Mikey Campbell
Week five of Christy Turlington Burns' Apple Watch diary was posted to Apple's website on Tuesday, with the model and aspiring London Marathon finisher focusing on communications, notifications and, of course, workout tracking.
Turlington Burns says Apple Watch is not just helping as a training assistant for the upcoming London Marathon, but also plays a role in her business and social lives. Using haptic feedback, or what Apple has branded as the "Taptic Engine," Watch provides gentle taps and audible alerts to reminder her of upcoming appointments, for example.
In addition, Turlington Burns says she sometimes answers calls from her iPhone directly on her wrist. Speaking to a device strapped to your arm is hardly ideal, but she notes the feature grants freedom of mobility, letting her walk around the office while on quick calls. If a conversation goes longer than expected, she always has the option to hand it over to iPhone. Being in constant contact with an iPhone-tethered wearable also means it's more difficult to miss calls and messages.
The model calls Siri on Apple Watch "magic," explaining that she can send quick messages to her kids simply by saying, "Hey Siri." On Apple Watch, Siri can perform other operations as well, including creating events and querying Maps for turn-by-turn directions.
Apple Watch's activity tracking functions play a large role in Turlington Burns' diary entries and today's was no different. Keeping an eye on Watch's Activity Rings, especially the Move Ring, helps her complete daily fitness goals. Like a previous entry, she used the "Other" activity category to monitor cross-training sessions, a catchall mode that gives Move Ring credit for non-specific workouts like resistance training.
Finally, a tip of the cap is paid to Passbook, which let Turlington Burns go paperless on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York.
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The part I found interesting was when she said she watches her heart rate come down after a workout. In week 4 it noted "By flashing its LED lights hundreds of times per second, Apple Watch can calculate the number of times your heart beats each minute during your workout. That measurement is your heart rate." Obviously not as accurate as a chest strap but seems like it's going to be a very accurate bpm.
Well, I hope whatever they've done to make Siri "magic" on the watch will come to the iPhone as well.
I use Siri all the time to dictate messages hands free. But I have yet to dictate a message that I did not have to go back into an manually edit. How would you even do that on the ?Watch if Siri gets it wrong?
I don't know why resistance training is 'other' I can only assume that it's because my arms won't be flying around so intensity can't be measured, so what's the heart rate for? I'll be disappointed if the watch can't track resistance training in some way.
Since BF was banned, these threads have actually gotten tolerable. ie, there's actual insightful discussion about the topic at hand, instead of nasty attacks and responses to those attacks.
[quote name="Mac_128" url="/t/185639/phone-calls-taptic-reminders-feature-in-latest-turlington-burns-apple-watch-diary-entry/0_100#post_2705749"]Well, I hope whatever they've done to make Siri "magic" on the watch will come to the iPhone as well. I use Siri all the time to dictate messages hands free. But I have yet to dictate a message that I did not have to go back into an manually edit. How would you even do that on the ?Watch if Siri gets it wrong? [/quote] I use Siri to write messages all the time :) works perfectly for me, even if there's a loud tv or radio around. I've gotten to the point where I barely review the message. I'm on iPhone 6 with iOS 8.