Now you can go outside without your iPhone and just launch the application, and the second-generation Apple Watch GPS will do the rest. It will determine the distance and display a map of your workout, which will be displayed in the application on your iPhone.

GPS - THAT REALLY MAKES APPLE WATCH SPORTS WATCHES

It is noteworthy that the battery charge of your watch will last for five hours of continuous operation when GPS is on. In addition, the watch does not display that they use GPS while the watch is in outdoor training mode. You just have to guess that it works. And all because Apple does not want to overload the device with unnecessary system messages such as Searching for GPS, which pop up on the screen of most models of sports watches.

The company claims that the device will begin to search for a signal as soon as you open the app for training on the watch, even if you do not indicate that you are going to practice on the street - and will use the data received by other sensors to fill in the missing data fields until It is in GPS mode.

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Maybe you don’t need to know about everything that happens to you with such accuracy. But accuracy is the main advantage of this watch. You can check the watch while riding a bicycle, while jogging or walking, and you won't find any complaints about accuracy. In this case, you do not have to carry an iPhone with you, as the watch will pair with the iPhone using a GPS signal.

There is practically no discrepancy in the recorded data. Everything is clear and clear, and most importantly, exactly as in a pharmacy. Of course, there were small errors, but we attribute this to the human factor, which always takes place during such trials.

It is worth noting the similarity of activity tracking with the original Apple Watch. Optical heart rate monitors are almost identical. And the levels of your daily activity are still displayed as a series of multi-colored rings, both on the watch and on the iPhone-compatible application.

For some, this visual representation serves as a good motivation. For some, filling the Apple Watch ring-bar sometimes becomes an obsession. Some still prefer to display data in the form of colorful charts. So they are easier to navigate.

ACTIVITY TRACKING FUNCTIONS DO NOT DIFFERENTLY FROM THE FUNCTIONS OF THE OLD VERSION

Most of Apple Watch’s new features are built purely on visual presentation. For example, if you decide to rename your workouts, for example, badminton, cricket, yoga or crossfit, the watch will not track these types of activity. This is a unique way to save data about your workouts in the system. They are displayed in the activity list and are taken into account during the general training.

When you try to get rid of excess water by turning the basel, you will not see physical drops or water. An image of decaying drops will appear on the screen, which indicates the release of the device from excess drops.

Similarly, you will not see any messages containing the word GPS, you just need to know that it is supported and working. This approach to the activity tracking process based on clear graphic data is Apple's trick: the device often ignores what is happening, so to speak, behind the scenes.

The watch comes preloaded with a new application that reminds you to take a deep breath when you need to concentrate. How appropriate the use of such an application is not yet clear. While this is more like a reminder of your loved one who wakes you up every morning with the words: “It's time to get up!” Reminders of such applications, however, are easy to ignore.

Just as before, this data is synchronized via Bluetooth with the Apple activity tracking application installed on the iPhone. The most noticeable change in the activity tracking application is the ability to share achievements on social networks.

Previously, Apple bypassed the social side. This indicates the importance of the socially-oriented component for wearable electronics, which is paid attention, for example, by giants such as Fitbit. Now you can receive notifications about when and how your friends finished training, and if you want to leave them encouraging messages. However, in order to send a message to the social network, you will have to use the iMessage service, which is quite in the spirit of Apple.

STILL SMART WATCH
So what about the fitness component? How about everyday activities? Does Apple Watch work faster and faster? Questions are relevant. The first generation Apple Watch suffered from slow application loading, as well as an interface that involved repeatedly tapping the screen and scrolling across the screen.

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With the introduction of the new software platform, most users began to wonder if this platform could become a full replacement for the smartphone. Of course not. Now the watch is as close as possible to the perfect combination of the functions of a fitness tracker, a well-thought-out notification system and a work control center using other devices.

In part, this improvement is due to the fact that the watch received a new dual-core processor, which is 50% faster than the processor of the first generation of watches. But most of their watchOS 3-based software, which will be installed in all new Apple watch models, is not so new.

WatchOS 3 really speeds up your watch. If you swipe your finger down the clock screen, notifications will open. But now, when you swipe the screen from the bottom up, you will have access to a small command center that allows you to effectively process notifications.

By clicking on the physical button, a software platform with preinstalled applications opens, which allows you to view all available applications. So you do not have to open the menu with mini-icons of applications to select the one you need. You can change the appearance of the dial by swiping your finger across the screen from edge to edge.

WATCHOS 3 - DECENT DECISION OF NEW APPLE WATCH

It also means that you don’t have to use Force Touch on the watch so often, although you can still use this feature to change and adjust the dials, or you can click on your location in the map app to indicate your other location. In addition, to complete the training, it is enough to hold on the screen, and not press on the screen, as before.

Until you can try out third-party applications, as applications for watchOS 3 have become available recently. But in general, we can say that compared with the first generation of devices, the company has improved compatibility. Support for a protocol for sharing data makes it possible to use third-party applications to adjust and register the data necessary for the clock.

For example, the RunKeeper application has an application based on watchOS 3, like Runtastic, but Strava, another popular application for cyclists and athletes, does not yet have such an application. Naturally, the activity tracking application can receive data from the Strava application, but at the same time, Strava does not react at all to the user's achievements, that is, Strava in this case is not fully functional.