watchOS 10 Experience In-depth cultivation in the health field, a thorough renewal

watchOS 10 focuses on health with extensive improvements

After WWDC23, many technology enthusiasts quickly upgraded their devices to the latest system. After experiencing several new systems, I believe that watchOS 10 has more comprehensive updates compared to other systems. It not only opens a new era for Apple Watch, but also shows us the future direction of Apple Watch.

watchOS 10

Currently, watchOS 10 is still in developer beta. Therefore, if you only have an Apple Watch, I still recommend waiting for the Public Beta version to be released by Apple before updating, or waiting for the official version to be released in September. In addition, before updating to watchOS 10, you need to have an iPhone that has been upgraded to iOS 17, and then you can download the latest version of the system in the watch app.

In previous years, the most significant updates to watchOS were mainly focused on new watch faces. However, the redesign of the UI in watchOS 10 is more significant, and even if you are an old user of Apple Watch, you need to familiarize yourself with the new system’s usage logic.

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Sliding up from the bottom or directly sliding the digital crown upwards on the watch face can activate watchOS 10 widgets

In the latest watchOS 10, the appearance of “widgets” brings a brand new user experience to the watch. Sliding up from the bottom or directly sliding the digital crown upwards on the watch face can activate the watchOS 10 widgets, and in some watch faces where widgets cannot be placed, users can still easily access important information such as weather and exercise.

Tap first, then use advanced features

Of course, if you have used watch faces in the past that have rich functions such as the lunar phase or sundial that can be obtained through the digital crown, you can continue to use the rich functions of the watch face by tapping the corresponding area first and then sliding the digital crown.

Along with the changes to the stacked small components, the activation method of “Control Center” has also been changed from the original bottom-up slide to “pressing the side button”, and the background switching has also been changed from pressing the side button to double-clicking the digital watch crown.

Overall, these new usage logics are designed to allow users to more conveniently control the information they need. Especially for users who prefer simple dials, high-frequency information such as weather and exercise levels does not need to be frequently switched between different apps to view, which will greatly improve efficiency.

The newly designed weather app

It is worth noting that watchOS 10 has also redesigned multiple built-in apps. These new apps fully utilize the display space of the entire screen, not only can display more complex content, but also use the space in the corners of the screen to increase practicality by accommodating buttons with different functions.

Through this brand-new upgrade, we seem to be able to glimpse the appearance improvements of the next generation Apple Watch Series 9. In order to better display these applications, the next generation Apple Watch is likely to further narrow the black border of the screen, and the curvature of the glass cover may also be changed, all of which can make the app “float” better on the Apple Watch.

The new Snoopy dial

As for the new dials, they are a necessary option for upgrading watchOS every year. My favorite this year is the new “Snoopy” dial, which is still a simple dial, and every time it lights up, Snoopy will interact with the hands, which is quite cute.

In addition to the obvious upgrades in appearance, there is another upgrade related to health in watchOS 10 that I think is worth paying attention to. It is the feature of “mental health” in watchOS 10.

“Mood” added to watchOS 10

If you often browse the internet, you will see many people using humorous and fanatical “madness literature” to relieve their own nervous emotions:

“Everyone has a crazy side, just force yourself to endure.”

“It’s normal not to have any quality if you go to work every day.”

In fact, it is not difficult to see that most contemporary workers are in a state of normal but unhealthy mental state, and people’s emotions are also easily swayed between “emo” and “madness” with changes in the environment.

Many people purchase smart wearable devices to pay attention to their “physical health”. However, compared to the body, “mental health” is equally worthy of attention. Mental health is essential to a person’s thinking, feelings, and behavior, and it can affect a person’s empathy and self-esteem, and even the functioning of the immune system. Therefore, mental health also needs equal care and attention.

In watchOS 10, “mental health” has also become a key part of the health category. It originated from the previous “meditation mindfulness” and, through more detailed functions, presents its own mental health status in a dataized form.

In “mental health”, we can see a module called “mood”. Here, users can record their daily mood and temporary emotions and see which factors are affecting their mental state. After clicking on the record, you can choose “daily emotions” or “instant emotions” and record your true emotions on your phone.

Use Apple Watch to record your own emotions

From actual experience, the emotional recording coverage of watchOS 10 is quite extensive. Negative emotions such as anxiety caused by work and disappointment caused by money, as well as positive emotions such as excitement during dates and relief after completing tasks, can all be recorded. In addition, watchOS 10 also sets different animations based on different psychological states. For example, the animation for positive emotions is a round and plump flower, while negative emotions are somewhat sharp and look like a “spiky sea urchin”.

Just as regular exercise is important, paying attention to emotions and moods also helps with mental health. Therefore, we can record our thoughts and reflect on them daily. These techniques can help users better understand changes in their emotions and moods over a period of time.

Of course, Apple Watch not only plays the role of “recording emotions”, but also hopes to use data to identify which experiences may affect your emotions or moods. When we have recorded data for a period of time, we can look back on our thoughts over the past period of time, and in times of stress, we can improve our mental state through mindfulness practice, self-care, and seeking help from others. This can not only improve our emotional state, but also cultivate our ability to adapt to adversity and emotional regulation skills.

Among various activities that “regulate psychological stress”, going for a walk and soaking up the sun should be a low-cost and high-return method. In the latest watchOS 10, the “time under sunlight” function has been added. This function uses the ambient light sensor inside the watch to record the time under outdoor sunlight, thereby helping us relieve stress. Moreover, this function covers a wide range of users, including the second-generation Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 6 and subsequent models, and Apple Watch Ultra.

Previously, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated in an interview with the media, “If we look to the future, look back at the past, and think about what is Apple’s biggest contribution? I believe it will be in the field of physical and mental health.” From the updates of watchOS 10, it can be seen that Apple not only focuses on users’ physical health needs, but also understands the demands for “mental health” that come with work and life stress. watchOS 10 enables us to better understand ourselves, master our mental health status, and through various measures, help us relieve stress and achieve a healthier lifestyle as much as possible.

It can be said that watchOS 10 has given the Apple Watch a thorough renewal, and has also enabled the Apple Watch to deepen its cultivation in the health field. Through watchOS 10, I am also looking forward to what new improvements the new Apple Watch Series 9 will bring us this year.

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