It serves as a small reminder to keep active and especially the sleep tracking functionality has improved my daily life - I pay way more attention to my sleep hygiene and I notice the general life improvement that comes from that.

First I was afraid they would force us back. Nice to have the option but I never want that forced on again.

The Apple Watch is consistently the most accurate non-professional wearable.

What is more important is that it requires an iPhone to work. It does not even work with an iPad, you have to have an iPhone. That being said, if you have one, and you get a watch, disabling all notifications and the stuff you mentioned you won’t use, you’d likely have a very accurate smartwatch with a really decent battery life. I also turn off most notifications and rarely take a call on my watch, and my watch (S9 now, but my S7 as well at the beginning) routinely nets me ~36h of battery life.

Charge while showering, problem solved.