Apple Watch Watches are designed to be both fashionable and practical. We can safely say that in front of us - the best and the perfect gadget of those, which are worn on the wrist. Competing products and even close can not be compared with the "apple" novelty.
But Apple Watch can not long remain alone, requires pairing with the iPhone. A key function of portable devices - broadcast notifications from your smartphone. Once there was an event, an alert appears on the screen of the smart vibrator watches while the linear actuator, which resemble the feeling of touch to the skin of hands. You will never miss an incoming call, incoming message, the new mail - for always available swipe down gesture, opening notification center, which brings together all alerts. Apple Watch are able to provide early warning of upcoming calendar events, and to advise when it is best to leave the house in time to get to the desired point, given the situation on the roads.
But how to behave Apple Watch, if they are banned from the iPhone. In this case, the device loses the bulk of its functionality, although still able to solve a number of problems.
Report time
Apple Watch - is the first accurate clock. They know how all that should be able to wrist chronometer, but a whole new way. The gadget works with calendar and contacts. The watch dial is presented in a rich assortment, and each of them is incredibly deep and thoroughly customized for all tastes and preferences. You can display the alarm clock, weather, time of sunrise and sunset, change colors, detail minutes, seconds and milliseconds. Looking at the wrist, you will see the time exactly as you wish.
Play music and show photos
The volume of the built-in drive Apple Watch is 8 GB. But Apple placed restrictions on the internal memory of the device: it is divided in parts. Thus, for the music is given 2 GB for photos - 75 MB. What content is synchronized with the wearable computer, the user decides.Select the data can be in the annex Apple Watch on iPhone.
In the presence of wireless headphones or speakers Bluetooth-watch allows to listen to music without having to connect to the iPhone. Of course, this audiophile two-gigabyte drive will not be happy, but the average user space should be enough: to "apple" device can fill up to 250 songs with a bit rate of 256 kbit/s. The rest of you can listen to music in a pair with the iPhone.
It is noteworthy that the amount of internal memory is the same as that of the most affordable models Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch, and at Apple Watch Edition, which cost up to $ 17,000.
Track fitness activity
Through the built-in smart watches accelerometer, gyroscope and barometer Apple Watch identify and analyze any motor activity of the user: if he runs, sits, stands, lies, rides a bike, climb a mountain, etc. As a result, the gadget a complete picture of the physical forms of human behavior, giving advice and recommendations to further improve the fitness form, including on the part of the calories burned.
After connecting to the iPhone watch synchronize information with companion application "Fitness" (Fitness), collect all the statistics. Hub "Health" integrates the received data with other information to form an overall picture of the state of human health.
Payments Apple Pay and Passbook
Because Apple Watch a NFC-communication module into the device introduced, as is the case with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, support for mobile contactless payment system Apple Pay. To pay for goods and services, simply double-click on "Friends" next door to the digital head, and then make a smart watch to payment terminals.
For safety reasons, there is a protective function. Electro-optical sensor on the rear side of the Apple Watch knows they put on or taken off. When you put on a smart watch on your wrist, you are prompted to enter the security code, and when you take them off, the device is locked and can not be used to pay up to the moment when again will not enter the desired code.
NFC-connection is suitable for other things. So, Apple Watch can serve as a digital door key: it is enough to make smart watches to the castle to enter the house. Obviously, in the future will be offered other ways to manage "smart" appliances in the home, such as thermostats.
From running a standalone application Passbook can be used boarding passes, tickets and loyalty cards. Apple Watch can even remind you when it's time to use them.
That it is impossible: an Internet connection, the use of GPS and Siri
Apple Watch require mandatory pairing with iPhone, in order to determine the location of the owner. Without this, the watches does not allow you to connect to the Internet, get GPS-data and use voice assistant. Last in the presence of activated iPhone or PRESENT wrist gadget-to-face and return the initiating team "Hello, Siri!" Or by pressing and holding a number of the crown.