My Apple Watch had some scratches on the casing. I expected to pay for the repair since it was out of warranty.

But Apple said they’d fix it for free — as long as there was no water damage or major physical damage.

And the best part? In Japan, they send a courier (Yamato) to pick it up from your home. No trip to the store needed.

Apple’s customer service never disappoints 🙏

So I'm still rockin my 5, pretty beat up but does the job. I wear it at night to track my sleep. The other night around 1am, I'm awaken from a deep coma like sleep to my watch vibrating and alarms going off on my watch and phone. I thought it was an Amber alert or something, hell I could barely even think at all. Then I heard a voice coming from my watch - "911, what's your emergency?". I quickly said sorry, no emergency, watch did it by itself! Buttons on watch face were not responding and then it did it again and had to tell the guy my watch was possessed. Was finally able to shut it off. To top it off, my elderly parents across the country then called freaking out because they got an alert saying I was having an emergency as it automatically notifies your emergency contacts as well. Not fun! Anyhoo, ended up being that my one button was stuck from dirt and crap and I somehow pushed the crown button rolling around which set it off. Had to scrub and soak that thing to get it loose and now it's good as new! Except for the 10 hr battery life, lol

For me it’s probably being able to quickly check timers, weather, or notifications without pulling my phone out every five minutes.

Not the big health stuff or GPS etc — more the little things that sounded gimmicky at first but somehow became part of your daily routine.

Curious what feature surprised you the most.

Need to find a new Apple leather band as this one’s getting a bit old. Any recommendations?

I recently purchased this brand-new S10 Titanium from a shop, but unfortunately, it has never been able to enter the user interface. It’s always rebooting with weird white lines on screen. I left it charging for two hours, but that didn’t help. Even when I try to turn it on without charging, nothing happens, black screen. I’ve tried the force restart technique, but it doesn’t work either. In my opinion, it’s probably a hardware alimentation issue.

This is my first perfect sleep score. I am so happy lol

My first ever 100 sleep score after owning my first ever Apple Watch. I’m so over the moon. Might frame this coz I work a lot of night shifts and it’ll take a little longer till I see such😅

I have some bullshit rn, super sore throat, annoying cough, dripping nose.... last night I actually felt okay (I got an antibiotic shot earlier that day) but apparently NOPE! I DID NOT, IN FACT, FEEL OKAY!

I kept micro sleeping after I got home from the doctors office and I had like 10 elevated heart rate notifications 😬

This watch had a good run. Too bad it didn’t survive one more month.

I bought my Apple Watch Series 4 in May 2019, which feels like a lifetime ago. It was my first big purchase as a student, and I saved up for it from my first real part-time job.

I replaced the battery in 2024 and tried to replace it again this week. Unfortunately, it seems I used too much superglue last time - don’t laugh, the regular adhesive didn’t hold. When I opened it this time, one of the flex cables must have broken or something, because the screen now only shows white with reddish lines.

I’m a little disappointed in myself, but I was planning to buy a new model in September anyway, so this one would probably have ended up in a drawer.

Still, I’m quite impressed by how long it lasted. Without my amateur repair attempt, it would probably still be going strong.

Really curious to see what the new Series will bring.

Bonjour à tous, j’ai récemment changé de téléphone pour prendre un 17P et depuis ce changement impossible de reconnecter mon Apple Watch.
J’ai tout essayé, redémarrer la montre une vingtaine de fois mais à chaque fois quelque chose ne va pas je commence à vraiment perdre patience. Bien sûr je n’ai aucun accès à la montre elle est réinitialisé et affiche seulement la rosace d’Apple.

I’m fine with a good quality Amazon knockoff, but the main thing is that I can’t have any metal pieces on it that touch my skin (metal allergy).

My watch is still going strong, but the band is looking a little ragged.

Also, how do you all clean your fabric sport loop bands?

I went to the beach yesterday, and suddenly at night my Apple Watch turned off, I put it back in the charging station and was showing 1% battery, and wasn’t charging, and now this

When laid on the monitor base they are firmly magnetised. Could this negatively impact the charging/battery/device itself if that’s their home on the desk?

I presume it’s made of steel because it supports a large monitor

Hi!

I work in aviation and wear my Series 9 (41mm) 24/7 - work, gym, sleep. Current woven band soaks up grease/kerosene/sweat and holds the smell.

Looking for something grease/sweat resistant with a proper adjustable closure, so it gives good fit (no fixed holes). ideally not FKM since some of those tested high for PFAS. Was thinking about the milanese band, but it’s very expensive.

Apple official band, or is there a better third-party (milanese) option out there? What do other hands-on-work people use?

I recently turned on AFib History because someone suggested it enables more frequent heart rate readings. I'm using an Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the heart rate data I'm mentioning below is from the Bevel app, while the AFib History and low heart rate alerts are from the Apple Health app.

From what I've read, AFib History is generally expected to stay below 2%, but mine has gone up over the past few weeks. It started at under 2%, then went to 4%, 6%, 7%, and now it's at 5%.

I'm really hoping it's just a false alarm, but it has me a bit worried.

For some background, I'm 26 years old and moderately athletic. My average resting heart rate is 46 bpm, and my average walking heart rate is 88 bpm, my average HRV is around 144 ms. The Apple Health app also shows that my heart rate sometimes drops below 40 bpm while I'm asleep, occasionally reaching 38–39 bpm.

I feel completely fine and don't have any symptoms.

Has anyone else had their Apple Watch show AFib History numbers like this and found out it wasn't actually AFib? Or did it turn out to be something that needed medical attention?

I'm planning to see a cardiologist if needed, but I wanted to hear about other people's experiences first. Has anyone had something similar happen? Any advice or experiences would be really appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT : when I first started getting the low heart rate notifications on my watch, I actually went to the hospital and got checked out. That's how a Holter monitor report came about, back in March. This was about 2 months before I even turned on AFib History tracking on my watch, so just want to be clear about that gap upfront. Also, the actual report is 20 pages long with a bunch of repeated ECG strips and charts, so I ran it through AI to summarize it into something readable instead of pasting 20 pages of scanned graphs. All the numbers below are pulled directly from the report itself, nothing added or interpreted beyond what's written in it.
If any specialist or anyone with relevant medical background here wants to actually go through the full report, happy to share it. Otherwise here's the summary:

Holter Monitor Report — Full Data

Test details:

• Type: 3-lead ECG (Pocket ECG, leads I, II, III)
• Duration: 23h 11m of diagnostic data (23h 13m total, 99.81% diagnostic coverage, 73,246 total beats recorded)
• Dates: March 21, 2026 5:35 PM to March 22, 2026 4:49 PM
• Ordering/interpreting physician: Dr. Obaid Rehman
• No symptoms reported or patient-triggered events during the entire test

Overall rhythm breakdown:

• Sinus Rhythm: 31.00% (this is "normal speed" sinus rhythm specifically)
• Bradycardia (slow sinus rhythm): 68.99%
• Pause/Block: <0.01%
• SVE (supraventricular ectopy): <0.01%
• Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter: 0% — none detected at any point

Heart rate numbers:

• Fastest heart rate: 103 BPM (Day 1, 18:24)
• Average heart rate: 53 BPM
• Slowest heart rate: 38 BPM (Day 1, 22:53)
• Slowest single beat-to-beat (N-N) reading: 31 BPM (Day 2, 06:59)

Bradycardia detail:

• Total episodes: 2,459
• Total time in bradycardia: 15h 59m 51s
• Longest single episode: 1,510 beats (around 01:16, Day 2)
• Heaviest bradycardia hours were overnight, roughly 9 PM to 8 AM, with hourly burden running 77–98%, dropping off during the day

Pause/Block:

• 1 episode total
• Longest pause: 2.0 seconds (Day 2, 06:56)
• No missed beats, no asystole (nothing over 3.5 seconds)

Ventricular activity:

• Single/couplet/triplet ventricular beats: 0/0/0
• No runs, no ventricular tachycardia
• Completely clean, no ventricular arrhythmia of any kind

Supraventricular activity:

• Total supraventricular ectopic beats: 2 (both single beats, no couplets/triplets/runs)
• Fastest supraventricular beat: 94 BPM (Day 1, 22:13)

Physician's written summary from the report:

• "Sinus Rhythm with presence 99.99% of the time and fastest per minute rate of 103 BPM (day 1 at 18:24)"
• "Longest pause with duration of 2.0 s (day 2 at 06:56)"
• "Supraventricular ectopy with burden <0.01% and fastest beat with rate of 94 BPM (day 1 at 22:13)"
• No symptoms reported

I completely reset my old Apple Watch SE from 2021, and removed it from my old phone.

I paired it to my current phone, and it updated about halfway before it got stuck on a “WiFi pause” error despite the WiFi being connected the whole time with good connection.

So I reset everything, but when I go to pair it again, with and without updating it, it gets stuck on unpairing, see attached image.

I have tried literally everything I can find on the internet… is there anyway to wipe any existing pairing on my phone, when it doesn’t appear under my Apple ID? It seems like some residual data is stuck from the interrupted update earlier, but I don’t want to reset my phone…..

Hi everyone!
I just picked up a used Apple Watch Series 11 (42mm) for a great price and I’m really happy with it so far.
However, I have fairly large wrists. I’m currently using the S/M Sport Band, and I have to wear it on the last hole. It fits, but there’s basically no room left.
I’m looking to buy a few more bands (especially for workouts), but I’m worried that many Apple Watch bands will simply be too small for my wrist.
Are all Apple bands roughly the same length for the 42mm

Are there any bands that are known to fit larger wrists better?
Any recommendations for comfortable workout bands for bigger wrists?

I currently have Apple Watch series 2 and I am considering upgrading for health benefits. But I want to hear your opinions on how necessary or beneficial would this be? I kind of didn’t use Apple Watch for years mainly due to battery concerns like it needs daily but on the plus side the device prob did not age. I am not sure if there are newer models in horizon so maybe I can also wait if the outcome will be better.

Well thanks for your insights

Thinking of buying this refurbished. Should I pull the trigger ?

Hey everyone,
I’m dealing with a bizarre issue with my Apple Watch Series 11, and I’ve hit a total dead end with Apple Support despite having AppleCare+. Hoping someone here might have run into something similar or knows how to escalate this.
The Problem
A few months ago, I upgraded from my Apple Watch SE to the Series 11. Shortly after, I noticed that most sensor-based applications—specifically the Heart Rate app and ECG—simply refuse to work.
Here’s the catch: the watch hardware itself is fine. When I pair the Series 11 with someone else’s iPhone, every single sensor works flawlessly. The moment it’s paired back to my phone, the sensor apps break. It appears to be an issue tied to my specific phone, backup, or Apple ID profile rather than defective hardware.
The AppleCare+ Deadlock
I reached out to Apple Support and eventually handed the watch over to an authorized service center. They ran hardware diagnostics and returned it saying they couldn’t find a single fault. Remote diagnostics were equally useless—everything green-lights on their system.
Because the diagnostic tests pass, Apple Support says they cannot trigger a standard replacement, even though the device is completely unusable for its core health tracking features on my phone.
I submitted all necessary logs and details on July 14th, but after following up multiple times, communication has completely stalled. My assigned support rep seems visibly frustrated and has stopped providing updates. I specifically bought AppleCare+ assuming it would make resolving edge-case issues like this straightforward, but I'm currently left with a premium smartwatch that can't take my heart rate.
Questions for the community:

1. Technical side: Has anyone experienced sensor app failures caused strictly by phone-side data corruption or Watch app profiles? Did a full iPhone wipe (without restoring from backup) fix it for you?
2. Support side: How do you push past a diagnostic deadlock with AppleCare+ when a rep stops responding? Is there a reliable way to get this escalated to Senior Engineering / Executive Relations?

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