Jeff Carlson - Take Control of Apple Watch

Jeff Carlson

This ebook was published in April 2020 by alt concepts inc. It was originally written by Jeff Carlson and edited by Joe Kissell.

This book helps you with the Apple Watch, Apples wearable digital device. It focuses on what the Apple Watch is (and isnt), how it interacts with other Apple devices, and how you can incorporate the Apple Watch into your daily life.

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Copyright 2020, Jeff Carlson. All rights reserved.

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This book started as Apple Watch: A Take Control Crash Course and was published even before the first Apple Watch arrived. Since then, the watch has become a major product in Apples lineup and I see people wearing them everywhere. The book youre reading now is a complete overhaul and expansion of that humble little guide into a full Take Control title. Noteworthy changes include:

• The book covers watchOS 6 and new features such as cellular capability on some models, the ability to view the Home screen as a list, the Noise app, Walkie-Talkie, the Compass, and others.

• The Series 5 introduced the first always-on display on the Apple Watch, which requires settings not found on other watch models.

• You can now purchase and directly from the App Store on the watch.

• I created a new section, , to point you to actions that will immediately help you improve how you use the watch.

• The section has been expanded to include the ECG app included on Series 4 and later models.

• has (finally) been added to the watch to easily track and monitor menstruation cycles.

• The section includes the fall detection features introduced with the Series 4.

• The method of locating a misplaced (or potentially stolen) watch has changed with the introduction of the Find My app in iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina. has been rewritten.

• You can now view and create to-do items in the Reminders app directly on the watch (although adding new calendar entries is possible only using Siri or the iPhone).

Apple is hailed as a pinnacle of consumer electronics design, but it has also been an unexpected driver of fashion. The iPod was notable for storing 1,000 songs in a device the size of a deck of cards, but one of its lasting impacts was to introduce white earbuds to nearly every public space. Wearing them now is so commonplace that we dont even think about it, yet more than a decade ago they were a fashion statement: I own an Apple product.

Now, with the Apple Watch, the company has made another fashion statement: Your personal technology can be more personal, and more distinctive. Its not a sliver of glass you pull out of your pocket or bag. Its a timepiece, a communications center, and a connection to your personal information that you wear all the time. And if your experience is like mine, you now see Apple Watches everywhere.

Maybe you currently wear a traditional watch, or perhaps you havent worn one for years, if ever. Whats the appeal of an Apple timepiece?

The Apple Watch is an extension of the information you deal with every day. Without making the now-common-but-still-distracting motion of pulling out your iPhone, you can keep up with notifications, your schedule, and reminders; interact with people via text messaging or phone; track fitness goals and record vital exercise information generated by the sensors in the watch and in your iPhone; purchase items using Apple Pay; and much more. And youll look stylish while doing it.

This book is your essential guide to the Apple Watch and its capabilities and possibilities. Ive worn my Apple Watch every day since it was first available. It has surprised, delighted, and, yes, occasionally perplexed meits my job, after all, to be confused and solve problems first, so I can guide you to the solutions.

The Apple Watch is now one of my essential devices, and I think youll find that it becomes one of yours, too.