I don’t wear mine anymore really, but the use case for it for me was to see notifications quickly and easily without taking my attention away from whoever I am with. You can quickly just glance at your watch to see if the text/phone call/email is important or not and then just twist your wrist to dismiss.
soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
I used to think I had to decide if I wanted to reply to a notification immediately.
Besides my smart doorbell notification and actual phone calls everything else can wait an hour until I finish what I’m doing. And for those two exceptions they have special vibration patterns in my pocket.
Don’t be that guy who has to reply to notifications immediately
saunjay1@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not all notifications need replying to, and it’s sometimes nice to have them be glanceable. I don’t use a smartwatch per say, the battery life on them suck, but my Garmin watch still has some of the same general functionality along with the fitness stuff I mostly have it for. Plus underrated feature for me is using it to ring my phone when I can’t find it ha
Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
The point is I don’t feel the need to reply to almost any notification immediately. There are emergencies that can’t wait sometimes though.
Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
I agree on principal, but unfortunately in today’s world there’s things like work that demand an immediate response. Is it healthy? Nope. Do they care? Nope.