Skiers are going to be very happy about this. A new Apple Watch update has enabled the smartwatch to track ski performance. This means that users will now be able to see how many calories they’ve burned in a session or how fast they were going.
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Apple Watch Series 3 now tracks your winter sports
Apple Watch Series 3 is getting a small but possibly significant update today, depending on how much you love certain winter sports. Snowboarders and skiers will find that their Apple Watch is now capable of tracking runs, thanks to updates launching …
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Apple Watch Series 3 Can Now Track Snowboarding and Skiing
Hot on the heels of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Apple has added the ability to track two major snow-related sports to the Apple Watch Series 3. Starting today, skiers and snowboarders running watchOS 4.2 can use their wearable to track …
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Apple Watch Series 3 can track skiing and snowboarding
Thanks to watchOS 4.2 apps like Slopes, snoww, Squaw Alpine, Snocru and Ski Tracks can now accurately report metrics like vertical descent, distance, number of runs, average speed and calories burned thanks to the built-in altimeter which can develop …
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This Apple Watch wristband successfully detected abnormal heart rhythms
Back in November 2017, Mashable spoke with Vic Gundotra, the CEO of the medical device company AliveCor, which after two years of testing had just been given the thumbs up from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell a heart-monitoring wristband for …
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Apple Watch Series 3 Can Now Track Snow Sports Like Skiing and Snowboarding
Apple announced today that it added support for tracking snow sports like skiing and snowboarding to the Apple Watch Series 3 smartwatches through software updates that are now available in the App Store for all users. If you own an Apple Watch Series 3 …
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Apple Watch a hit on the mountain: 25% of Slopes app skiers and riders start tracking via wrist
While third-party apps for Apple Watch remain something of a mixed bag, at least one developer has found a very popular use case for their watchOS app: Consumed by Code’s skiing and snowboarding app Slopes sees one-quarter of its users start recording …
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Apple Watch Series 3 now tracks skiing and snowboarding
Apple on Wednesday updated the Apple Watch Activity app to add tracking for skiing and snowboarding. The update applies to Apple Watch Series 3 models running WatchOS 4.2 or newer. Alpine sports fans can now log their runs, as well as view vertical …
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Fitbit and Adidas have an answer to the Apple Watch
Smartwatch lovers and hypebeasts alike just got a new reason to get excited. The Ionic is Fitbit’s $300 smartwatch, which it released in October to disappointing sales numbers. The Adidas edition adds some branded pizzazz to the Ionic, the product on which …
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Apple Watch vs diabetes: The glucose monitoring story so far
For as long as the Apple Watch has been rumored there have been murmurs that the company will one day build a wearable that is capable of offering continuous glucose monitoring. Suffice it to say, that would be a big deal for a lot of people – not just …
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How to Restart an Apple Watch
Two Methods:Using the Power Menu Forcing the Apple Watch to Restart Community Q&A This wikiHow teaches you how to restart your Apple Watch by turning it off and then turning it back on. If your Apple Watch won’t let you use the Power menu to turn it off …
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You can get all 5 of these Apple Watch bands for less than one strap from Apple
The Apple Watch is the most popular watch model on the planet. In fact, Apple even outsold Rolex during the holiday quarter to become the #1 watch company in the world. Of course, that means if you own an Apple Watch, you have the same watch as millions …
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Apple Watches Are Wasting Police Time by Accidentally Dialing 911
An Apple Watch feature designed to save lives by alerting emergency services is wasting critical resources due to a rise in accidental calls, police have warned. Since the feature was introduced last year, law enforcement departments and 911 dispatchers …
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7 easy tweaks to breathe new life into your Apple Watch
I was over the moon about the Apple Watch when it was first announced. At the time, I was feeling intense jealousy over Android Wear watches that couldn’t work with my iPhone (back then, at least), and had picked up a cheap Pebble to help fill the void.
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How the Apple Watch saved me from my own idiocy
A WEEK AGO TODAY, I was a massive idiot. I was working from home and heard my Amazon Fresh order arrive. Hyped about all the crisps I’d bought, I rushed to the front door to grab my shopping. My crisp-fuelled excitement was short-lived as before I knew it …
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How to Change the Band on an Apple Watch
This wikiHow teaches you how to replace your Apple Watch’s band with a different one. You can perform this process without any tools or prior expertise. Keep in mind that Apple Watch bands manufactured by Apple will almost always work with your Apple Watch …
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Apple Watch Saves Lives But Accidentally Calls Emergency Services
This week, Kylie Gilbert’s article at Shape.com about how the Apple Watch’s SOS feature saved a mother’s life went viral. Many people praised Apple for continuing to make technology that saves lives. Kacie Anderson, a very young mother from Hannover …
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