What are the main uses you make of your connected watch on a daily basis? Many of you responded to our weekly survey, here are your responses.
This year, the Apple Watch will celebrate its 10th anniversary. In ten years, connected watches have evolved a lot. While the first models were sold as miniaturized versions of smartphones, including with games available on their tiny screens, uses have changed a lot in the meantime.
Today, the main uses put forward for connected watches are those relating to sports activity monitoring or health. An increasing number of sensors are thus integrated, with GPS tracking for outdoor sports, and monitoring of oxygen saturation in the blood to know if you are breathing well enough.
Connected watches can also find their use in applications for those who still use them on a daily basis. This could be the case, for example, of navigation on Google Maps or quite simply contactless payment. Finally, for some, displaying notifications on the wrist, without having to take your smartphone out of your pocket, is a use that alone justifies wearing a connected watch.
What is your main use for a connected watch?
We asked you what you mainly use your smartwatch for. 30.2% of you indicated that it is mainly for health monitoring that you wear this device around your wrist.
28.2% of people surveyed indicate that they have a connected watch mainly to benefit from notifications. Sport is at the heart of uses for 19.9% of you while only 6.3% of you use your watch mainly for the applications that can be used on it and contactless payment.
Also note that 15.3% of you simply state that you do not have a connected watch.