Ignore that warning if you wear an Apple Watch during a sporting event
We’re two weeks into the new year, and there already have been some great football games.
The Rose Bowl was won by Georgia in double overtime. Alabama edged the Bulldogs in the national championship game in overtime. The Minnesota Vikings stunned the New Orleans Saints with a 61-yard touchdown pass on the final play of Sunday’s AFC Divisional playoff game.
An interesting thing happened during those games: people wearing an Apple Watch received a message about their heart rate.
An Apple Watch can measure a person’s heart rate, so it should be no surprise that the ol’ ticker got a workout during those games and the watch detected it.
Here is what a Georgia fans shared on Twitter:
My apple watch thinks Ive been working out the last two hours bc my heartbeat has been so elevated......what a game!! #DawgNation #RoseBowl
— Sean Cain (@seancaingolf) January 2, 2018
This is from an Alabama photographer:
Roll Tide!!! https://t.co/hCvs9E7xHJ pic.twitter.com/AB2RckWtfl
— Jon Whitaker Photo (@jonwhitphoto) January 9, 2018
And Vikings fans had similar messages:
If I was wearing an Apple Watch tonight, you’d be planning my funeral. Certainly flat lined and spiked. #vikings #skol #SkolVikings #skolchant pic.twitter.com/u3dVpJbnOE
— TC Huddle (@TCHuddle) January 15, 2018
My Apple Watch is witnessing the #Vikings affect my heart rate. #NOvsMIN #SKOL pic.twitter.com/9pZDTDnjRQ
— Mike Foster (@mjfoster83) January 15, 2018
My #AppleWatch keeping an eye out for me at the end of that #Vikings game. Two alerts. pic.twitter.com/r2ynJEtX9b
— Mike VanDelinder (@mikethefifth) January 15, 2018
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