[unparagoned]

I've got a Samsung watch and the the heart rate monitor has serious reliability issues. Apples is not only suppose the be better but you got blood pressure and o2 monitoring. I'm definitely going to switch over in the future

[hellbannedguy]

It gets weird as you age.

When I was younger, I wanted my vitals. I bought numerous BP machines. I even bought glucose meters. I wanted to know what my body was doing.

I wanted to know because I was young, and those numbers were always fine.

Now--I just don't want to know. You can call it denial, or life is too short to measure health stats all the time, especially on my wrist.

I'm also a Certified Hypochondriac. I've been one for ever. I don't anything on my wrist reminding me of my eventual death of cancer, or a heart attack.

Now--I get a physical every three to four years.

I don't want to know what my aging body is doing daily.

If I had diabetes though, the upcoming glucose monitor would be a no brainer. This will be huge.

I'm a Watchmaker, so my tastes might not be Apple's demographics? My perfect watch is something I can repair, and just tells time, and looks good on my wrist.

I will admit Apple square watches have grown on me. I didn't like them when introduced, but now they look fine.

Would I trade my '62 IWC with the 362 movement for any Apple watch; hell no.

[foobarian]

There have been some wearables coming on the market claiming to measure blood pressure. Family member got one. Unfortunately it turns out to be so inaccurate that it created more stress for them out of frequently seeing alarming numbers.

I wonder if blood pressure readout is one of those things like Theranos' assays from one drop of blood - not possible due to physics. It certainly is less obviously so.

[nielsbot]

No blood pressure

[voisin]

Rumoured in next one based on some acquisitions they did pre-pandemic.

[jiggawatts]

Most of the Apple Watch health features are blocked in Australia because they were literally too lazy to submit the paperwork to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)!

All a competitor has to do is submit their paperwork and they won't get any competition from Apple. Easy!

[chrisseaton]

Who's the mug in this situation? Apple, or the Australian people?

[threeseed]

ECG has been available in Australia for the last month.

Only health feature that isn't approved is O2 levels.

[jackvalentine]

o2 levels have been available in Aus since it was first in the phone.

[908B64B197]

> Most of the Apple Watch health features are blocked in Australia because they were literally too lazy to submit the paperwork to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)!

Why duplicate all the work done by the FDA? Just use their certificate. Save the taxpayer some money.

[Doctor_Fegg]

If you believe unthinkingly following American regulatory authorities is a good thing, I have a few hundred 737 Max planes to sell you.

[smoldesu]

Because the FDA doesn't really do any work in the first place.

[anoncake]

Because the FDA only certifies that a device meets American laws?

[DennisAleynikov]

I have been using the samsung line of watches since before apple watch was ever a thing, despite some heart rate variance the leadership in payments samsung commanded was and still is unparalleled.

people with apple pay carry a backup card, a samsung watch allows paying with magstripe emulation in case of legacy terminals. pre 2020 pandemic this was indespensible and there are still often inoperable nfc terminals and MST is a great backup.

I hate the elitism around the apple watch and its minor changes to standard health tracking wearable tech that has had normal LTE and other full phone functions from the get go... not to mention the ridiculous requirment that an iPad isnt enough to set up a watch, you need to buy into their phones.

[least]

When I first saw that feature of the Samsung watch I thought it was really awesome. I still do. But I also remember it being excluded from some of their watches? Is that not the case anymore?

[tinus_hn]

In other news, Apple devices are not compatible with obsolete standards. Magstripe is insecure and obsolete and in no way a backup for nfc payments. Skimming is a thing.

[DennisAleynikov]

what? skimming is a thing and MST is not an insecure solution on top of magstripe, since it generates temporary cards per every few transactions. It is a backup for a traditional card, not something meant to be similar to NFC since its just a legacy method of payment that is still accepted more places than nfc.

you could try to use one of those temporary numbers but whats the likelyhood it expires before malicious reuse?