The Apple Watch does a lot more than just tell you the time and track your steps. A lot of people don’t know about or haven’t tried its health benefits yet. You can really improve your health with the tools on the Apple Watch. You can track your sleep habits, heart health, medications, and even get a better sense of your mental side.
These features quietly collect data about your health and well-being behind the scenes. They give you information that you could only get from medical tests or careful tracking by hand. Here are six health features on the Apple Watch that can help users on their way to fitness, whether they want to get better sleep, take care of their heart health, or learn more about their bodies.
Set your sleep goals with the Apple Watch
The Sleep app on Apple Watch helps you get into good sleep habits by letting you make your own sleep plan and goals for how long you want to sleep. To begin, just open the Sleep app on your Apple Watch and follow the steps shown on the screen. Once you’ve set up your watch, you can wear it to bed, and it will automatically track your sleep and give you specific information about how much time you spent awake and in different stages of sleep, such as REM, Core, and Deep sleep. You can look at your most recent sleep history to find trends and make changes that will help you sleep better.
Get heart health alerts on your Apple Watch
Heart Rate app on Apple Watch can let you know if your heart health changes in a big way. If you allow messages, you will be notified of heart rates that are too high or too low, as well as odd heart beats that could be a sign of atrial fibrillation (AFib). If you already know you have AFib, the AFib History tool can tell you how often this irregular heartbeat happens in your heart. You can also set up alerts for low cardio exercise levels, which will help you keep up with your heart health.
Apple Watch can help you remember to take your medicines
It’s easy to keep track of your medicines, vitamins, and supplements with the Medications app. If you add your medicines to the Health app on your iPhone, you can easily keep track of them on your Apple Watch. This function helps you remember to take your medicine on time and makes sure you never miss a dose.
Write down how you feel: Keep an eye on your mental health with the Apple Watch
In addition to guided breathing routines and time to think, the Mindfulness app helps you become more emotionally aware and strong. To record your short-term and long-term feelings, open the app and tap “State of Mind.” This helps you name your emotions and keep track of how they change over time.
Apple Watch keeps track of your periods
The Cycle Tracking app lets you record daily details about your menstrual cycle. The Apple Watch then uses this information to predict when your period will come and when you will be fertile. Heart rate data is used by the app to make predictions more accurate. If you sleep with an approved Apple Watch, it can also use information about your wrist temperature to help you predict your period and give you figures of when you ovulated in the past.
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Get a better idea of your daily health with Apple Watch
The Vital app shows all of your sleeping health data right on your watch, such as your heart rate, breathing rate, wrist temperature, blood oxygen levels (on models that allow them), and the length of your sleep. The app sets normal ranges for each measure when you put your Apple Watch to sleep every night. If more than one of your measurements is outside of the normal range, you’ll get a message explaining what might be causing it, such as medicines or sickness.
