With the Apple Watch having just been released within the past couple of weeks, surely things in the mobile world are about to change. Yet with all of the hype surrounding the Apple Watch, there still seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding it. If you’re wondering how the Apple Watch is going to factor into the everyday for tech junkies and how it will change the way people are using their iPhones, you’ve come to the right place.
The Apple Watch: A Brief Overview
The Apple Watch isn’t the first watch of its kind; in fact, Sony, Samsung, and Microsoft all already produce smartwatches with various mobile-friendly features. Yet Apple seems to have a way of bringing new technology into the mainstream. The Apple Watch is the first device designed by Apple for everyday wear, making it the company’s most personal tech item yet. It keeps time, of course, displaying time with an accuracy within 50 milliseconds of the global standard and with options for you to customize the way it displays the time to suit your preference. It also keeps you up-to-date with all of your contacts, with options to call friends, remind you with a gentle tap when you receive incoming messages, and even send your pulse or a drawing to someone. The Apple Watch can display a new message to you as you raise your arm to take a look, and then dismiss the message at the lowering of your wrist. As with iPhones, you can also voice dictate text messages, send emoji, and share your location with someone. The new watch can also serve as a fitness tracking device, monitoring steps taken, calories burned, minutes of brisk activity, and more.
Integration with Mobile
In many ways, the Apple Watch will serve as an extension to an already existing collection of Apple devices for Apple users. It can take calls, messages, and emails the same way that Apple phones, tablets, and computers can, and you can choose to forward an incoming call from an Apple Watch to an iPhone. With synced devices, Apple Watch wearers who have multiple Apple devices will be checking email, messages, and voicemails from wherever they are—more so than ever before. They’ll also be moving between devices more, as it’s possible to start a message on one device—say, the watch—and then to finish and send it on another device—say, the tablet. The Apple Watch does, after all, require an accompanying iPhone, which means that those yearning for Apple’s new device will be scrambling to make sure they are well fitted with an Apple phone for optimal watch usage.
Unique and Potentially Influential Features
The Apple Watch does have a few features that could eventually change the way that we do things on a day-to-day basis. The watch will feature a new mobile-based payment system that allows the watch wearer to make payments at retailers securely with a simple tap or voice command. The watch’s biologically oriented methods of communication might also change the way that people communicate with one another, allowing people to send tangible tap or pulse messages. Voice searches are becoming more common too, if you voice search something like “dental SEO” the search engine results will give you a list of companies that offer that type of service.
Though it’s too early to tell just how influential the Apple Watch will be on the mobile world, it is certain that the watch will contribute to the tech trend that is headed in the direction of added mobility and seamless integration. If you’re considering investing in the new Apple Watch, you’ll want to make sure your Apple phone is in top shape for the smoothest transition possible. We at Action Link Wireless repair iPhone screens, liquid damage, and cosmetic damage, all to help you stay on the front end of mobile technology.
