From iPhone sidekick to serious health tracker; the turning point that made the Apple Watch click for me.
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Apple Watch 10 Years Later: The Feature That Changed Everything for Me
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Apple Watch Series 10
Apple Watch Hermes Edition
Apple Watch Wireless Charger
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Apple Watch Series 1
0:53 Apple’s Spring Forward Event
1:24 Apple Watch Series 10
1:44 Apple Watch Series 4
2:04 Apple Watches ECG Heart Monitor
3:54 Apple Watch Health Updates
4:56 Vanessa’s Conclusions
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@joelnehl
April 24, 2025 at 10:09 am
For anyone complaining about the battery life, buy the Apple Watch Ultra. Just got one recently, battery life is incredible compared to the regular Apple Watch. I’m never going back.
@msherry31
April 24, 2025 at 12:35 pm
I only need to charge mine every other day
@JohelSouza
April 24, 2025 at 1:16 pm
Exactly. I did it.
@kimi17147
April 24, 2025 at 1:48 pm
I would, but they’re too big and bulky
@LiveAerosmith
April 24, 2025 at 5:51 pm
i like the ultra but is too big for my wrist.
@Jules-740
April 24, 2025 at 10:30 am
Does anyone know if the apple watch allows naming or labeling alarms?
@zero11010
April 24, 2025 at 10:40 am
Remember when these were basically trying to be a phone replacement?
Remember when virtually everyone who had an iPhone app had a separate watch app with almost the same functionality?
Now … virtually every App Store app for the watch is for meditation or exercise. And that’s pretty much the whole store.
And because you basically only get simple notifications on the Apple watch … ANY cheap smart watch is a match for what it does in terms of being a device connected to your phone.
@BruceLeeRoy26
April 24, 2025 at 2:14 pm
Not even close lol I have Jeep, Vivint, Delta, Uber, multiple weather apps, banking, multiple food and drink place apps, ForeFlight, on top of my fitness apps. I’ve had cheap smartwatches and this ain’t the same. If you limit yourself to just using it for basic smartwatch functions go for something cheaper. If you want it be an actual useful tool you’ll have to use it appropriately
@dpbge
April 24, 2025 at 10:51 am
Oh look who’s back! Welcome back V!
@josefocarrillo
April 24, 2025 at 10:54 am
👋😀 ¡Saludos guanacos!
@danarich4854
April 24, 2025 at 10:55 am
I would like the Sp02 sensor back please!!!
@nuraprilia9694
April 24, 2025 at 11:07 am
Wanna see breaking point again
@igormarcos687
April 24, 2025 at 11:16 am
been using it for 2 years, still not that useful and not worth half the price they charge
@BruceLeeRoy26
April 24, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Just means you aren’t the target audience; just because you don’t know how to use it doesn’t mean it’s not useful.
@N6dine
April 24, 2025 at 12:11 pm
Vanessaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Good to see you.🎉🎉🎉
@bossadave
April 24, 2025 at 12:36 pm
It is still Apple’s worst product.
@lisasavage6527
April 24, 2025 at 12:47 pm
I love this smartwatch
@nuyou21
April 24, 2025 at 1:10 pm
I love my Apple Watch. It’s the best tech device I’ve purchased that just get’s better and better. 💯👌
@elementkx
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 pm
Pretty convincing informercial.
@JohelSouza
April 24, 2025 at 1:23 pm
Good. But you forgot about the sleep tracking. It’s one of the most important features for me (along with all those that you mentioned). It gave me the feedback I needed to organize my sleep time, specifically sleep duration and time to sleep.
@Ayushr0129
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 pm
I love my Apple Watch series 10! My personal trainer, sleep tracker, reminds me about my scheduled events, monitor my heart rate, take calls when my phone is away, reminds me to breathe and much more !
@theleakingpot
April 24, 2025 at 1:44 pm
I wasn’t convinced it’s something I need because I was against attaching a device to my body for tracking. Series 4 changed all this for me. Since then it’s my trusted fitness partner.
@willharrah9381
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 pm
So glad to see you. I really hope for maybe a camera inside sometime? And more blood pressure monitoring
@TellyMan200
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 pm
Great see vanessa back. have had a apple watch since the start and i personally do like the ECG and heart rate zones. it really amazing having a heart rate monitor on your wrist and help you push yourself during workouts and help you in so many ways.
@techscience1480
April 24, 2025 at 3:43 pm
This video is ad for apple watch? They are promoting to buy apple because of helth, like you will die if you don’t use apple watch.
@ggorter
April 24, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I loved my Apple watch had it for three years. Actually using a Fitbit charge now and I prefer it. It doesn’t do everything my Apple watch did but it does most of the stuff I needed but most importantly it’s smaller and the battery lasts longer.
@DuckingAround58
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 pm
They need to bring back the SPO2 sensor
@reylagarto87
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 pm
Well, this is a really nice follow up
@Michael-Makes-Stuff
April 24, 2025 at 7:14 pm
Yay — Vanessa is back! 🙌🏼 Thanks for the great information.
@CNET
April 24, 2025 at 7:27 pm
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@chrisking6448
April 24, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Love seeing Vanessa!!