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Why so much craze?
Because the watch is invited in everyday life. She measures, she warns, she simplifies. Not perfect, but useful. Suddenly, when you settle the basics well, you gain calm and habits that hold.
This guide is not a catalog. It is a living manual: we test, we keep what helps, we cut the rest. In short, concrete.
Essential features: Health trio / Alerts / Apps
Health follow -up: sensors and practical sense
Continuous heart rate, effort areas, SPO2HRV, night temperature: signals accumulate. The trick is not to have more, but to transform them into small and repeated decisions. A very stupid example: adapt the intensity of a session to Body Battery Or your recovery score rather than in the mood of the moment.
Notifications: Filter, otherwise it saturates
We are targeting sobriety: VIP for 5–10 contacts, aggregator of the networks in summary programmed, “Do not disturb” at night. A watch that constantly vibrates. And ends up in the drawer. Bad idea.
Ecosystem & apps: only useful
Health side: Apple Health, Fitbit/Samsung Health, Garmin Connect. Sports side: Strava, Adidas Running, Nike Run Club. Focus and memory: reminders/reminders, todoist, ticktick, notion. Payments: Apple Pay, Google Wallet, Samsung Pay. Safety: Fall detection, check-in, SOS (depending on model). The rest is optional.
Health advice: activity, sleep, stress, cycle
Activity: micro-habituudes, real effects
7–9 k Pas/day according to your real life, 2–3 cardio/week sessions, a reminder of “moving” every 50–60 minutes. The minutes of intensity are better than the step account. Add a little strengthening. Yes, always.
Sleep: priority n ° 1
Sleep manages your days. Take a stable beach (7–8 h) and keep a short ritual: ventilate, hydrate, guided breathing 3–5 min, auto night mode. Practical advice: charge during the shower and the breakfast to be quiet at night. Simple, but decisive.
Stress & breathing: micro-parents that matter
Follow the stress/HRV score trend, not the instant number. Program two breathing exercises: after a meeting + before sleeping. Express rule: Inspire 4 s, hold 2, expire 6. A discreet vibration as a mental anchor, and it starts again.
Cycle: pragmatic monitoring
Journalize symptoms, flows, energy. The predictions help to identify trends, not to make a diagnosis. If unusual variation, note it and talk to a pro. Basic, but reassuring.
Productivity: saving time … and calm
The “VIP + Silence” method
Authorize the notifications of your VIP, the calendar and the bank. The rest pass in summary two or three times a day. We stop automatic watering. Your attention will say thank you.
Reminders, tasks, timers
Talk to the watch: “Remind me of drinking at 3:30 pm”, “Timer 25 min”, “Note: call Léa”. The assistant includes, the to-do fills up, your head breathes. Yes, it’s basic. And yes, it changes everything.
Cards, payments, security
Transport and payments on the wrist: less friction, more time. Activate the wrist code, check the unlocking with the phone, test the fall detection. SOS if your model allows. We hope never to use it, but hey.
