Here's the first thing you should try on your Apple Watch 7

Here's the first affair you should try on your Apple Watch 7

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The Apple tree Sentinel seven is the best smartwatch money tin buy. Simply whether you're a long-fourth dimension Apple tree Watch user or the Serial seven is your first smartwatch, there's an crawly feature y'all should try if you haven't already — the keyboard.

Though there'south non much difference between the Apple tree Watch 7 vs. Apple half dozen across larger displays, the Apple tree Scout 7 has a slightly tailored version of watchOS eight. It includes exclusive watch faces, app animations and, most notably, a full QWERTY keyboard.

At present, the Apple Sentry 7 isn't the first smartwatch to offer a keyboard for convenient texting. Several of the best Samsung watches had a F9 keyboard earlier the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 provided the entire alphabet. Older Wear Os watches have a keyboard, too.

Unless y'all avoid messaging from your wrist, you might not have noticed how all the all-time Apple Watch models lacked a keyboard. Me? I've long relied on my Apple tree Watch to send letters, accepting the occasional frustrations that come up with talking to text. (Because as whatsoever Apple Watch user knows, depending on Scribble for sending messages only isn't an pick.)

But having a truthful keyboard is meliorate than any texting choice previously offered on the Apple Watch. Since I swapped out the Apple Watch 6 for the Apple Watch 7, I've been texting away from my wrist. I adopt swiping my words instead of tapping out individual characters, but either method works well. My mom, who has a hard enough time texting without typos on her iPhone, can even manage coherent letters using the Apple Watch 7's keyboard. This goes for both the new Apple Watch 7 sizes, 41mm and 45mm.

I will admit I hoped a native keyboard would come with watchOS eight, then older Apple tree Lookout man models could benefit from Scribble-free typing without needing one of the all-time Apple tree Watch apps from a third-party. On the other hand, it makes unboxing the Apple tree Watch 7 more than exciting.

You lot can show others just how excited y'all are by adding emojis and typing exclamation marks through the Apple tree Sentry 7 keyboard. In other words, you can actually text with the aforementioned mannerisms you would on your iPhone — no more getting lost in translation with talk-to-text or shortcut phrases you assigned in Scribble.

In my review of the Apple tree Watch seven, I called information technology the most usable smartwatch still. The keyboard is a major reason the veil between smartphones and smartwatches has thinned, making the potential of a smartwatch-simply mobile experience more believable.

If yous want a gustation of the inevitable iPhone-Apple Scout convergence, become used to the keyboard on the wearable. I'm sure one day a physical keyboard will fold out from a wristwatch, but for now, a digital QWERTY keypad should definitely suffice.

Check out all our favorite Apple Lookout man 7 tips and our guide on how to use the Apple Spotter to brand the most of your smartwatch. And if you're notwithstanding debating whether to buy the Apple Watch 7, see all the best Apple Scout deals correct now.

Kate Kozuch is a senior author at Tom's Guide covering wearables, TVs and everything smart-home related. When she's not in cyborg style, yous can observe her on an exercise bike or channeling her inner celebrity chef. She and her robot regular army will rule the world one day, but until so, reach her at kate.kozuch@futurenet.com.