[Swordmaker]

Short answer is that yes, you can go swimming at your own risk with your Apple Watch, and you can take a shower with it, again at your own risk. Still an interesting article with a lot of information. Well worth the read.

[Swordmaker]

Can you swim, bathe, and shower with your Apple Watch? This article is the definitive answer to those questions. — PING!

Yes, you can swim, bathe, and shower,
with your Apple Watch!
And, yes, he seems to
be wearing it upside down!
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[zeugma]

A little bit of research shows that “IPX7 under IEC standard 60529″ means the watch can be submerged in 1 meter (3.3 feet) of water for up to 30 minutes. That’s certainly more than a shower and perfect for the kind of swimming I do.

Uh, actually not. quite perfect for swimming. That kind of rating generally means it can handle rain, splashing and the like. When you're doing something like swimming, you actually create water pressures far in excess of that at 1m pressures. The same can be said of water coming from a shower head depending upon shower nozzles and whatnot.

I would take that rating to mean that it's OK to get wet in rain and the like, and could probably handle you sitting in a tub with it on. I probably wouldn't risk it swimming. In general watch guys don't recommend swimming with anything that's not rated at more than 10 meters.

Personally, I think the water resistance is great for what it is, but I wouldn't put as much trust in it as the author apparently does.

[amigatec]

It would help if he had put the watch on correctly, it's on his left wrist, but it's upside down.

[raybbr]

A lot of talk about the watch and working out. Does it even tell time? /s

Do people who exercise really need all that data during a workout? Seems a bit much to me.

[mad_as_he$$]

Shouldn’t this be in the religion forum? Cult water baptism.

[Cementjungle]

A much better (and cheaper) watch for water sporting activities would be Garmin's Vivoactive: