一些人认为智能手表过于侵扰。它们将讨厌的通知比以往任何时候都更接近，在一个不容易收起的设备上，它们监控我们的一举一动，比智能手机更能监控。但如果我们使用得当，智能手表可以改善我们的生活。它们可以帮助我们更好地组织，可以提高我们的效率，甚至可以帮助我们变得更健康。华硕 VivoWatch(ASUS VivoWatch)擅长后者。它的主要重点是健康监测(health monitoring)，而不是消息传递和呼叫控制等传统智能手表功能。我们认为探索ASUS VivoWatch 5可以产生的积极影响是一个好主意，所以这里有五种方法可以帮助您过上更健康的生活：
1.睡眠监测
任何医生都会告诉你，为了保持健康，你能做的最重要的事情就是保证充足的睡眠。如果您不相信我们，请阅读这篇关于睡眠非常重要的(the extraordinary importance of sleep)令人印象深刻的文章。
华硕(ASUS)的VivoWatch 5当然可以帮助解决这个问题。它不会给你唱摇篮曲，但它会非常密切地监控你的睡眠。首先(First)，它会跟踪您的睡眠周期。理想情况下，您希望在很少清醒时间的情况下获得尽可能多的深度睡眠（舒适，如图所示）。(Comfort)
分析睡眠模式可以为您提供宝贵的见解，帮助您改善休息
其次，由于手表连续监测心率(heart rate)，您可以高度准确地评估您的睡眠模式。这意味着您有更好的机会发现有害或有益的行为模式——例如，晚饭后睡眠质量差，或清洁卧室灰尘后睡眠质量更好。
24小时脉搏总结
当你试图找出你为什么醒来很累或为什么你的整体能量水平很低时，这种水平的睡眠监测真的很有帮助。您可能每晚都在“规定的”八小时睡眠，但如果您的大部分睡眠时间都很轻，那么能量恢复可能就不够了。从这里开始，您可以尝试各种解决方案：更多的体育锻炼、远离噪音、安装空气净化器、更换床垫或枕头等。(This level of sleep monitoring really helps when trying to figure out why you wake up tired or why overall you have very low energy levels. You might be sleeping the “prescribed” eight hours every night, but if most of your sleep is light, the energy recovery might not be sufficient. From here on, you can try various solutions: more physical exercise, isolating yourself from noises, installing an air purifier, changing the mattress or the pillows, etc.)
2.健身目标和提醒
积极的生活是健康的生活。即使您在办公桌前或电脑屏幕(computer screen)前花费数小时，每天至少 30 分钟散步或跑步也非常重要。ASUS VivoWatch 5可让您设定特定的步行目标，并在达到目标时通知您。您可以直接从VivoWatch设置目标，但您需要智能手机上的ASUS HealthConnect应用程序（适用于 Android(for Android)和iPhone(for iPhones)）才能激活/停用通知。
您可以直接在智能手表上设置目标
智能手表甚至可以监控你一整天爬了多少，所以如果你住在多层建筑里，你可能会得到额外的小激励来使用楼梯而不是电梯。您还可以打开不活动通知(inactivity notification)，每隔一小时提醒您伸展或四处走动。手表会检测您何时睡着，并且不会在休息时间通知您。
您可以在ASUS HealthConnect 应用程序(ASUS HealthConnect app)中启用各种提醒和通知
Every little motivation boost can help, especially when you’re transitioning from a sedentary lifestyle to an active one. Seeing that step counter go up, reading the “Goal achieved” notification might make the difference between “Nah, I’ll do it tomorrow” and “I can do this!”
3. 活动追踪
由于各种限制和封锁，我们中的许多人都很难坚持我们通常的运动习惯。值得庆幸的是，当您有机会锻炼时，华硕 VivoWatch 5可以帮助您跟踪您的活动。(ASUS VivoWatch 5)它目前有多种活动可供您选择，以享受更精确的跟踪：慢跑、骑自行车、散步、游泳、远足、瑜伽、核心伸展(core stretching)和跳舞，并且一直在添加更多活动。智能手表具有内置GPS 传感器(GPS sensor)，因此您在慢跑时不必随身携带智能手机。
华硕 VivoWatch(ASUS VivoWatch)上的GPS 接收器(GPS receiver)非常精确
您还可以在泳池中随身携带华硕 VivoWatch 5(ASUS VivoWatch 5)。当超过有氧心率(heart rate)时，触觉警报会通知您，这样您就可以在不经常看智能手表的情况下控制心率。(heart rate)
更好的健身跟踪可以提高产量和更有效的锻炼。ASUS VivoWatch 5 确保您从锻炼中获得最佳效果。(A better fitness tracking leads to increased yields and more efficient workouts. The ASUS VivoWatch 5 makes sure you get the best out of your workouts.)
4.心率(Heart rate)、SpO2、PTT和压力测量
即使在不运动时，华硕 VivoWatch 5 也会(ASUS VivoWatch 5)密切关注您的心率(heart rate)和生命体征。您可以全天候监测您的心率和 SpO2 水平(heart rate and SpO2 levels)，并按需测量您的脉搏传递时间 (PTT) 指数(Pulse Transit Time (PTT) Index)（这是一个很好的血压(blood pressure)指标）和压力水平。
在华硕 VivoWatch 5(ASUS VivoWatch 5)上全面测量PTT 指数(PTT index)、SpO2和脉搏
在ASUS HealthConnect应用程序中，您可以获得每个的详细图表，因此您可以轻松地检测到您什么时候压力最大，或者什么时候该做一些呼吸练习。
HealthConnect 应用程序(HealthConnect app)非常详细地显示所有读数
如果您担心自己的健康或想要确保您的生命体征“符合规格”，华硕 VivoWatch 5 可以为您提供必要的信息。当然，它不是一种医疗设备，但对于一般健康监测来说，它可能只是医生所订购的。(If you’re worried about your health or you want to make sure your vitals are “within spec”, the ASUS VivoWatch 5 does a stellar job at providing you with the necessary information. It isn’t a medical device, of course, but for general health monitoring, it might just be what the doctor ordered.)
5.使用ASUS HealthConnect 应用程序进行详细的(ASUS HealthConnect app)可视化和分析(visualization and analysis)
华硕 VivoWatch 5(ASUS VivoWatch 5)与其他智能手表相比的一大优势是无需连接智能手机即可正常运行。它仍然收集相同数量的数据，但缺乏详细显示数据的能力。这就是HealthConnect应用程序发挥作用的地方：除了增强智能手表的功能外，该应用程序还在易于阅读的界面中提供了丰富的数据可视化选项。其可定制的健康数据(Health data)选项卡一目了然地显示相关统计数据，同时单击任何项目会显示 24 小时或 7 天的图表、平均值、最小值和最大值。
该应用程序显示智能手表收集的所有信息
在监测您一周的活动后，Health AI助手能够为您提供有关睡眠、健身目标和其他问题的提示和建议。
Health AI为您提供有用的个性化健康提示
如果您有其他健身设备，ASUS HealthConnect应用程序与Strava和Google Fit的兼容性可以进一步增强您对日常活动的洞察力。
ASUS HealthConnect可以与(ASUS HealthConnect)Google Fit 和 Strava(Google Fit and Strava)共享其数据
拥有一个良好的健康追踪器很重要，但与其软件的协同作用对于理解所有这些信息至关重要。华硕 VivoWatch 5 和 HealthConnect 应用程序将详细的监控和良好的可视化完美结合。此外，随着功能的不断改进，甚至每次更新都会添加全新的功能，华硕健康生态系统对未来充满希望。(Having a good health tracker is important, but the synergy with its software is crucial in making sense of all that information. The ASUS VivoWatch 5 and the HealthConnect app make a good combination of detailed monitoring and good visualization. Furthermore, with constantly improving features and even completely new ones being added with each update, the ASUS health ecosystem shows promise for the future.)
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这些只是华硕 VivoWatch 5(ASUS VivoWatch 5)可以改善您的健康的五种方式。我们每个人都有不同的健康需求和目标，因此我们很想知道在选择健身追踪器(fitness tracker)时哪些功能对您最重要。您想要血压或压力测量等最新功能，还是选择能够更好、更准确地监测(blood pressure or stress measurements)心率(heart rate)等基本特征的设备？让我们在评论中知道。
5 ways to improve your health with the ASUS VivoWatch 5 -
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1. Sleep monitoring
Any doctor will tell you that the most important thing you can do to preserve your health is to get enough sleep. If you don’t believe us, read this impressive article on the extraordinary importance of sleep.
The VivoWatch 5 from ASUS can certainly help with this. It doesn’t sing you any lullabies, but it does monitor your sleep very closely. First of all, it tracks your sleep cycles. Ideally, you want to get as much deep sleep as possible (Comfort, as it appears in the graphs) with very little awake time.
Analyzing sleep patterns gives valuable insight on what you can do to improve your rest
Secondly, since the watch monitors the heart rate continuously, you can evaluate your sleep patterns with a high degree of accuracy. This means you have a better chance of spotting detrimental or beneficial behavior patterns - for example, the poor sleep quality after a late dinner, or better sleep after you clean the dust in your bedroom.
Pulse summary for 24 hours
This level of sleep monitoring really helps when trying to figure out why you wake up tired or why overall you have very low energy levels. You might be sleeping the “prescribed” eight hours every night, but if most of your sleep is light, the energy recovery might not be sufficient. From here on, you can try various solutions: more physical exercise, isolating yourself from noises, installing an air purifier, changing the mattress or the pillows, etc.
2. Fitness goals and reminders
An active life is a healthy life. Even if you spend hours upon hours at the desk or in front of the computer screen, it’s super important to take a walk or go for a run for at least 30 minutes per day. The ASUS VivoWatch 5 allows you to set specific walking goals and notifies you when you achieve them. You can set the target directly from your VivoWatch, but you need the ASUS HealthConnect app on your smartphone (available for Android and for iPhones) in order to activate/deactivate notifications.
You can set your target directly on the smartwatch
The smartwatch even monitors how much you climbed throughout the day, so if you live in a multi-storied building, you might get an additional small incentive to use the stairs and not the elevator. You can also turn on an inactivity notification, which reminds you every hour to stretch or move around. The watch detects when you are asleep and won’t notify you during rest hours.
You can enable various reminders and notifications in the ASUS HealthConnect app
Every little motivation boost can help, especially when you’re transitioning from a sedentary lifestyle to an active one. Seeing that step counter go up, reading the “Goal achieved” notification might make the difference between “Nah, I’ll do it tomorrow” and “I can do this!”
3. Activity tracking
With all kinds of restrictions and lockdowns, many of us have had a hard time sticking to our usual sports routine. Thankfully, the ASUS VivoWatch 5 is there to help you track your activity when you do get the chance to exercise. It currently has several activities that you can choose from to enjoy a more precise tracking: jogging, biking, walking, swimming, hiking, yoga, core stretching, and dancing, with more being added all the time. The smartwatch has a built-in GPS sensor, so you don’t necessarily have to carry your smartphone with you while jogging, for example.
The GPS receiver on the ASUS VivoWatch is precise
You can also take the ASUS VivoWatch 5 with you in the pool. Haptic alerts will notify you when exceeding aerobic heart rates, so that you keep your heart rate in check without constantly looking at your smartwatch.
A better fitness tracking leads to increased yields and more efficient workouts. The ASUS VivoWatch 5 makes sure you get the best out of your workouts.
4. Heart rate, SpO2, PTT, and stress measurements
Even when not exercising, the ASUS VivoWatch 5 keeps a close watch on your heart rate and vital signs. You get around-the-clock monitoring of your heart rate and SpO2 levels and on-demand measurements of your Pulse Transit Time (PTT) Index (which is a good indicator of blood pressure) and stress levels.
A full measurement of the PTT index, SpO2, and pulse on the ASUS VivoWatch 5
In the ASUS HealthConnect app, you get detailed graphs for each, so you can easily detect when you get stressed the most or when it’s time to do some breathing exercises.
The HealthConnect app displays all the readings in great detail
If you’re worried about your health or you want to make sure your vitals are “within spec”, the ASUS VivoWatch 5 does a stellar job at providing you with the necessary information. It isn’t a medical device, of course, but for general health monitoring, it might just be what the doctor ordered.
5. Detailed visualization and analysis with the ASUS HealthConnect app
A big advantage of the ASUS VivoWatch 5 over other smartwatches is the ability to function just fine without a connection to a smartphone. It still collects the same amount of data, but it lacks the ability to display it in a detailed manner. This is where the HealthConnect app comes into play: apart from enhancing the capabilities of the smartwatch, the app provides a wealth of data visualization options in an easy-to-read interface. Its customizable Health data tab shows the relevant stats at a glance, while clicking on any item displays graphs, averages, minimums, and maximums over 24 hours or 7 days.
The app displays all the information collected by the smartwatch
After monitoring your activity for a week, the Health AI assistant is able to provide you with tips and recommendations regarding sleep, fitness targets, and other issues.
Health AI gives you useful, personalized health tips
If you have other fitness devices, the compatibility of the ASUS HealthConnect app with Strava and Google Fit can further enhance your insight into your daily activities.
ASUS HealthConnect can share its data with Google Fit and Strava
Having a good health tracker is important, but the synergy with its software is crucial in making sense of all that information. The ASUS VivoWatch 5 and the HealthConnect app make a good combination of detailed monitoring and good visualization. Furthermore, with constantly improving features and even completely new ones being added with each update, the ASUS health ecosystem shows promise for the future.
What are you looking for when buying a fitness tracker?
These are just five ways in which the ASUS VivoWatch 5 can improve your health. Each of us has different health needs and objectives, so we’d be very interested to know what features are most important to you when choosing your fitness tracker. Do you want the latest features like blood pressure or stress measurements, or do you settle for devices with better, more accurate monitoring of basic characteristics like the heart rate? Let us know in the comments.
