Smartwatches are overshadowing regular watches for good reason. These gadgets have significantly evolved in the last few years and serve as digital assistants on our wrists. Not only do they help us keep up with calls and texts, but they have also made work efficient by making it easier to take notes throughout the day. If you have a smartwatch or are planning to get one, here are 5 smart ways to use these gadgets:

As a task manager
Smartwatches have eliminated the need to physically cross something off your daily tasks on paper (and on your phones). With apps like Todoist or Any.do, you can check your daily to-do list or pull up essential meeting notes on your wrist. Apple watches offer iPhone business apps with task management capabilities to help you organize your day. Android watches offer similar applications to seamlessly sync your smartwatch with your phone and manage your tasks for the day. Another great application to use to organize your day, regardless of your watch’s ecosystem, is the Google Calendar.

As a health data monitor
Smartwatches can offer personalized healthcare data and provide insights into our well-being. With sleep and food tracking, physical activity, heart rate monitoring, and other details, smartwatches have become great tools to monitor your overall health and can also help physicians look at your daily activity. Many smartwatches also have the potential to detect chronic diseases. Watches such as the Apple iWatch 8 offer insights into women’s health and help them monitor fertility periods as well.

As tools for emergencies
Technology has equipped the little devices on our wrists to detect crashes, call emergency services, and even notify your emergency contacts. This automatic help mechanism can prove extremely useful in life-threatening situations, especially when no one else is around to help you out. This is a relatively new feature, currently only offered by the makers of the iPhone, i.e., Apple.

As news carriers
With the wide range of smartwatch applications, you can stay on top of daily news and social media updates at a glance. Users can enable notifications to get the top headlines of the day delivered and keep an eye on developing news stories, particularly when it is not feasible for them to read an entire news article on the phone or laptop. You can just get your daily dose of news as you get ready for your morning workout.

As reminders for bill payments
With multiple bills to pay every month and a variety of payment portals, it is easy to forget the due dates and miss payment deadlines. To avoid defaulting on bill payments, you can use your smartwatch to keep track of your home and business expenses and to pay pending bills quickly. Smartwatches have made it possible for us to manage bills and expenses without using our cell phones, computers, books, or even wallets. They are often also equipped with tip calculators to save you the trouble of calculating percentages and gratuities at restaurants and ride-sharing services.

The newly launched Apple Watch Series 8 is a great example of all of these features rolled into one. It was revealed on September 16, 2022, at Apple’s Far Out event and is available in two finishes: aluminum and stainless steel, with prices ranging from $399 to $749. It is equipped with the best-in-class health features, including an innovative temperature sensor that enables advanced features for women’s health and Crash Detection for severe car crashes. Made with a strong crack-resistant front crystal, this watch comes with an 18-hour battery life, new and more customizable watch faces, an enhanced Workout app, sleep stages, AFib (atrial fibrillation) History feature, and an all-new app for treatment options. The Low Power Mode extends the watch’s battery life by up to 36 hours with an iPhone present. The iWatch 8 is available across Apple stores and online and offline retailers across the country.