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Apple Watch Series 8 Review – 6 Months Later

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While an iterative update to the Apple Watch, has the Series 8 still been worth getting after 6 months of using it? We’ll take you through our favorite features of using this Apple Watch, the downsides we’ve run into with it and ultimately our recommendation on who we think this watch is for and why you should always upgrade.

We’ll also talk about some of the new features that come with this watch like SPO2, the backtrack feature in the Compass app, temperature sensor for cycle tracking, sleep tracking, new heart rate zones in the fitness app, how the battery life has held up and so much more!

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🕰️Timestamps:
0:00 – Best Features
5:24 – Series 8 Specific Features
7:23 – Downsides and Recommendations

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  1. 🔗 Links:

    👉 iPhone 14 Pro Review – 6 Months Later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VOCta0V2I

    👉 iOS 16 Review – 6 Months Later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ4wb3dU6Pk

    👉 All of our Apple videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2XWjlJjGp3uMKOssWN3NiKQ22LNaOFE4

    📖 Read this Review: https://6-months-later.com/?p=1131

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    👉 Apple Watch Series 8: https://amzn.to/3MnW9f8

    👉 iPhone 14 Pro: https://amzn.to/3UcsFCM

    👉 Why We Sleep: https://amzn.to/3ZV10Y4

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  2. in my country this tiny thing on your wrist costs 3 months worth of salary.. no food no rent for 3 months and you'll be able to afford an Apple Watch. Life is not fair

  6. The worst buy in my life of 60 years. The features are available in very cheap watches. Battery ? One has to charge every 24 hours. So if you are traveling long distance, for example from USA to Asia (which normally takes about 30 hours), battery is gone by the time you arrive. Please think before you pay so much for this watch. It's total wastage of money.😮‍💨

  8. Switch the watch orientation turn the Apple Watch around on your wrist and that should fix the problem because when your hand moves toward your Apple Watch turns left or right, the back of your head moving the crown if you switch it around that won’t happen because then no limbs, it will be touching it.

  9. There are two things I don't like about this watch. 1- The Sleep App and 2- The choice of watch faces.
    I tried the Sleep app but in order for this to work you have to set it up through the Health app. Plus you have to set up a time schedule for it to track your sleep. That was the one thing I used to love about my Samsung. It didn't matter at what time I went to bed. It would always track my sleep and it would tell me the different stages. I tried that with the Series 8 and all I got were headaches. Right now I'm looking for an app that would work with Apple like the Samsung did, but Apple doesn't allow 3rd party apps.
    Then, there are the watch faces or lack thereof. There are only a few. I had hundreds to chose from in my Samsung, and to be honest; they were prettier. Those are my two problems with the Series. I can't speak for any other model because this is my first Apple watch, and the main reason why I switched was for tracking my sleep. I'm not putting Apple down because they are great devices, but by the same token; it also made me appreciate the quality of the Samsung watch as well.

  20. I'm a huge believer in "Check before you buy", and am lucky to live within 15 minutes of an Apple Store so, when I was looking to get my first Apple Watch last year, I went in and tried all the models, sizes and colours.
    I'd originally been drawn to a darker colour, but wasn't sure of size.
    I ended up getting a Nike Series 7 41 in Starlight – didn't need the 8's extra features, but wanted more than what the SE2 had to offer (the Ultra was just too big/expensive). Have to say, I absolutely love it.
    Thanks for the vid!

  25. “It measures decibels, this is really useful to me”

    Goes on to list zero actual application he uses for that feature.

    Get out of here with this whack review man

  29. Just an FYI – Why We Sleep has a bunch of scientific inaccuracies which have been reported on by other researchers. I’d take that book with a grain of salt