“How can it track anything if it can’t even see?” -Derek Zoolander

Apple has really good HR monitoring on their recent models. But, no watch really does as well as a chest strap yet.

The way last used device/service is used is kind of sporadic for me. I have a MacBook, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. It looks like goes by the last used device and then possibly the last responded notification depending on the device used. It’s probably something I should follow up with Apple on. But, i absolutely get sporadic notification behavior when I’ve had more than one device active in a given time period as well.

Glad it worked out!

From the looks of it you have a management profile that is preventing Google Maps from installing on your watch. Is it company hardware?

People have been submitting this as a feature request for years on Apple’s site, and it seems to be going ignored.

I love the ultra 2, but you really need to get something out of the extra battery life or GPS accuracy. Aside from that. It is way more resilient. I hit it off things pretty regularly and it still doesn’t have a mark on it.

I’ve have tried to go back to a few Garmin watches over the last year, basically the 965 and the Venu 3. Neither stuck. I have a AW Ultra 2 at the moment after a recent upgrade. It came down to this:

1. Workouts are an hour or two of my day and the AW more than covers the metrics I want. When I really want to get into it during a run or hike with a map I will use Workoutdoors.
2. The other 14+ hours of the day I am walking around, responding to messages, getting calls, or just sitting around. The AW does that more than well enough.
3. I don’t care about charging a watch that lasts me a full day with workouts each night (in my case every 2-3 days.) I don’t like wearing my watch to sleep.

Neither Garmin was a disappointment, it’s jsut that neither did enough extra to compel me to change back to Garmin. I used to a long time Garmin user, but AW has become my regular the last 2-3 years.