it protects you from phone annoyances. looking at your phone at a meeting or social thing can appear terrible or even be terrible. glancing at your watch you can gauge the notifications that you silently receive and stay in the game.

also if you take a bad fall it will know and can call emergency responders.

The only non-watch thing I want from my smartwatch is to replace my phone’s ringer. I get notifications as a vibration on my wrist instead of a sound.

I dream of having a watch that just does that without all the body-tracking mumbo jumbo. I dont need to know my blood’s oxygen level, and I certainly dont want my watch to have GPS capabilities.

Edit: I need to specify that I’ve only owned Chinese watches/smartbands with more than 20 days battery life. Having to charge a watch every day sounds ludicrous to me.

Having your credit card there is very convenient.

They are absolutely amazing for tracking and staying motivated with doing workouts. Beyond that imo there’s not much on there that is all that groundbreaking. I enjoy my smartwatch for all its bells and whistles, but I wouldn’t have purchased it if I wasn’t trying to get myself into running.

The only positive they offer is workout tracking. In a case like that, you get something cheap that’s specifically made for workouts (like a Fitbit).

GenX here. I’ve had 2 and just never really used them. And I have 16 other watches and never wear the smart one!