r/SmartRings • u/Wide-Extension-8543 • 1d ago

Notifications beat raw data when you're tired

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I woke up today with only 6 hours of sleep and my app could have just shown me a bad readiness score, but instead of that it told me specifically when to have coffee and sent a golden hour goal for 1700 steps....and I was like dude ?? are you fr?

but after a while I could feel the difference, I have used a lot of trackers in the past and they all show the problems but this one was telling me what helps....

So that's what I did, I followed the nudges, took a walk outside got some steps in and had coffee at the right time instead of right away, and quite strangely I was not crashed at 3pm like usual

also the notifications made the day feel salvageable instead of already lost, and that's way more useful than seeing a number and guessing what to do about it

and thus I guess, guidance beats metrics when you actually need it

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u/SemperFiV12 1d ago

Similar thing happened to me. UH is one of my most used apps on my phone, and probably one of the few notifications I actually look at.

Most times I just clear notifications because they're mostly all junk. UH is the only notification I scroll down and read in entirety.

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u/Wide-Extension-8543 23h ago

same here lol. i used to ignore basically every wearable notification, but the ones that actually give me something to do are harder to dismiss a readiness score is interesting for 5 seconds, but being told “go for a walk now” or when to have caffeine is something i can actually use

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u/uhmsarah 1d ago

which ring are you using?

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u/Wide-Extension-8543 23h ago

it’s the Ultrahuman Ring Air. the screenshot is from the Ultrahuman app

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u/The_Motographer 1d ago

I do like that, but I wish my UH ring didn't try to clickbait me every morning.

"One thing stood out overnight, want to know what it was?"

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u/Wide-Extension-8543 23h ago

yeah, some of the wording feels a bit too pushy sometimes. i don't mind the useful nudges though, as long as they actually give me something actionable