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by t-writescode 1973 days ago
> Are there good features to help lower the distraction level?

Disable all notifications on it and it quickly evolves into a regular watch on your wrist.

> Do you find it useful (and worth the price) for the passive health tracking stuff?

It's a nice companion to an Apple device in the Apple ecosystem; and, if you're someone that's not into Fitbit for whatever reason, I've found it fine.

I also own the least expensive Apple Watch 6, as I was using it as a test device to see if I'd be interested in staying in the ecosystem. I don't see a reason to leave it.

I've also bought one for my mother - who immediately disabled all notifications, too, for herself; and, she quite likes it so far. I asked her to turn on fall notification and we're friends on Apple Fitness Sharing or whatever it's called.

I think it's fine and it serves my needs. I would need to look at the market again for another device that has over a day of battery life (always-on screen off, no notifications), an O2 sensor, heartrate sensor, doesn't fight with my PiHole or VPN (Fitbit did not like me being on a VPN) and other features if I'm in the mood for them.

I use Apple Pay all the time, so it's nice there, as well.

I mean, I'm happy?