The Apple Watch is a polarizing product. Sometimes it feels like a novelty, a gadget lifted straight from Dick Tracy or Inspector Gadget. Other times it seems essential, a heart rate-monitoring device that could save your life. To make the watch a need-to-have instead of just nice-to-have, Apple is doubling down on its health potential.
I wore the original Apple Watch Sport almost every day (not counting the weeks following The Incident), and I’ve long argued that the device’s true purpose lies in its health and fitness features. Apple is closer to realizing that potential with Apple Watch Series 2, which is equipped with GPS, 50-meter water resistance, a dual-core processor, and brighter display. Apple Watch is no longer a smartwatch that’s pretty good at activity tracking. It’s now a fitness band that does all that other stuff—notifications, messaging, emails, podcast playback, reminders—really well.
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