RELAX AND BREATHE BETTER WITH THESE SMARTWATCHES
Busy lifestyles keep us on our toes, making it all the more important to exercise deep breathing and back Worry not, these smartwatches have your mindfulness for one’s mental well-being.
Smartwatches are more than just an accessory in these Covid-19 times when people are quite stressed, constantly worry about their health and are looking for ways to relax as well as improve their breathing. Today, these smart wearables are not only being used to keep a track of our vitals such as heart rate, step count, calories burnt, blood oxygen levels, quality of sleep and menstrual health, but they are also being used for guided breathing sessions and relaxing the mind. Breathing exercises not only help in reducing stress but also in exercising our lungs. If you are looking to own a smartwatch that will help you breathe better, among other things, here are our top picks.
Amazfit Bip U
This smartwatch offers stress monitoring and guided breathing exercises along with blood-oxygen-level monitoring and over 60 sports modes. It comes with a 1.43-inch colour display with up to nine days of battery life. It also supports over 50 animated watch faces.
Fitbit Versa 3
This smartwatch comes with 24*7 heart rate tracking feature, SPO2 tracking feature, sleep tracking feature and guided breathing sessions. It also features support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa while offering up to six days of battery life. It is water-resistant up to 50 metres.
Xiaomi Mi Watch Revolve
This smartwatch offers guided breathing exercises, 10 sports modes, idle alert and an altimeter, among others. It comes with a 1.39-inch AMOLED display and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It has a 420mAh battery that offers up to two weeks of standby time. The watch is water-resistant up to 5ATM and compatible with devices running on Android 4.4 or iOS 10.
Fossil Gen 5E
This smartwatch comes with guided breathing exercises, a real-time heart rate monitor, step counter and calorie counter. It has built-in speaker and a microphone for accessing Google Assistant. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 SoC with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of inbuilt storage. The Fossil Gen 5E offers a battery life of more than 24 hours, is water-resistant up to 3ATM and comes with a 1.19-inch AMOLED display.
SMART WEARABLES ARE NOT ONLY BEING USED TO KEEP A TRACK OF OUR VITALS SUCH AS HEART RATE, STEP COUNT, BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS, QUALITY OF SLEEP AND MENSTRUAL HEALTH, BUT THEY ARE ALSO BEING USED FOR GUIDED BREATHING SESSIONS AND RELAXING THE MIND
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2
Apart from guided breathing exercises, this smartwatch comes with features such as stress tracking, heart rate tracking and seven exercise modes. It runs on Wear OS 4.0-based Tizen OS; gets 1.14GHz SoC, 4GB
RAM and 1.4GB storage space. It comes with a
1.4-inch AMOLED display and a 340mAh battery providing it over 60 hours of run time.
Apple Watch SE
The smartwatch that runs on Apple’s S3 chip and Watch OS, comes with a breathing app to help you relax. It is capable of tracking various workouts including running, walking, yoga and other high-intensity workouts. It comes with sleep tracking, menstrual health tracking as well as features like fall detection and emergency SOS. The Apple Watch SE is water-resistant up to 50 metres and comes with a choice of 44 mm and 40 mm displays.