We review the best tricks that watchOS 10 brought to the Apple Watch, discover the great features of your watch
The Apple Watch is a much more useful device than it seems and with the latest watchOS 10 update, some more than interesting functions and tips. It is true that there are some very good tips for those who use an Apple Watch, but in this selection we focus on 5 tips that arrived with watchOS 10 on the Apple Watch.
Customize smart groups
If watchOS 10 is characterized by anything, it’s a complete change in the way you use the Apple Watch. And that’s something we see immediately in the main sphere as we slide down. In this one the lower area now appears as a sort of secondary sphere with widgets which Apple calls Smart Group.
Find the information you want in any subject, when you need it. Simply rotate the Digital Crown to view Smart Group widgets.
Widgets are an important part of watchOS
And one of the best tricks of watchOS 10 is to customize this smart band to be more useful to us. You can customize these widgets as you wish:
- Long press widgets to edit, remove or add more.
- You can pin widgets to always appear on top by clicking the yellow pin.
- You can change which apps appear in the widget with 3 shortcuts.
- You can have a maximum of 4 widgets.
- At the bottom, there is a button to display “All Apps”.
New way to close apps on Apple Watch
Closing apps on the Apple Watch can be important, but not strictly necessary. But if you have to do it, in watchOS 10 the way to do it has changed. Now you have to press the Digital Crown button twice and swipe the app to the left. This way you can close the applications.
Managing mental health
A very important feature of watchOS 10 that you should know and use. To save your mood, you must enter the Mindfulness app, tap mood, then tap Start. By turning the digital crown, you can choose your current mental health state.which will be saved in the Health application.
Reflect your mood to work on your resilience and improve your well-being.
Your mental health can improve with Apple Watch
Open Control Center on Apple Watch
The same thing that happened with apps happens with the Control Center. He Apple Watch Control Center is now activated by pressing the side button. Remember that you can modify it as you wish with the commands you use the most.
Improves visual health
This is a hidden feature of watchOS 10 that can help prevent or reduce the development of myopia. Spending between 80 and 120 minutes outside can reduce the risk of becoming myopic in the future. This function measures the time we spend outdoors and we can see it from the Health application in the section Daylight exposure time. It is compatible with Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), Apple Watch Series 6 or later, and Apple Watch Ultra.
Myopia usually begins in childhood and spending time outdoors can reduce the risk of developing it. Apple Watch’s ambient light sensor now measures exposure time to daylight.1 And even if your little ones don’t have their own iPhone, you can track family settings on Apple Watch .
These are the best watchOS 10 tips, a system that introduces many improvements to the Apple Watch. Now you know many more things you can do with your watch.
Table of Contents
