It’s a pretty neat idea, and certainly a much-welcomed innovation in the Apple Watch app space, which has yet to come up with anything truly revolutionary.
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The principle is simple: If your heart rate goes up, it’s a match; if it goes down, it’s a no-go. The app’s developers tested the app on each model with four full lengths in the London Aquatic Center’s 50-meter pool. The test proved successful, with the Apple Watch mirroring the Pebble’s results of a four lap, 200 meter swim. The swimmer’s heart rate rose from the initial 88bpm to 138bpm right after the test finished. 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. According to the app’s developers, the app only collects information when the screen is awake. In the end, the app’s creators just hope that Apple hears the calls for a fully-waterproof smartwatch and includes such features in the device’s next generation.
In the meantime, the developers are saying, “We really hope that Apple see the demand for an official, fully waterproofed Apple Watch“. 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?
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I like the swiping aspect of Tinder, though, so this Apple Watch app (personally) would feel like a hindrance to my user experience. Running and cycling both have their own distance graphs you can view in the dashboard whilst for swimming you have to drill down to individual workouts.
