Handwashing Detection
If you went back to the past and told everybody the Apple Watch would help you wash your hands, no one would’ve believed you. However, 2020 is not an ordinary year, and Apple is thinking about ways to encourage health and safety. Enter the Automatic Handwashing Detection feature that’s coming on watchOS 7.
The Apple Watch will now use its motion sensors and microphones to determine if you’re washing your hands. If you are, your Apple Watch will start a countdown timer for 20 seconds so you know when to finish up.
If you finish earlier than the Watch suggests, it will ask you to keep washing until the timer reaches 0.
Not only that, but you’ll also be able to keep track of your handwashing habits. You’ll see on the Health App how many times you’ve washed your hands and how much time it takes you. What a time to be alive.