Japanese people with Apple Watch on their ankles

More and more people are wearing “Apple watch” on their ankles on their wrists, Japanese IT media Gijin reported.

On the 10th, Gijin reported that people are wearing the Apple Watch on their ankles instead of their wrists for various reasons.

According to GiGAjin, there are users in Japan who wear an Apple watch on their ankles. Some users said that they have been ordered to ban wearing wristwatches at work, and that they have since purchased a band from Amazon and used it on their ankles.

“Most people prefer to wear Apple watches on their wrists or left and right arms,” Gi-jin said. “But some users wear Apple watches on their ankles.”

“Just because you wear it on your ankle doesn’t require a particularly complicated motion,” he said, adding, “You just have to wear an Apple watch around your ankle as if you were wearing it on your wrist or arm.”

The New York Times reported the case. The New York Times reported the case of a woman named Espinal living in Manhattan.

Espinal told the New York Times that Apple Watch is unable to measure its heart rate properly due to its loose straps, saying, “My wrist is very thin.” Wearing the Apple Watch on the ankle instead of the wrist due to its physical structure. Wearing the Apple Watch on the ankle while walking or running can also help measure the number of steps more accurately. Measuring the number of steps is based on the movement of the arm, but the movement of the arm may be less consistent than that of the foot. When walking while pushing a baby car or using a treadmill without moving the arm, the Apple Watch could not accurately measure the number of steps.

However, the NYT explained, “Apple does not comment on these things,” adding, “The important functions of the Apple Watch have been verified for wrist wearing and do not apply to other parts of the body.”

“The Apple Watch uses LED lights to detect the amount of blood flowing through the wrist at a certain moment,” he said, adding that there was an explanation that the Apple Watch could malfunction in the process of wearing parts other than the wrist.

Apple declined to comment on Apple Watch’s trend of wearing ankles, but said some functions, such as measuring blood flow, are designed based on wrist wearing and do not apply to other parts of the body.

Above all, ankle wearing can be very misleading, the NYT noted.

In Korea, the electronic anklet system has been introduced since 2008 to prevent repeat offenders, and some parts of the U.S. require drunk drivers to wear an alcohol-detecting electronic anklet called SCRAM. Therefore, Gi-jin pointed out that wearing an Apple watch on the ankle can be misunderstood as a kind of electronic anklet.

SALLY LEE

US ASIA JOURNAL