Apple Watch - Why Apple Watch (2025)

You snooze. You win.

The Sleep app not only tracks your sleep, it helps you create a bedtime routine and schedule. See the time you spent in REM, Core, and Deep sleep, as well as when you might have woken up. And get notified if you show signs of possible sleep apnea.²

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Better understand your daily health status.

With the Vitals app, you can quickly see your key overnight health metrics right on your watch — including heart rate, respiratory rate, wrist temperature, and sleep duration.³ For a more holistic understanding of your daily health status.

Learn more about the Vitals app

It has your heart in mind.

Unusually high or low heart rates and irregular heart rhythms (known as arrhythmias) could be signs of a serious condition.⁴ But many people don’t recognize the symptoms, so the underlying causes often go undiagnosed. Notifications in the HeartRate app will alert you to these irregularities so you can take action and consult your doctor.

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ECG on your wrist. Anytime,anywhere.

With the ECG app, AppleWatch is capable of generating an ECG similar to a single-lead electrocardiogram.⁵ It’s a momentous achievement for a wearable device that can provide critical data for doctors and peace of mind for you.

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Understand your cycle like neverbefore.

AppleWatch has an innovative sensor that tracks your temperature while you sleep.⁶ Cycle Tracking uses this data to provide a retrospective estimate of when you have likely ovulated, which can be helpful for family planning.⁷ As always, your data is private andsecure.

Learn more about the Cycle Tracking app

Move. Exercise. Stand.
Reach your goals, oneringatatime.

The Activity app shows your daily activity, including your active calories, total steps, and workouts completed. Customize your goals for each day of the week so you can close your rings every day. If you need to take a break, you can now put your rings on pause —while keeping your award streak going.

Learn how Apple measures and validates heart rate, activity, and calories burned(PDF)

Measure all the ways you move.

From strength training and HIIT to Pilates and yoga, AppleWatch offers a healthy range of ways to track your workout. And it shows your progress with advanced metrics and views like Heart Rate Zones, Power, and Elevation.

Take your workouts to the nextlevel.

Create Custom Workouts with time and distance intervals, as well as periods of warm-up, cooldown, and recovery. And see what’s coming with the Up Next workout view.

A new tool to help you achieve your goals.

Training load helps you see how the intensity and duration of your workouts may impact your body over time. So you can make informed decisions about how and when to adjust your workouts — especially when you’re training for a big event.

Built to go the distance. Anddepth.

AppleWatch is perfect for hiking, biking, and running as well as swimming, surfing, and other water activities. The new depth gauge, Depth app, and water temperature sensor on Series10 make it great for snorkeling down to 6 meters. Or scuba dive to 40 meters with Ultra2.⁸

Hit the trail with offline maps.

Now you can see detailed hiking maps for all U.S. national parks with the Maps app. Create your own hiking routes and download them to your iPhone for easy access later. They’ll automatically download to your watch so you can even navigate offline.⁹

Stay in touch from your wrist.

Text, make calls, and listen to music with ease. With cellular, you can do it all without your phone,¹⁰ even when you’re out of the country. It makes leaving your phone behind something you can doonpurpose.

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More intelligent than ever.

The SmartStack automatically suggests widgets to surface the most relevant information throughout the day based on the time, your location, and more. So you’ll know if rain is coming, a meeting is about to start, or your Uber is pulling up. Traveling in another country? Your watch will intelligently add the Translate widget to your SmartStack for you.

A great call for kids.

With AppleWatch For Your Kids, everyone in the family can have an AppleWatch, even if they don’t have their own iPhone.¹¹ Your kids are able to make calls, text, ask Siri questions, listen to music, use apps, and let you know when they arrive at a destinationsafely.

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Bring a translator when you travel.

See a translation simply by dictating a phrase on your watch. Play the translation out loud and slow it down if need be. Use the Translate app on your watch without your iPhone when you have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, or download a language to use offline.¹²

Stream. Download. Pay. Play. Everywhere you go.

Stream over 100 million songs with AppleMusic.¹³ Purchase things quickly and securely with ApplePay.¹⁴ Download new apps from the AppStore straight to your watch. And do it all without ever having to take out your iPhone.

Emergency assistance at your fingertips.

When you press and hold the side button, your AppleWatch can connect you with emergency services to get you the help you need.¹⁵

Safety features we hope you’ll never need.

AppleWatch can detect if you’ve taken a hard fall or been in a severe car crash and connect you with emergency services, share your location, and notify your emergency contacts.¹⁵

Peace of mind on your wrist.

CheckIn lets you automatically notify a friend or loved one when you’ve arrived at a destination.¹⁶ You can also start a CheckIn from the Workout app — like if you’re going for a run after dark.

Change your watch band. Switch up your face.

With watch bands in a range of styles, materials, and colors and fully customizable watch faces, you can change your watch to fit your mood or the moment.

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