As I began to explore the world of fitness and wellness apps for my Apple Watch, I realized that there were many options available. One app that caught my eye was Veeva Fit. This app offers a wide variety of exercises to participate in, but what's really cool about it is that all of the exercising auto-detection takes place on your Apple Watch. The audio dictation, or audio playback, actually takes place on your iPhone, and this allows you to see exactly what you need to do without having to constantly check your watch.
This feature alone made me excited to try out Veeva Fit. I was eager to see how it would work for me and whether it would be a valuable addition to my fitness routine. After downloading the app, I was pleased to find that it was free in the App Store. I thought this was a great starting point, as I could try it out without committing to a paid subscription.
Another app that caught my attention was Alarm.com. As someone who has been using Alarm.com for years, both while living with my parents and when I moved into my own place, I was excited to see that it was one of the first apps available on the Apple Watch. This app tightly integrates with your home security system, allowing you to arm and disarm your house at the tap of your wrist. While my house does not currently support most of the features offered by Alarm.com, I was impressed by the convenience and functionality of this app.
For those who may be unfamiliar with Alarm.com, it's a popular choice for home security and automation. The app allows you to control various aspects of your home, such as lights, garage doors, and even live video on supported security cameras. While some features were not available in my house, the ability to quickly arm and disarm my system was a huge plus.
In addition to Alarm.com, I also wanted to explore some other apps that were available for the Apple Watch. One app that caught my eye was Swarm. As someone who has used Foursquare in the past, I was excited to see that it had undergone a major rebranding and was now known as Swarm. This app offers a similar experience to Foursquare, but with a simpler interface.
When I first started using Swarm on my Apple Watch, I found that the experience was very basic but also very useful. To access the app, all I needed to do was swipe up from my main watch face and then tap on Swarm from my Glances view. From there, I could quickly check in to the most local location. While some features were limited compared to Foursquare, such as the ability to customize my check-in with a message or photo, the core functionality of the app was still very useful.
Finally, I wanted to explore one more app that is close to my heart: Pandora. As someone who has been using Pandora for years, I was thrilled to see that it had an official app available on the Apple Watch. This app allows you to control your music, browse your existing Pandora stations, and even create new stations using voice dictation.
For me, one of the biggest benefits of having a Pandora app on my Apple Watch is the convenience. When I'm listening to music on my Bluetooth speaker or through my iPhone, I can easily switch between songs or change stations without having to navigate back to my iPhone. This has been particularly useful for me when I've been camping or traveling with family members who have their own devices.
Overall, I was impressed by the variety of apps available on the Apple Watch and how they catered to different needs and interests. Whether you're looking for a fitness app like Veeva Fit, a home security app like Alarm.com, or a music streaming app like Pandora, there's an option out there for you.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello guys how are you david defranco here from daviddefranco.com and welcome to a brand new monthly series of mine where i will basically be showcasing some of my favorite apple watch apps because guys let's face the harsh reality here the apple watch is awesome and all but as of this recording there are just not that many quality apps on the apple watch that are actually worth using so i'm looking to make the app searching experience that much easier by talking about my favorite apps that i actually use so let's start out with vmo fit now vemofit is perfect for those users who are looking to go beyond apple's default workout app now i will say this the workout app is great for outdoor cycling indoor cycling i don't think i'll ever do that outdoor and indoor walking as well and even stair stepping but if you wanted to go beyond that apple doesn't really give you an official solution and well this is where vemma fit comes in it auto detects your exercises it counts your reps and it even tracks your calories burned and speaking of the apple watch i'm getting email i love this thing i do anyway back to vimofit this app offers a wide variety of exercises to participate in but what's really cool about vimofit is all of the exercising auto detection takes place on your apple watch but the audio dictation in other words the audio playback actually takes place on your iphone so it shows you exactly what you need to do that way you don't need to be constantly checking on your apple watch so check it out vmo fits it's free in the app store and i think you might enjoy it the next app i want to talk about is alarm.com now when apple announced that alarm.com was one of the first apps available on the apple watch i was very happy because i have been a longtime alarm.com user for years now both from the perspective of living in my parents house and when i moved into my own place alarm.com was one of the first things i had set up now for those not aware alarm.com tightly integrates with your home security system from both the perspective of arming your house in terms of whether you're home or not as well as a variety of other useful features such as controlling your lights opening and closing your garage doors and even watching live video on supported security cameras this is huge and definitely something you need to look into especially if you're an existing alarm.com user there's no reason why you shouldn't check out this app okay but being perfectly honest as of today my house does not support most of these features that's not alarm.com fox that's just me i don't need to put all those features into my house but i will say this i love the ability to quickly arm and disarm my house at the tap of my wrist it's basic features like that that in my opinion go a very long way and speaking of convenience let's talk about the next app and that is swarm now for those who don't know what swarm is it's basically the old foursquare i believe it was a couple years ago where foursquare went through a major branding change and they introduced swarm it basically does everything you could previously do on foursquare but it makes it a simpler experience i guess you could say and i am loving it on the apple watch the experience is very basic but it is very useful you simply swipe up from your main watch face then from your glances view you simply tap on swarm and boom you can check in to the most local location now unfortunately swarm does not allow you to customize your check-in with a message or a picture i'm pretty sure this is most likely due to the limitations of the small screen on the apple watch but hey the functionality is there and for those moments when you don't want to include a message or a photo you can simply tap and check in it's pretty cool and finally last but not least let's talk about pandora i am a long time fan and user of pandora i just enjoy it that much and i use it pretty much every single day of my life so i was very happy to see that pandora has an official app available for the apple watch and this app basically allows you to do pretty much everything you can do on your iphone but through the convenience of your apple watch you can easily control your music you can listen to and browse your existing pandora stations and you can even create new stations using voice dictation now that in my opinion is really cool and some people may argue well david it's quicker to just navigate music on your iphone well yes that is technically true but not true in every scenario a great example is this just this past weekend i was camping with my family and i had my iphone charging on a table behind me but we were listening to music streaming from my iphone to a bluetooth speaker and while just like any other person out there i'm sure you want to switch a song now and then so i simply open up the pandora app my apple watch tap next boom next song played i could easily change my stations i could easily like a song it was a very cool experience and definitely something you need to check out if you're a pandora fan like myself so guys there you go my first ever video for this new series let me know what you think and of course a quick recap of everything i mentioned including vemma fit alarm.com swarm and pandora all of these apps are easily worth checking out download them enjoy them and thank you so much for your support let me know what you think of this series guys you are the best and i'll see you in my next video peacehello guys how are you david defranco here from daviddefranco.com and welcome to a brand new monthly series of mine where i will basically be showcasing some of my favorite apple watch apps because guys let's face the harsh reality here the apple watch is awesome and all but as of this recording there are just not that many quality apps on the apple watch that are actually worth using so i'm looking to make the app searching experience that much easier by talking about my favorite apps that i actually use so let's start out with vmo fit now vemofit is perfect for those users who are looking to go beyond apple's default workout app now i will say this the workout app is great for outdoor cycling indoor cycling i don't think i'll ever do that outdoor and indoor walking as well and even stair stepping but if you wanted to go beyond that apple doesn't really give you an official solution and well this is where vemma fit comes in it auto detects your exercises it counts your reps and it even tracks your calories burned and speaking of the apple watch i'm getting email i love this thing i do anyway back to vimofit this app offers a wide variety of exercises to participate in but what's really cool about vimofit is all of the exercising auto detection takes place on your apple watch but the audio dictation in other words the audio playback actually takes place on your iphone so it shows you exactly what you need to do that way you don't need to be constantly checking on your apple watch so check it out vmo fits it's free in the app store and i think you might enjoy it the next app i want to talk about is alarm.com now when apple announced that alarm.com was one of the first apps available on the apple watch i was very happy because i have been a longtime alarm.com user for years now both from the perspective of living in my parents house and when i moved into my own place alarm.com was one of the first things i had set up now for those not aware alarm.com tightly integrates with your home security system from both the perspective of arming your house in terms of whether you're home or not as well as a variety of other useful features such as controlling your lights opening and closing your garage doors and even watching live video on supported security cameras this is huge and definitely something you need to look into especially if you're an existing alarm.com user there's no reason why you shouldn't check out this app okay but being perfectly honest as of today my house does not support most of these features that's not alarm.com fox that's just me i don't need to put all those features into my house but i will say this i love the ability to quickly arm and disarm my house at the tap of my wrist it's basic features like that that in my opinion go a very long way and speaking of convenience let's talk about the next app and that is swarm now for those who don't know what swarm is it's basically the old foursquare i believe it was a couple years ago where foursquare went through a major branding change and they introduced swarm it basically does everything you could previously do on foursquare but it makes it a simpler experience i guess you could say and i am loving it on the apple watch the experience is very basic but it is very useful you simply swipe up from your main watch face then from your glances view you simply tap on swarm and boom you can check in to the most local location now unfortunately swarm does not allow you to customize your check-in with a message or a picture i'm pretty sure this is most likely due to the limitations of the small screen on the apple watch but hey the functionality is there and for those moments when you don't want to include a message or a photo you can simply tap and check in it's pretty cool and finally last but not least let's talk about pandora i am a long time fan and user of pandora i just enjoy it that much and i use it pretty much every single day of my life so i was very happy to see that pandora has an official app available for the apple watch and this app basically allows you to do pretty much everything you can do on your iphone but through the convenience of your apple watch you can easily control your music you can listen to and browse your existing pandora stations and you can even create new stations using voice dictation now that in my opinion is really cool and some people may argue well david it's quicker to just navigate music on your iphone well yes that is technically true but not true in every scenario a great example is this just this past weekend i was camping with my family and i had my iphone charging on a table behind me but we were listening to music streaming from my iphone to a bluetooth speaker and while just like any other person out there i'm sure you want to switch a song now and then so i simply open up the pandora app my apple watch tap next boom next song played i could easily change my stations i could easily like a song it was a very cool experience and definitely something you need to check out if you're a pandora fan like myself so guys there you go my first ever video for this new series let me know what you think and of course a quick recap of everything i mentioned including vemma fit alarm.com swarm and pandora all of these apps are easily worth checking out download them enjoy them and thank you so much for your support let me know what you think of this series guys you are the best and i'll see you in my next video peace\n"
