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I never reviewed the Apple Watch Series 10 when it came out, but I got one on day one and have been wearing it faithfully since then. After lingering on a previous model for a few years, the thinner design of the Series 10 appealed to me, and after wearing it for seven months, I can say that I\u2019m glad I made the purchase, and it\u2019s a great update.<\/p>\n
My biggest criticism of the Series 10 is the failure of watchOS to live up to the Apple Watch hardware. (Apple\u2019s software development not keeping pace with its hardware development has sadly become a \u201cdog bites man\u201d-style commonplace event.) Most notably, the Series 10 display is capable of a once-per-second refresh during always-on mode that enables two watch faces to show a ticking second hand. An always-on second hand seems like a small thing, but it makes the Apple Watch that much closer to analog watches. It\u2019s a bit of a milestone.<\/p>\n
How sad, then, that it\u2019s only those two watch faces that support per-second ticks. None of the older watch faces\u2014including the ones I use\u2014support the feature. I don\u2019t know what Apple\u2019s investing in building watchOS watch faces, but it\u2019s not enough\u2014a major new hardware feature should be supported by every watch face, not just the two new ones introduced at the same time as the feature. In a year full of embarrassing Apple moves, this is low-key one of the most embarrassing.<\/p>\n
There you go: 250 words about the Apple Watch Series 10. But what I really want to discuss here is Apple\u2019s insistence that we all sleep wearing our Apple Watches. Apple\u2019s sleep tracking features have been pushing in this direction for a while, and the addition of sleep apnea detection last fall really pushed it over the edge. You don\u2019t have to wear your Apple Watch overnight, but Apple really wants you to.<\/p>\n
I have never, ever worn my Apple Watch overnight. To me, the end of the day means that I take off my watch, attach it to a charger, and get into bed. I use my watch in Night Stand mode as a clock, and if I set an alarm, it chimes on my bedside table at the appointed hour. Nice and easy.<\/p>\n
But since September, I have been wearing my Apple Watch on my wrist most nights. I wanted to test out sleep apnea detection and use the sleep tracking features I\u2019d almost never used before, so I committed to the lifestyle change.<\/p>\n
I miss having a consistent charging time. I try to remember to charge first thing in the morning, and when I take a shower (as a work-from-home type, those aren\u2019t always close to one another), but sometimes I forget and run out of battery at an inopportune moment. I don\u2019t love that Apple still thinks the Apple Watch should automatically update its software overnight when on a charger, since we\u2019re not supposed to wear it that way, which means I\u2019ve needed to update watchOS manually during the day.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, having the watch on my wrist while I sleep has not been an issue. I was worried it would be bulky and distracting, but I got used to it almost immediately. And to my surprise and delight, I\u2019ve found that I vastly prefer being tapped on my wrist as an alarm in the morning over being played a noisy chime.<\/p>\n
But beyond subtle alarms, what have I gotten out of shifting my schedule and wearing the watch to bed? In the morning, I get a special \u201cGood Morning Jason\u201d screen that shows some facts about my day that I can\u2019t quite remember because I am still waking up when I see it. I have months of sleep tracking data that tell me that I mostly sleep well, and if I\u2019m curious about when I woke up in the night that information is there\u2014last night I woke up at 3 a.m. and couldn\u2019t get back to sleep for a while, and thank goodness that\u2019s been logged. But I struggle to find anything actionable to do with this data.<\/p>\n
Similarly, the new Vitals app is interesting but generally just says that everything\u2019s more or less normal every single night. That\u2019s great, and I guess I\u2019m fortunate, but I\u2019m not sure much is being added here.<\/p>\n
Sleep apnea detection and elevated breathing irregularities were the areas I was most interested in, because I am a snorer with seasonal allergies. The good news: Apple told me I probably didn\u2019t have sleep apnea! Beyond that, though, the breathing data has just felt meaningless to me\u2014at least, until this spring, which has shown an increase in breathing irregularities. So at least I have a chart that shows my seasonal allergies kicking into gear.<\/p>\n
In the end, I\u2019m not sure if sleeping with my Apple Watch has really been worth it for me. The silent alarm taps are great, but the loss of a consistent charging cue has made me need to worry about my watch\u2019s current charge state way more than I used to. The health data is nice, but not particularly actionable. In general, Apple\u2019s Health app needs to be less of a data soup and provide more actionable analysis.<\/p>\n
In the end, I appreciate the Apple Watch platform mostly for relaying messages, tracking my workouts, and playing podcasts to my AirPods when I\u2019m walking or running with my dog (without bringing my iPhone along). Maybe there are lots of people for whom sleeping with the Apple Watch makes sense, but as for me, I think my experiment may be at an end.<\/p>\n