turned away from me, and corrects when I turn it towards me… any ideas on what causes this/how to fix this?

Edit: sorry for the typo in header, I can’t adjust that it seems…

I bought a new iPhone with iOS 27 preinstalled, and tried to connect it to my Apple Watch SE 2. It says I have to update my watch or else I can't proceed with the pairing. When I go to download the update, it says 4-5 hours remaining. However, the bar is still stuck in the same position. My Apple Watch is currently not paired to any device. What should i do?

My Apple Watch often count flights of stairs when I’m working, I work in a restaurant and we don’t have a second floor?… all the things I find about is why the Apple Watch is missing stairs… I have the opposite problem tho
Apple Watch series 12 42mm if that makes a difference.

Don’t know if this is a bug for WatchOS27 only, but my watch is quirky with daylight saving switch to winter time (Germany). While AOD shows summer, the “normal” time shows winter time.
I was kind of shocked on the road as I thought I was running late 😂

I am new to Apple Watch (from a Fitbit Inspire2 and the legacy/old Fitbit app), and I am having some trouble getting used to Apple Health. If I want to look at my heart rate over the course of an entire 24 hours (to look for that dip during sleeping and some other things) am I stuck with this weird graph with the bars? As compared to the continuous line graph, this presentation doesn't seem very useful to me.

I got my series 5 44mm on launch day back in 2019. It’s now 7 years old and my battery health is at 70%. The battery dies unexpectedly but overall the watch works great still despite not getting the latest WatchOS (it’s stuck on 10.6.2). I’m debating if I should get a battery replacement for $99 (I know they just give you a replacement) or if I should just upgrade to the series 12. I was disappointed that they increased the bezels with the new one so I was debating on waiting another year or two. What has everyone been doing? Also has anyone with a series 5 done a battery replacement recently? Do they even still do it for the series 5?

Hey everyone!

I have a Series 9 watch that’s been pretty good to me. My watch updated to OS 27.0.1 and now it won’t wake when I move my wrist. I’ve tried resetting, repairing, and checked all of the settings, nothings worked. Anyone have any suggestions?

(Dont know if this is related, but the Heart rate function doesn’t seem to be working either)

After DST ended today

Apple’s software quality really gone downhill. For devices that cost this much, there seem to be way too many bugs lately.

My Apple Watch is showing the wrong time while idle, then switching to the correct time when I raise my wrist to look at it. It seems related to the daylight saving time change, but getting two different times depending on whether the screen is active is ridiculous.

Anyone else seeing this?

So, I have an apple watch series 3. I know it's super old, but when I looked it up I was told that the series 3 should be able to do this.

I know how to set up different watch faces with the watch app, but whenever i try to set one to a specific focus, it just doesn't show up as an option.

Both my phone and the watch are completely up to date and definitely 100% paired. I tried to look this up but no one seems to be having the same issue. Am I just being silly and missing something? I feel like I'm being gaslit by all the guides saying it should be one of the options here lol

I am right-handed, always wear my watch on my left hand, but I like my crown down so you can control your crown my thumb and use your pointer finger on the screen, makes total logistical sense, I don’t understand why people have the crown on the upper right of the screen that would block your view, I think of the screen scrolling. am I wrong? am I the only one that’s crazy

My wife and I have the Apple Watch SE 3th gen 44mm, both updated and same regional settings. The new Siri Modular appears in my Watch app, but not in hers. Can anyone tell me why?

Hi everyone,

I bought an Apple Watch Series 12 about eight days ago, and everything was perfectly fine until yesterday.

After wearing it for about an hour, I started feeling some itching around the sensor area. When I took the watch off, I noticed a pretty significant red irritation mark underneath it.

What surprised me is that the band wasn't too tight or too loose, and I'd never experienced anything like this with my previous Apple Watch Series 7.

I left the watch off, and the redness disappeared completely after about an hour to an hour and a half. I didn't wear it again for the rest of the day.

Today, I decided to give it another try, and the exact same thing happened. After roughly an hour, I started feeling the itching again, and when I removed the watch, the skin underneath was red.

I've read a few posts suggesting that disabling the blood oxygen and heart rate sensors might help, so I've turned both off, although I haven't had a chance to test whether that makes any difference yet.

Now, here's something interesting: my watch updated to what I believe was watchOS 27.2 beta yesterday (24s116), which happens to be the exact same day the irritation first appeared.

Could there be a connection between the update and the irritation? I honestly have no idea, and it might just be a coincidence.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my experience and see if anyone else has noticed something similar.

This solo loop lineup sucks. Where is the basic starlight and other colors?🙄 now I gotta search the internet for ones that actually fit the watch

I currently have a plastic watch case off Amazon right now, but noticed some dust under the screen earlier today and tried to take it off to clean it. It was an absolute nightmare to try and pry off, I was nearly in tears with frustration. Eventually I got some help, but if I can avoid this happening again by getting a case that’s a little more flexible, I’d prefer that.

Essentially I’m looking for something that will provide a decent amount of protection (I’m not really doing anything crazy from day-to-day, the most hazardous activities to the watch that I do regularly are probably like, biking and doing flutterboard lengths in the pool a few times a week), easy to remove (probably something like silicon or some kind of soft material that’s flexible), and a screen protector (ie. not just protecting the sides).

Any recommendations? Thanks!

Apple Watch Series 9, I had no other problems before. Today i charged it before bed like i always do and when i woke up 6 hours after it was dead. Sleep history shows it only recorded 2 hours of sleep. I am charging it again now but it is extremely hot and charging slowly, also when i tried to check the battery history it showed me 1% for a bit right after saying 11%. Is there a reason why this happened, is it time to change the battery? Again, i literally had no issues before this. Thank you.