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0 pointsthekyle4y ago0 comments

> I put my watch on the charger whenever I go to sleep.

One of the things that always confused me about the Apple Watch (and other smartwatches) is that they market them as sleep tracking devices, but if you do use it for that purpose then I'm not sure when you're supposed to charge it. I guess you could charge it during a morning (or evening) shower but is ~30 minutes a day of charging enough?

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ValentineC4y ago

> I guess you could charge it during a morning (or evening) shower but is ~30 minutes a day of charging enough?

As someone who does this, yes. (It's more like twice a day, roughly ~30 minutes each.)

If it helps, I also usually turn on cinema mode on my Series 5 before I go to sleep.

d3nj4l4y ago

You can set up sleep timings in the watch app on iPhone and the watch will automatically enter sleep mode in that range. It’ll mute notifications etc. as well, and give you a sweet notification on your iPhone when it’s done charging.

leokennis4y ago

I charge it for 30 minutes while I get ready for bed and for 15 minutes in the morning while I dress and brush my teeth. For the other 23 hours and 15 minutes I wear it. I’ve yet to see it dip below 30% (except for days when I do all day hikes and have my outdoors map + gps tracking on the watch).

So I could probably make do with just the 30 minute charge in the evening.

Before Apple Watch I used (in order) a Jawbone Up, a Fitbit don’t know the name and a Garmin Vivofit. All three are by far way crummier than an Apple Watch. Both in comfort, build quality and functionality.

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