Apple Watch Series 6 Review (Specs, Smart Features, Fitness & Sleep Tracking, Battery Life) By Digit

Hey guys welcome to digit. , and today, let's talk about the Apple Watch Series 6. , but before we do make sure hit the like and subscribe button on our channel and, of course, there's also the bell icon push it so that you don't miss any future updates from us. Now. Let's talk series six first and foremost, let's go over the basic specs and what's new in the series 6. All of your watch, straps from the older apple watches, as long as they follow, the same size scheme will be compatible with the cd6, the new processor, on this s6 sip system and package, which enables some very interesting features on the Apple Watch.

You continue to get the ECG feature as part of the cd6, whether you get the LTE version or the Wi-Fi version. In addition to that, you have a brand new spo2 sensor, which is a blood oxygenation sensor. You also get a much brighter display and also, of course, it's always on, and in addition to that, you have on also on board always on altimeter, which is great if you like going for hikes. So if you do a lot of trekking in the mountains, etc. , a lot of the features that are part of series 6 are also enabled by watch OS 7.

So we're going to talk about everything that the watch can do, and it'll be a conjunction of both hardware and software. So, let's begin now, I've been using the Apple Watch cd6 for a little over two three weeks actually, and I'm usually a Garmin user. I've been using a Garmin instinct ever since it came out, and it was one of the first uh smart. Well, not smart, but it was the first fitness smartwatch that I bought. I do a lot of cycling.

I do a little of running. Furthermore, I walk a lot. Furthermore, I play basketball every opportunity I get and as it while it may not look like it. Furthermore, I do try and follow a fit lifestyle. Um.

Probably the way I look is the reason why, anyway, that's besides the point, so one of the most important things about the Apple Watch is that it is a smartwatch and a fitness device all rolled into one, and it performs both of those functions in a very, very seamless and incredibly reliable manner. The always-on heart rate sensor on here. Well, it picks up your heart rate throughout the day, and it actually delivers some very interesting statistics. It will deliver what was your lowest heart rate resting heart rate, which is your know, the rate at which your heartbeat is beating when you're not doing much uh? What is the interval between two beats and, of course, you also have ECG uh. It is a single it's equivalent to a single line.

ECG and Apple makes a very, very clear, disclaimer at multiple points, while you're taking that reading that this is not medically valid for sound medical advice, but it is an indicator, and we've read so many stories of people having been alerted by the Apple Watch about uh irregularities with their hearts, and you know people being saved because of that feature very, very important if you're somebody who has a history of heart disease in the family or if you yourself feel that it's something that you may be developing due to an unhealthy lifestyle, so it's good to have. There is also now a brand new spo2 sensor, now sp02 at apple during the event when they unveiled the watch talked about how this could be used to sort of measure, your blood oxygenation level, and given that this is covered times- and you know we want to know if we are low on blood oxygenation as a sign of maybe covered infection, there's also another very critical use for that sensor. The spo2 sensor is responsible for delivering a statistic known as vo2 max vo2 max is basically you an indicator of how much oxygen your body is able to use during a workout the higher. That number goes over a period of time. It means your body's utilizing, more oxygen, and therefore you're getting better at whatever it is that you're doing so.

Let's say if I cycle 10 kilometers every day, my vo2 max could be 23 on one day. It goes up to 25 26 28 30, whatever it keeps increasing, even though I may be cycling, the same amount in the same amount of time, vo2 max going in means, my fitness level is getting better. My muscles are going to be less tired at the end of that workout, I'm going to be burning, more calories, so overall, vo2 max is a very important metric, and if you speak to anybody who is in training or is a serious athlete, they will tell that it is an important metric to know the cd6 finally delivers on that metric, and it's very helpful now in terms of its accuracy of tracking metrics. Now I usually track all of my bike rides using a Garmin heart rate. Chest strap, which is one of the most accurate ways to pick up a chest.

Strap is the most accurate way to pick up heart rate during your workouts uh and for my bicycle I have Garmin's bike, computer speed sensor and a cadence sensor, so they're dedicated sensors for a multitude of things and therefore the number coming out finally is absolutely accurate. Comparing that to the Apple Watch, you see that the watch is actually very, very rock solid. For starters, in terms of the heart rate throughout the workouts, the Apple Watch and the garment chest strap delivered near identical heart rate readings. The only difference is that the Apple Watch's heart rate readings do tend to trail behind that of the chest, strap by about half a second or so maybe a second. In some points.

The reason for that is that the chest strap is actually picking up heart rate data right from here, whereas the rest of one device is going to be picking it up from your wrist. So there is a latency effect that comes in, so there is that um, honestly. That delay is not very, very critical unless you're in hardcore training, for something like Iron Man. To be very honest, and I don't mean the superhero character, I mean the triathlon now, if that is what you're going for, then of course you may need a chest strap which of course, you can also pair with the Apple Watch if you need to, but that's a separate conversation uh in terms of tracking your walks, your sleep um, your general runs again. The Apple Watch does a very good job.

Sleep tracking is surprisingly accurate, but lacks the richness of data that we see from other variables like Fitbit, Garmin, uh, the breakdown into sleep stages and all that's missing. However, if you use a third-party app, you still get all that data. So the interesting thing is the Apple Watch. Hardware and software is capable of picking up that data and analyzing it, but natively it does not deliver deep sleep data third-party apps too. So, if you just invest in third-party app, you will be good to go.

So you of course got all the key activities also built into the Apple Watch that you can track, and if you get the cellular version of it, you can actually leave your phone behind because you no longer need to be connected to uh. You know you're no longer tethered GPS by the way is built into both the LTE and the none version of the Apple Watch. So you can of course track all of your outdoor workouts without having to without having the phone on board with you um. But of course the cellular connectivity helps in case you know, there's an unfortunate mishap or if you do want to stay connected throughout so tracking wise. The Apple Watch does a very good job at providing not just the most common types of workouts, but also accuracy of tracking those workouts on your list.

There's also some very interesting data that you will find. If you dig into the health app, I was actually surprised to find that you have something called walking symmetry and double support time that the Apple Watch is capable of recording. Now these are metrics uh that I particularly found very useful because I'm recovering from a knee injury, which is about a year old and what that knee injury ended up doing. Was it forced me to put a lot of weight on my other foot and people who are facing similar issues or are overweight will often notice that when they walk, they may put more time on one foot than the other? If you want to figure that out, the Apple Watch can actually tell you it has. It picks up something called walking, asymmetry and double support time double support time, basically being how much time you spend on both your feet, while you're, walking and walking asymmetry being, of course, measuring uh how much time you're spending on each foot.

So that sort of thing- and it's very, very interesting- to see this kind of data and there's a lot of very, very interesting kind of metrics that you will get out of the health app stuff that you would not have a thing to. You know, look at, but it's there it's about your health, and it doesn't hurt to have it now. As a fitness tracker as a fitness device, the Apple Watch doesn't do the usual. You know, uh, hey. It's been an hour that you've been sitting now go for a walk that typically, a lot of other smartwatches will do, but the three-ring system on the Apple Watch is an encouragement enough, and especially if you get into competition with some of your friends, it pushes you to close your rings every day and especially, if, like I said, if you're, if you've got a few friends added to your health app or your fitness app, then you can also see their progress and feel you know compelled to compete.

If you have that competitive streak. Now, let's talk about the smart features on the Apple Watch, because this is something where the Apple Watch really leaves anything that may compete with it far behind the best way. To put it is that the Apple Watch is a miniaturized iPhone on your wrist it. It is so interesting that the watches' user interface, the way you navigate. All of that is very similar to that of iOS.

That's point number one point number, two being um: everything works very smoothly, so you don't have the stutter in between screens. You don't face any kind of slowdowns. You don't face any issues with the Apple Watch, while you're using it as a smart device. All your notifications are delivered straight to your wrist for apps. That are enabled to do so, and the other thing is that the ecosystem of apps for the Apple Watch has grown tremendously.

Most fitness apps productivity apps. They will have a counterpart for the Apple Watch uh. You can get all of your notifications on here whether it's WhatsApp Instagram strata, whatever it may be. Everything comes to your list, email as well. Some of you may find that annoying some of you may enjoy it, in which case you can tweak which applications you will allow to send the notification to the Apple Watch.

This works. If you get the LTE edition by the way, this notification thing will continue to work, even if your phone is not around. So in all the sense, the Apple Watch sort of becomes like a mini iPhone. You can take calls on it. You can send messages from it.

If you don't have your phone around. Of course, things like WhatsApp may not work, because you will. There is no dedicated WhatsApp app for the Apple Watch uh, but everything else seems to function. Fine, you can download your music to it and now there's even Spotify on the Apple Watch, so there's that um overall, like the Apple Watch, tends to okay. Let me rephrase that currently in the market, there are smartwatches and then there are fitness trackers.

A lot of the smartwatches are great at being smartwatches, but not very good with fitness tracking fitness trackers are obviously not smart. For example, my Garmin instinct allows me to see notifications, but I can't do anything about them can't take calls on it can't reply to messages on it, but you can on the Apple Watch. It does so both of these things in a very it's not that it can do both, but it does both very, very well and unfortunately, due to that. The only downside to the having the Apple Watch is the battery life. Now Apple has made a lot of improvements to the cd6.

There's new hardware in here there's a brighter display in here there's better tracking. Despite all of that, you get about apple, says: 18 hours of battery life, which is on the lower side, but 18 hours is taking into account that you're also working out every day on days that you don't work out like I don't if work out every day I get about 28 hours of use out of the Apple Watch before I need to charge it again. The days that I do work out, I find that I will need to charge it within the 18-hour time slot so 16 to 18 hours roughly, but that doesn't really hurt much because now because of the s6 sip, the Apple Watch charges in about 90 minutes, 5 to 100, 90 minutes roughly give or take um, and that's actually pretty nice, because the earlier apple watches charge very slowly, so you've got faster charging and therefore it sort of balances out the fact that the battery life on the Apple Watch cv6 has remained the same in comparison to that of the Apple Watch Series 5. Okay. So to conclude, if you guys are looking for a smartwatch while you're on an Apple ecosystem, the Apple Watch Series 6, makes perfect sense.

Uh. The price tag, of course, is on the higher side compared to an Apple Watch SC. But the kind of features you get on here are well limited to the cd6, so you are paying a premium, for those features depends on whether you want them or not. If you're somebody who's into getting into fitness- or you are somebody who's trained in training for a just, a more fit lifestyle right, not even athletically, not even comparatively, but just that the Apple Watch does a very good job at providing you all the relevant metrics and delivering them in a very accurate manner where you will have an issue is the battery life, but the faster charging does help. So overall, the cd6 with its price tag of 50 000 rupees for the LTE edition, is definitely a pricey accessory, but it is one that will easily last you three years is one that gives you great connectivity between your phone.

Uh is great. That of is one that is great as a fitness tracker, so there really is no reason to consider it, except for the fact that it has a pretty hefty price tag, but you do get what you pay for. So it's that so that's a review of the Apple Watch cd6. Thank you guys for watching and uh before you leave, make sure to hit the like and subscribe button on our channel and, of course, the bell icon so that you don't miss any future updates from us. As for me, I'm going to see you in the next one.

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