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Voone on Apple Watch

The watch is a second screen and a remote: large speed, wind, miles and a single “Start / Stop” button. The track is always written by the phone.

What is on the screen

The watch on passage: speed and heading, wind, miles and time under way

From top to bottom:

1The status line — “Recording”, “Not recording” or “No link to the phone”.

2Speed in large digits in knots, with the heading in degrees.

3Wind — an arrow pointing where it blows to, with knots and the compass point.

4Miles and under way — two tiles.

5A full-width button: “Start” and the track is being written, “Stop” and the passage is closed.

The screen is taller than the case: the tiles and the button are scrolled with the Digital Crown.

The bottom of the screen before the start: zeroes in the tiles and the “Start” button

A dash instead of a number means there is no data: the phone has not sent a snapshot yet, or it has lost GPS.

How it is tied to the phone

The phone sends the watch a snapshot of the state every five seconds while recording, and once a minute at rest. The button on the watch triggers exactly the same action as the record button on the passage screen, so you get one passage rather than two.

While recording, the app on the phone works in the background — the screen can be off. If the phone has been unloaded by the system, after a minute the watch says honestly “No link to the phone” and dims the button: it cannot write a track on its own.

The phone is out of reach: the button is dimmed and a hint sits under it

Language

The watch speaks the language chosen in the app on the phone. Until the first snapshot it uses the watch’s system language.

Read next

Recording a passageThe round button at the bottom is the whole recording. The track, the miles, the time and the speed are counted by GPS, even with the screen off.The widget on the watch faceSpeed and a “recording” mark right on the face: check how you are going without opening the app.