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Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by killjoywashere on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:29PM (#32760820)
The real irony of the charge-at-night model is that you miss the single biggest source of error in human life: lack of sleep. Accurate sleep measurement is, on a day-to-day basis, far more valuable than many of the features advertised on this system. That said, the red night vision setting, dive computer capability, and the iPhone's satellite messaging capability are pretty awesome. Combined with the ability for the parent-child Apple Watch pairing capability, I can imagine a legit workforce management system (imagine a commander in Ukraine, for example, being able to manage his troops' sleep through basic watchstander schedule modifications).
Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by fumar on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:59AM (#32761743)
The Apple Watch charging routine works best with 15-20 minute spurts when available. I will wear it to sleep, and charge it when I wake up for less than 30 minutes as I ready for a run or gym session. Then I charge it again while I shower. I never worry about battery life unless I travel.
Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by hotcoffeebear on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:30AM (#32764541)
That’s lots of things to remember to do.
Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by Alma_Elma on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:48AM (#32763013)
> Accurate sleep measurement is, on a day-to-day basis, far more valuable than many of the features advertised on this system.

What's a good consumer device nowadays for that use case? I remember looking for some good sleep tracking (and heart health tracking) a couple of years and got hopelessly lost.

Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by tiew9Vii on Thursday September 08, 2022 @05:47AM (#32763351)
Apparently, the Apple Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPqtfC70QTU . https://www.youtube.com/c/TheQuantifiedScientist reviews all the sleep/heart trackers and records accuracy.

He’s a professional scientist specialising in sleep research and the reviews concentrate on data/accuracy only.

Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:10AM (#32763910)
Fitbit does sleep tracking, and is more like "charge when you shower" not "charge all night".
Re:Apple Introduces Apple Watch Ultra by solardev on Saturday September 10, 2022 @02:06AM (#32788240)
> imagine a commander in Ukraine, for example, being able to manage his troops' sleep through basic watchstander schedule modifications

This. This is how they will beat Putin. Sleep apps.