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iOS 13

Guide

Enabling the Noise App
Your ears can only handle so
HEALTH & ing loss. iOS 13 automatically
much noise before you risk hear-

tracks the volume of compatible
listening devices and stores the
results in the Health app. You can
ACTIVITY also use an Apple Watch running
watchOS 6 to monitor environ-
mental noise levels. To enable
Noise on your watch, open the
Watch app on your iPhone and
go to the My Watch tab. Scroll
down and select Noise, then
toggle on Enable Environmental
TRACKING TRENDS & CHANGING HABITS Sound Alerts. Now, your watch

will warn you if the environmental
decibel level crosses the safety
threshold.

Navigating the New Tabs View Your Activity Trends
Apple has streamlined the If you own an Apple Watch,
Health app to make navigating then you also have an app on your
the app easier. Now, instead of iPhone called Activity. The Activ-
four tabs, you’ll see two; Summa- ity app includes a feature called
ry and Browse. The Summary tab Activity Trends with categories
gives a brief overview of your day that represent the different rings
that you can tap to expand for a on your Apple Watch. When you
more detailed look. You’ll also see open the Trends tab, you’ll see a
recommendations for health- list of items like Move, Exercise,
related apps or features in the and Stand. When you tap each
Summary tab. From the Browse category, you’ll see a chart of
tab, you’ll fi nd an in-depth your activity over time. Here, you
analysis of different categories can view things like how long it
like Activity, Hearing, and Heart. takes to close your Activity ring
You can also log information to each day, how often you stand up
subcategories like Allergies and on workdays, and much more.
Lab Results.

Making Sense of Health
Track Your Monthly Cycle Highlights
For people with menstrual The Highlights section of your
cycles, Cycle Tracking is a great Health app gives you a quick over-
way to keep track of your view of your most recent health
hormone health. Monitoring updates, such as workouts, heart-
your cycle helps you plan, take beat, and steps taken that day. To
advantage of fertility windows, access your Health Highlights, go
and log any symptoms you might to the Summary tab in the Health
want to share with your doctor. app. Scroll down to Highlights
To start tracking your cycle, go to and select Show All Highlights.
Summary and scroll down to Set Now, you can view categories like
Up Cycle Tracking, then tap Get Steps, Stand Hours, and Activity.
Started. Follow the prompts to Unlike Trends, Highlights focuses
enter information like the start of on your activity that day as op-
your last period, your average cy- posed to over time, giving you a
cle length, and the average time snapshot of how you’re progress-
between cycles. You can also set ing toward your daily movement
up alerts to remind you of when goal.
your next cycle might occur.

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