I just purchased three of these watches for my children, who are 16, 13, and 11 years old. They connected the watches to their iPhone 12s in no time—within minutes, they were calling each other directly from their wrists. These watches are undeniably worth the investment. Here's what we discovered:
**Basic Watch Functions** include showing the time and date, changing watch faces (digital, analog, minimal, etc.), and features like a stopwatch, timer, alarms, and reminders.
**Phone Connection Features** connects to your phone buy Bluetooth only. Allow for call notifications (including answer/reject options depending on the version), text and app notifications (read-only for the majority), music control (play/pause/next/previous from your phone), camera control (just tap the watch to trigger the phone camera), and a find phone/watch feature that makes the devices vibrate or ring. In order to use these features your phone must be near your phone.
**Health %26 Fitness Tracking** includes a step counter (pedometer), estimated calories burned, distance tracking, sleep monitoring (light/deep sleep and total hours), heart rate monitoring (continuous or manual), and blood pressure and blood oxygen (SpO₂) estimates (please note, these are not medical-grade readings).
For **Sports/Activity Modes**, you can track walking, running, cycling, skipping, basketball, football, and badminton (specific modes may vary by version). The watch tracks workout time, heart rate, calories burned, and distance.
There is not password capability to lock the watch.
Other engaging features are the ability to raise your wrist to wake the watch, multiple menu styles (grid view/list view), weather display (when paired with the phone), and sedentary reminders that nudge you to move if you've been sitting too long.
There are a few limitations to keep in mind: you can't install apps like WhatsApp or Spotify, there's no built-in GPS (it relies on your phone's GPS when connected), and notifications are read-only (replying is usually not supported). Overall, however, these watches have proven to be an excellent addition to our family's tech.