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All I wanted was watch with an alarm. That's all. I take oodles of pills for my heart and at four different times during the day. I often take some meds late or even totally forget to take some. Clearly, I needed a watch with an alarm.
I found a simple watch and it was on sale. A plus. The fellow at the store assured me this watch had an alarm. He was sure of it; It was a smart watch. I took it home, opened the box and discovered I needed a smart phone to set-up my smart watch. There was a QR code, there was Bluetooth, everything that I would need but for one small thing -- a smart phone. I don't have one and don't want one. I have a flip phone.
Undaunted, I thought maybe I could use my computer. Nope. A little daunted, I thought maybe I could download an emulator, a bit of software to allow my computer to emulate a smart phone. Nope. My computer was not smart enough to talk to my smart watch.
Totally daunted, I sat beaten. Then Ashley, my daughter, stopped by. She has a smart phone. The cavalry had arrived. In moments my watch was up and running. And, did it have an alarm? It sure did. Eight to be exact. Ashley programmed the watch to ring four times daily to remind me to take my meds. Yes!
Then Ashley showed me how my smart watch could take my blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen level, count my steps, record my sleep patterns and more. It is too bad none of its tricks were medically unacceptable. My smart watch, it seems, was not as smart as it claimed.
Then Ashley watched a video on her phone. The audio could be heard throughout the room. Her phone, thanks to Bluetooth, was connected to my watch and my watch, in a sharing mood, was sharing with everyone in the room. We all wondered if my smart watch would do the same with a private conversation and make it a public conversation. Hmmm. Smart phone. Smart watch. Maybe not so smart.
Oh well, it keeps good time. The alarm is the bee's knees. I can ignore everything else -- including the watch. I think it is ugly. No matter what face it shows the world, and it has a few different faces, to me, it is ugly. It screams, "Cheap!" On the plus side, it is small and tucks into the watch pocket of my jeans.
I hate change! (If you have one of these and don't think it is ugly, you are probably young and use an iPhone. You're forgiven. I understand. You're an inhabitant of the digital world.)
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Since writing the above, my family pooled their money and bought me a used iPhone 11 for my birthday. After weeks of trying, I had to admit my watch needed to be paired with a smart phone.
But, even with the new smartphone, my problems did not all immediately disappear. Learning how to get more and more out of my little smart device is proving tough for an old geezer who finds it hard to even call it a watch. Telling time is just one of its many functions. I confess, I find it confusing.
I thought I could write something to help others with their Sech smartwatch. At the moment, I can't. Everyday I learn something new about my watch. It is hard to share stuff that even you do not understand completely. My suggestion? Use Perplexity to assist you.
That said, I will leave my first attempt at assisting Sech smartwatch owners online. No promises
Before you can do anything with your Sech smartwatch, you must download the "da Fit" app and link your smartphone to your smartwatch. The Sech smartwatch will not work with the Apple Watch app—only with DaFit.
1. Scan the QR code in the instruction booklet that came with your watch.
Open the Camera app on your iPhone.
Point your phone steadily at the QR code printed in the Sech smartwatch booklet.
A banner or link should appear at the top of the screen—tap it.
This will take you to the App Store page for Da Fit.
(If nothing happens, you may be able to search manually in the App Store for “Da Fit” and download it from there.)
2. Download the Da Fit app
Tap the Get button.
Enter your Apple ID password or use Face/Touch ID to confirm.
Wait for the app to install.
3. Set up Da Fit on your iPhone
Open Da Fit after it installs.
Allow all the permissions it requests (Bluetooth, Notifications, Health data, etc.)—these are needed for proper syncing.
4. Pair your smartwatch
Make sure your Sech smartwatch is turned on.
Ensure Bluetooth is enabled on your iPhone (Settings > Bluetooth > On).
In the Da Fit app, go to “Add Device” or “Bind Device”.
The app should search for nearby watches. Select your Sech smartwatch from the list.
Confirm any pairing requests both on the watch and on the phone.
5. Finish setup
Once paired, the app should show your smartwatch’s connection status immediately below the Sech name and model number.
You can now adjust watch settings, sync data, and customize notifications through the app.
If the above does not work for you, please comment and I will try and find a solution.
WATCH FACES: I did not find any of the supplied six watch faces worked for me. I discovered alternate watch faces can be downloaded directly from the "da Fit" app.
Downloaded from da Fit: Business black
Tap
"da Fit" app > find Watch Faces (The watch icon, third
icon from the left at the bottom of the screen, should be lit.) >
tap Face Gallery below the third watch face shown. Touch this and see
numerous optional smartwatch faces. I picked "Business black"
found in the "New Watch Faces" group.
I now have a watch face that displays the percentage of battery power remaining rather than simply showing a bar graph. To switch between watch faces, turn the small knob on the right side of the smartwatch. It can be turned clockwise or counter clockwise.
More on using the da Fit app on your iPhone, you can find all the smartwatch perks displayed on the phone. Perks are what I call the functions. Touch the first icon at the bottom left of the iPhone screen. The “Today” screen opens. See all the perks, I mean functions, by scrolling up and down. Here is the function list: “Activity”, “Sleep”, “Heart Rate”, “BP (Blood Pressure)”, “Blood Oxygen”, “Stress”, “Weight” and “Intake Reminder”.
All functions work in a similar manner. Click on the function field and new screen with related, in depth information appears. To close, tap the “X” at the top left of the window.
And always keep in mind: to paraphrase Dirty Harry, a smartwatch has to know its limitations. Smartwatches are not medical devices and their data is suspect.
Activity: Scroll down to see your Steps for the day, plus Yards, Calories and Exercise. I am still learning how to use Yards, Calories and Exercise on both the watch and the phone. Steps seem to record automatically. The seeing your steps for the day function is relatively accurate.
Sleep: This records how long you slept and rates sleep quality. It even assigns a number to the quality. I have found this feature to be only somewhat accurate. If you take awhile to get to sleep but lie quite still, it may begin timing your night's sleep while you are still awake.
To see the sleep graph on the watch, scroll down. If it realized you were awake, it makes this fact clear in the sleep graph. Look for the white bars.
The iPhone has some additional information. Tap the sleep field and scroll down through the new window to explore all it offers: hours asleep, quality of sleep score, sleep ratio, time spent awake, restful, light and in REM sleep (rapid eye movement). The watch can be amazingly perceptive at times. I was awake last night a round 3 a.m. The watch showed the white (awake) bar in the middle of the graph.
Heart Rate: Tap the heart rate field and a full screen heart rate page appears. Tap “Measure” at the bottom of the screen on the iPhone. The smartwatch will measure your heart rate and display it on both your watch and your phone. I have found this to be amazingly accurate. Measure can also be activated directly from the watch.
I am having problems getting both the iPhone and the smartwatch on the same page, the link is broken. When I get the feature to work consistently I will post an update.
BP (Blood Pressure): Ta what looks like an old incandescent light bulb icon and a full screen BP rate page appears. Touch “Measure” at the bottom of the screen. The smartwatch will measure your BP and display it on both your watch and your phone. Do not use this feature. It is not to be trusted. If you need to know your blood pressure, get a proper Omron blood pressure unit with a proper upper arm cuff.
SpO2 or Blood Oxygen: Touch what looks like a drop of liquid with O2 at the top right of the icon and a full screen Blood Oxygen rate page appears. Touch “Measure” at the bottom of the screen. The smartwatch will measure your Blood Oxygen level and display it on both your watch and your phone.
Intake Reminder: This will track your liquid consumption for the day but you must enter each drink yourself. You set a goal and it calculates your success.
If the phone and the watch do not agree, I have found that tapping the second icon from the right at the bottom of the da Fit screen and tapping “Find Device” will cause the watch to make a confirmation sound and link the watch and phone. The word “Connected” should appear under the watch name.
MORE TO COME.
