{"id":853665,"date":"2026-09-19T22:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/853665\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:02:19","slug":"apple-watch-series-12-might-finally-convince-me-to-switch-away-from-whoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/853665\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Series 12 might finally convince me to switch away from WHOOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this year, I picked up a WHOOP<\/a> for the very first time. As a longtime Apple Watch<\/a> user I was looking forward to having a new way of tracking my health stats in a cleaner interface that the Apple Watch wasn\u2019t offering. Now, with Apple Watch Series 12<\/a>, I\u2019m very convinced to switch back to the Apple Watch. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

First things first, it\u2019s worth noting that the Apple Watch Series 12<\/a> isn\u2019t the only factor. There\u2019s also the new Apple Health app in iOS 27.<\/p>\n

The new Apple Health app<\/a> has a much better interface. It offers your stats in a much cleaner manner. It\u2019s very easy to understand all the data, which for me was the main thing breaking the Apple Watch.<\/p>\n

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Apple Health isn\u2019t the only reason why I didn\u2019t use the Apple Watch<\/a>, though. It was also the fact that the Apple Watch didn\u2019t collect data as frequently as the WHOOP<\/a> did. The Apple Watch Series 12 now collects your heart rate once every 5 seconds, compared to every 5 minutes on previous models. This is still less than the WHOOP\u2019s<\/a> every 1 second, but so long as you\u2019re not an athlete, I think every 5 seconds is fine.<\/p>\n

Series 12<\/a> also introduced the new Readiness app on the Apple Watch<\/a>, which gives you a 1-to-10 health score based on your HRV and other factors. This is akin to the recovery score the WHOOP calculated, which is one of the things that I like tracking, because even though Apple Watch<\/a> always offered a sleep score, it wasn\u2019t always the most useful piece of data. If you slept for a long time, you\u2019d generally get a high score, regardless of whether other sleep factors weren\u2019t quite great.<\/p>\n

Wrap up<\/p>\n

Only time will tell whether or not Apple Watch Series 12<\/a> is actually a game changer for health. As someone who\u2019s used the WHOOP<\/a> for the past half a year or so, I\u2019m definitely looking forward to potentially going all in on the Apple Watch again.<\/p>\n

Even though I\u2019ve been a WHOOP<\/a> user, I never ditched my Apple Watch<\/a>, purely because having a screen offers a lot of utility. I don\u2019t want to always pull my phone out.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the Apple Watch Series 12<\/a>? Will you be upgrading for the new features or will you be sticking with your current Apple Watch? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n

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