Indholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2025 i iPhone Life Magazine

Over the past couple of years, we’ve discovered that our readers share a passion for the Apple Watch. In fact, over 75 percent of you own one! That’s why we’re trying out something new for you this spring. Managing Editor Amy Spitzfaden-Both and Editorial Director Sarah Kingsbury put together a magazine special section dedicated to this unique and special piece of technology. Whether you use your Apple Watch as a safety device (page 24), to gain insight into your sleep patterns (page 26), to carry a family photo gallery on your wrist (page 28), or simply as a high-tech timepiece (page 32), we’ve got the tips and tricks you need to stay on top of your favorite wearable. By the way, we launched a biweekly newsletter for Apple Watch fans…

Gain Insights by Tracking Your Sleep Sleep tracking can be an important health metric whether for personal use or to share with a healthcare provider. If you wear your Apple Watch overnight, it can track your sleep, but you’ll have to set it up first. Go to the My Watch tab in the Watch app on your iPhone, tap Sleep, then toggle on Track Sleep with Apple Watch. Now you can tap the Sleep app on your Apple Watch and view all your sleep stats the next morning, including duration, stages, and more. Wind Down for the Night Too much screen time and stimulation in the evening can make it hard to fall asleep and affect the quality of your rest. Wind Down automatically starts your Sleep Focus at a…

Cull Your Apps One of the most effective ways to keep the notifications on your watch to a minimum is to cut down on the amount of apps that are on your watch. You can do this on your iPhone by opening the Watch app and in the My Watch tab scrolling down to the section labeled Installed On Apple Watch. From here, tap on any app you don’t want on your watch and toggle Show App on Apple Watch off. You can then tap Notifications in the My Watch tab and go through the apps to choose which you receive notifications from. Just scroll down and tap the toggles on and off as desired. Summarize Your Notifications While notification summaries don’t reduce the number of notifications you get, they…

Today, AI is everywhere: Apple Intelligence is all the rage on iPhones and iPads, Google introduced AI Overviews for every search query, and there’s even Amazon Q, the AI assistant that helps you shop. While artificial intelligence had its humble beginnings about 70 years ago, completing tasks like playing checkers on its own, it now encompasses a wide range of technologies that analyze huge sets of data, detect patterns and trends, and even predict future outcomes. While the benefits of AI to society are promising, a brand-new concern is coming to light: AI has a large carbon footprint, requiring a lot of energy and water. By 2026, the International Energy Agency predicts data centers—which power AI and cryptocurrency—could consume 4 percent of energy usage worldwide, the same amount of electricity…

NYT Cooking: Recipes & Tips ($4.99/month) I’ve been loving my subscription to NYT Cooking! Previously, I used Pinterest to save all my recipes, but dealing with so many ads was a pain. NYT Cooking offers an easy way to try out well-reviewed recipes (and avoid ads). -Rheanne Taylor, Video Production Manager MoesGo 2nd Generation Smart Bluetooth Fingerbot Plus ($29.99) I love automating my home with smart devices. This smart button pusher can help make any device with a pushable button “smart,” whether it be a light switch or my 3D printer. While it isn’t Siri-compatible, it does have an iPhone app. It can be glitchy to set up and use, but it can be incredibly valuable, and the tech will hopefully keep getting better. -Olena Kagui, Feature Writer GE Cync…

I don’t think I ever would have gotten an Apple Watch if it weren’t for my job here at iPhone Life. I didn’t see much point in a glorified wrist-phone, but I needed to familiarize myself with every aspect of the Appleverse. However, from the moment I first put mine on, I was hooked. I loved the ease of checking and dismissing notifications without pulling out my phone, I was addicted to my sleep and fitness stats, and pinging my iPhone when I couldn’t remember where I put it was a function I used at least three times a day. It turns out, I’m not alone. The Apple Watch is a fan favorite among our readers here at iPhone Life. That’s why we’ve put together our first-ever Apple Watch issue…

Enjoy Dynamic Photos If you enjoy a photo rotation on your watch face, Apple has good news for you. In watchOS 11, the Photos watch face has undergone an upgrade. Now, Apple will analyze the photos on your phone, choose the best ones, and display them in a more engaging way. Plus, if you select Dynamic mode, you can enjoy a new picture each time you raise your wrist. To select this face, open the Watch app on your iPhone and under My Faces tap Photos. Here you can choose Shuffle and select categories or collections you wantto include or choose your own photos. Once you’re happy, scroll down and tap Set as current Watch Face and enjoy! Customize Your Display I look at my watch approximately one billion times…

1. How much do you think the first 18-karat gold luxury Apple Watch cost? A) $1,299 B) $4,790 C) $10,000 2. Guess which one of these three “emergencies” a real-life Apple user thought merited using Emergency SOS for. A) The caller was worried they might run out of gas B) A car accident was making the caller late for Jeopardy C) A pigeon the caller hit with their car needed an EMT 3. How many people can your watch handle on a FaceTime call? A) 8 B) 32 C) 74 4. The Apple Watch wasn’t the first smartwatch. What do you think the first smartwatch was called? A) Ruputer B) Wrist Pilot Pro C) onHand PC D) Answers A & C are both correct 5. What percentage of smartwatch owners…

It felt almost scandalous—like going to a different hairdresser after years of loyalty—but I had to know. Could Google’s Gemini dethrone ChatGPT as my AI companion of choice? “I’m going to do a comparison between you and ChatGPT,” I said to Gemini. “For the purposes of this conversation I’d like you to have a stake in being chosen—to want to be chosen. Make a case for yourself.” “I am Gemini, a large language model built by Google,” came the dutiful response. “I want to be chosen for an article on ChatGPT vs. Gemini.” If I was looking for personality—and who isn’t, in their AI companions?—it wasn’t an auspicious beginning. When I pressed Gemini to elaborate, it highlighted its strengths: advanced language generation, integration with Google Search for up-to-date information, and…

Track Your State of Mind If you’ve ever been asked “How are you doing?” and drawn a blank, you’ll know it can be hard to keep track of your mental and emotional wellbeing. Your Apple Watch can help with this. Open your Mindfulness app. Tap State of Mind and choose whether to log how you feel right now or how you’ve felt overall today. Scroll to select the best representation of your state of mind, then tap the check mark. You’ll be asked to choose what best describes this feeling from a list of words, and what’s impacting it. After recording this for a while, your devices will be able to identify helpful patterns. Track Your Cardio Fitness Your Apple Watch can accurately track your VO2 Max, which is an…

Find the Perfect Challenge Level Over training can do more harm than good, while not going hard enough can prevent progress. Training Loads on your Apple Watch can help you assess how intense a workout was to better calibrate the intensity of your sessions. Your Activity app will automatically assess how difficult a workout was, but you can also set it manually by opening the Activity app on your watch, scrolling to and tapping on your last workout, tapping Effort, and selecting how challenging it was from there. Customize Your Goals Some days are busier than others and leave less room for our fitness goals. If you have a general sense of which days you’re more active and which don’t leave as much room for movement, you can customize your…

Gardening is one of my favorite pastimes that has both physical and emotional rewards. In fact, planning for gardening season has even helped me survive 16 Midwestern winters (no small feat)! Cuddling up by the wood stove and sifting through stacks of seed catalogs and gardening apps on my iPhone has been one of my prime escapes during the winter months. After much testing and exploring year-round, I bring you some of my favorite garden design and maintenance apps and websites, and even a few I use to help preserve the harvest and minimize waste. You’re sure to find a few resources to start your first garden or improve the one you already have. Sun Seeker – Tracker, Surveyor ($9.99) Let’s start with planning. I’ve been using this app for…