If you like tracking things like the number of steps you’ve taken, how many calories you’ve burnt, and what your heart rate is, a smartwatch like the Apple Watch might be a good investment. However if you plan on going swimming and want to measure your biometrics, it’s apparently something the Apple Watch can’t do, or can it?
The folks at Active in Time have recently tested what they’re claiming is the world’s first swimming app for the Apple Watch, which as the name suggests will help track and measure your vitals while you swim. This includes measuring the length of your swim sessions, total distance, time, and heart rate.
The developers then put the app to the test and based on their findings, it worked perfectly. The only downside is that because the Apple Watch turns its display off to conserve energy, users will have to wake up the watch when they’re done with their session in order for the data gathered to be parsed and processed.
This means that if you wanted active tracking that is constantly displayed on your wrist, you’d be out of luck. That being said, the app is unlikely to be released in the iTunes App Store since it would “encourage users to use an Apple Device in a way that may cause damage to the device.”
In the meantime, the developers are saying, “We really hope that Apple see the demand for an official, fully waterproofed Apple Watch. Once that is available, we’ll be able to ship a fully featured swimming app.”
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