Today i'm setting up this apple watch 7 for maximum productivity and during this video
i'll show you how you can too hey friends welcome back to the channel if you're new here my name is
Jaden. i'm a business owner software engineer and amateur athlete and on this channel we talk
about sports technology and business so we can get the most out of every single day so if you
are a subscriber to my channel you probably saw this poll that i sent quite a while ago because
my apple watch series 2 died so i needed to get a replacement for it and the overwhelming response
was that i should go with an apple watch series 7 to replace my old dead apple watch series 2.
because of that i decided that it was time to make a video talking about how i'm going
to set up my apple watch series 7 to maximize productivity and maximize its usefulness to me so
first off i want to make sure that i'm getting the absolute most that i can out of this apple watch
series 7 because it's an expensive product it's something that you're spending you know
hundreds and hundreds of dollars to have something on your wrist you want to make
sure that it's working for you and not against you in the form of a distraction so productivity
being the antithesis of distraction i want to make sure that i'm using it for good so i don't
want this video to be overly long so i divided it into three main sections which are style or
formal business and work and then comfort and play and as we go through each of these sections there
will be different topics and complications watch faces that we put into each of these individual
categories but let's jump right into it so let's start with the formal element now this
is when you're with a group of people you don't necessarily want to be distracted by your watch
maybe you're in a meeting maybe you're at church but formal is what we're going for so there are
two main faces that i would recommend for this one is the big numbers it's kind of fun for a
lot of people and it's really easy to see the time quickly at a glance and you don't have to distract
yourself from a conversation just to know what time it is so the watch face that i've chosen for
formal style is specifically the california watch face which mimics a little bit more of what an
analog watch would look like except in this case it's square to fill the apple watch you can choose
two complications to add to this in my specific case i chose the date which is going to show you
the day of the week as well as the date of the month and then the activity rings as well in the
lower section of the watch face i did this because it's kind of nice to see even when i am at more
of a formal setting how i'm doing whether i need to stand up a little bit more throughout the day
the good news is with this section the formal and style section we don't have to spend much time
here because there aren't many complications and the goal is to not look at your phone which really
helps make things simple let's move straight into the most productive of all the watch faces that
i'll be discussing today and that is the work and productivity phase now this is what you want
to use when you're specifically going to work or you just got to the office you want to make sure
that you're seeing everything you need to see you have quick access to the things you want to use
and that is the watch face that i've chosen now there are a few different complications that i've
selected for this specific watch face and those would be the time and date which is you know a
common theme across all of the faces you need to make sure you can see the time it is in fact
a watch but i've added to that in the top left corner a timer so i can quickly add a 10 minute
timer you can change this if you're into something like the pomodoro technique you can change this to
a 25 minute timer or if you have any specific use case you want to use a timer for go ahead and do
that after that i have a quick calendar so i can see exactly what i need to be doing next and that
keeps me up to date on my schedule whether that's for a time block or a meeting that i specifically
have to prepare for below this on the left i have the voice memo so i can take a quick note if i
need to if i want to keep an idea down a popular app that i see for this from other creators is
called drafts it's something that i'm exploring but right now i just use voice memos in the bottom
middle i use transit because i take the train to work so it helps when i know exactly when to leave
to maximize the time that i'm at the office but also minimize the time that i'm spending
in transit and it's been super helpful to me i really like it i like the interface so if you use
public transit to get to work i would definitely recommend it the last one on the list for this
watch face is spotify and i use that because it's kind of nice to have something to listen to while
you're working and i personally am one that likes to listen to calming music while i'm focused or
get into deep focus if that's not you you can change this to audiobooks or you can select
something entirely new just depending on what works best for your specific use case so at this
point it's a great time to talk about the changing of a complication or the changing of a watch face
in general so the point of an apple watch is that you should definitely have multiple watch faces
because having them allows you to switch contexts depending on what you need the watch for
if you really just want to use one single watch base you should just buy a regular watch versus
an apple watch that you'll spend a lot more money for i love having these complications and i love
the fact that i can choose different complications all the time next week these might not be the same
complications that i'm using but these are the ones that i have found to be most productive and
helpful for me at this point and i recommend to you that you continue exploring and if you find
something that's even better or watch face you like even more please leave it in the comment
section down below because i always like to try different apps and different opportunities to see
what might be the best for my current situation so let's finish with the comfort or play
section and this is a separate watch face from the work one but it looks very similar i like this
computer style watch face i'm not sure exactly what it's called but it's the one where you can
put the most amount of things and have the easiest access to each of those complications so on this
screen i also have the time and date in the exact same location it helps because that's
where i tend to look for that information but i have different things for all of these
elements now the complication in the top left is weather this is important to me because when i'm
not at work it's kind of nice to know what the weather is like what it's going to be later on
if it's at its warmest for the day or not so i can know what to wear for the day or i can know
what we should do for an afternoon activity as a family moving from there i like the activity graph
now this is helpful to me i know some people have mentioned they don't like it as much but
i like it because it helps me see exactly what stand hours that i have and don't have
that helps me to stand up when i need to as well as seeing when i've worked out throughout the day
and if i've gotten the move minutes that i've expected to get or if i need to plan a workout
for the evening moving into the bottom left we have spotify again probably a different uh
playlist for this comfort play section but it's nice to have spotify there if i want to listen
to something or just some music on the side i also have in the bottom center audiobooks from
audible that's super helpful to me because i do like listening to audiobooks in my spare time
and having that so easy to access is beneficial and don't have to surf through my phone to find
the audiobook that i want to listen to i can just start it right from the watch face the last one
that i have for this comfort play section is on the bottom right and that's the workouts now this
i don't use as much for my harder workouts like if i'm going to be working out on my bike or doing
something similar to that that i'll use strava for but this is the case where i'm just going for
a quick walk with family or i have to walk some extended distance and i want to track how long
it is it's really easy to click on that workouts app and just start a quick outdoor workout that's
been really convenient for me if you do want more of a workout specific watch face let me know in
the comment section below i can make an entire video just dedicated to the workout elements of
the apple watch series 7 and how i would set up the watch face for that specific use case but for
this we're talking about apple watch productivity so those are the three different sections and
different watch faces that i would recommend setting up so let's dive into some tips and
how to ensure that you're getting the most out of your apple watch series 7. now that you have all
of these watch faces already set up so the first thing you want to do is set up shortcuts now this
is fantastic way to use shortcuts where during the day at different points of the day whether
that's based on a calendar event a location or a time you can set up to change your watch face
according to that trigger now i really like this about the shortcuts app and i would recommend you
check it out and try it out and see what you think but if you can change your watch face from sport
to play to formal based on a time of day or a specific schedule i think that's excellent
you don't have to worry about moving it around or being in the wrong watch face maybe it's a little
thing but little automations like this that really help life be a little bit smoother definitely
increase my productivity so i would recommend that you do the same now notifications are a big deal
on the apple watch i know some people have said they don't want the apple watch because of the
notifications and that's something that i've said previously as well and i think notifications can
be really annoying on the apple watch one thing that i would recommend go through the apple watch
app on your phone and remove all the notifications that you don't think you absolutely need
and then throughout the day as you're looking through your different notifications or you get
a notification on your apple watch you can select that notification swipe to the left and say that
you don't want to see it anymore on your apple watch and that will save you a significant amount
of time and you can go through those notifications as you get them telling the watch whether you
would really like to receive that notification or not the last tip that i have is to orient your
apple watch appropriately now depending on whether you want it on your left wrist or your right wrist
that doesn't really matter but i would definitely recommend putting the crown of the watch toward
your arm versus towards your hand the reason for this is if you ever do anything like for example
in my case golf or any other sport where you often have your hand bent you will accidentally press
the siri button many times and it's caused me a little bit of a headache so i would recommend
right out of the gate when you get your apple watch move the crown over to the inside of your
arm and that will save quite a bit of trouble with siri well i hope this has been helpful to you and
you found some cool complications to add to your new apple watch faces and if it's been helpful let
me know with leaving a like on this video and if you want to see more from my channel i'll leave a
playlist over here that you can check out to see even more about what i'm doing in the world of
sports business and technology so thanks hope you had a good time and we'll see you in the next one