5 Key Mistakes to Avoid When Using Smartwatches

Despite the influx of smart rings and fitness trackers in the market, smartwatches are still the wearable tech of choice for most buyers. Thanks to the high-end technology inside them, buying a smartwatch over other wearable tech ensures you can accurately track your health and even make contactless payments, making your life easier and more convenient. However, some things need to be kept in mind to make the best of your new smartwatch.

1. Help Your Smartwatch Shine!

Smartwatches are very much a fashion accessory these days. They tie in with your clothes and other accessories and act as the last piece of the puzzle in completing your look. While you may be limited in terms of design choices when going for an Apple Watch or a Galaxy Watch, you can still choose the correct dial size to help your smartwatch truly shine.

Another thing you can do to help the watch look the best on your wrist is invest in a band. This is an important step in customizing your smartwatch to suit your taste and help it become the ultimate smart fashion accessory.

For example, a nylon strap may fit best when you go for walks, treks, or your morning gym routine. However, these straps tend to stand out (in the wrong way) during business meetings or in a professional setting. As such, getting a few straps in a variety of styles will help you get the most out of your smartwatch in terms of looks.

2. Take Care of Battery Life

Much like any other gadget, smartwatches also run on batteries that have limited charge cycles. As such, optimizing your smartwatch’s battery life and charging is essential to ensuring its long life.

For the latter, avoiding overcharging your smartwatch and understanding your watch’s charge cycles are all important things to keep in mind.

Another step you can take to improve the long-term battery health of your smartwatch is to not use the Always On Display feature. While it doesn’t drain your battery excessively, as a feature, it can have a major impact on your watch’s battery health over its lifetime.

3. Use it the Right Way

Many users also make the mistake of not using their smartwatches as they were meant to be. For example, many of us tend to keep our smartwatches on us even when we go for a dip in the pool. While a quick dip shouldn’t harm your smartwatch, it is better to leave it by the side of the pool instead of taking it in with you.

This is because smartwatches offer water resistance but not waterproofing, so read the fine print carefully. Depending on the IP rating your smartwatch offers, you can decide if it’s safe to take it with you to the pool for a swim. At the same time, it’s wise to clean your watch at regular intervals. Over time, salt and other particles build up in the small gaps and give it an unsightly look.

4. Make Payments and Do More

One of the biggest advantages of modern-day smartwatches is that most of them house NFC chips, thereby bringing access to contactless payments straight from your watch. So, depending on your smartwatch of choice, you can add your most used debit and credit cards to either Apple Pay or Samsung Wallet. Once done, you can make contactless payments with ease, all without even drawing your phone out of your pocket.

Another underutilized feature on smartwatches is calling. Yes, if you own a smartwatch with support for cellular capabilities, you can make calls without bringing your smartphone into the picture. And even if your watch does not offer cellular functionality, you can enjoy the benefits of calling straight from your watch when paired with a smartphone.

5. Utilize Your Watch’s Full Potential

Another big mistake a lot of users make is that they don’t utilize the full potential of their expensive smartwatches. To make the best of your smartwatch, ensure that you do not neglect software updates. These updates can help improve functionality and provide fixes for issues, including bugs.

In addition to this, use your smartwatch’s companion app to unlock all that your wrist-bound gadget has to offer. From help with fitness tracking to guidance for workouts and more, your watch and its companion app on your phone can do a lot when paired together.