Things I have done with my Apple Watch

This is a simple post about the things I’ve done with my Apple Watch in the two weeks since getting it.

It may help you answer the question, “What can I do with an Apple Watch?”

Here’s some of what I’ve done with my Apple Watch:

• Said “hey Siri navigate me to X” while driving — and there they were, directions, right on my wrist, with taps telling me turns.
• Bought tickets to a movie on my iPhone, got to theater, and the scannable code for the tickets popped up on the watch automatically. Scanned it and we were in!
• Have taken several brief “pick me up now” phone call on my wrist.
• Set a timer for meditation completely by voice.
• Held many text conversations, by voice, on wrist, hands free.
• Looked at screen and saw current outside temp, at a glance.
• Was silently notified of incoming texts, viewed them at a glance, while walking.
• Controlled the music in my living room — start, stop, track and volume — from my wrist.
• Set phone on mantle and used the watch as a remote to take a picture of myself.
• Added items to different shopping lists by raising my wrist and telling Siri to add them — touch-free.
• Noticed my iPhone 6 plus screen seems pretty big all of a sudden.
• Went on a 1.25 mile run, used watch to track heart rate and distance. Cool!
• Said “hey Siri, what’s my next appointment?” And it popped right up on my wrist
• Glanced at watch and instantly knew it was too hot to open a window.
• Have been silently notified of timers and alarms going off, which is really great.
• Said “set an alarm to call Beth at 6:30” and it did it, reminding me.
• Controlled volume of music on stereo with watch by opening glance and spinning crown.
• Said “hey Siri, play ‘quiet music’ to my watch, and the album “Quiet Music” started playing on my stereo (which is what I wanted).
• Checked my step count easily from my wrist.
• Controlled Netflix on Apple TV via swiping and tapping the watch.
• Controlled playing and pausing movie “Jurassic Park” on Apple TV.
• Controlled all of my Apple TV from the watch.
• Skipped commercials during a podcast while driving — without taking my hands off the steering wheel.

Ben Thompson, author of www.stratechery.com, says “You underestimate the value of convenience and immediacy at your peril.” These may seem like small conveniences — and they are — but they are making a positive difference in my life.