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

Here'southward the first thing you should endeavour on your Apple tree Watch 7

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The Apple tree Scout vii is the best smartwatch money tin can buy. But whether y'all're a long-time Apple Watch user or the Series vii is your first smartwatch, there'south an crawly feature you should endeavor if yous haven't already — the keyboard.

Though there's not much divergence betwixt the Apple Lookout man vii vs. Apple 6 beyond larger displays, the Apple tree Picket 7 has a slightly tailored version of watchOS 8. It includes exclusive watch faces, app animations and, most notably, a full QWERTY keyboard.

Now, the Apple Watch seven isn't the first smartwatch to offering a keyboard for convenient texting. Several of the best Samsung watches had a F9 keyboard before the Samsung Galaxy Watch iv provided the entire alphabet. Older Article of clothing Bone watches take a keyboard, too.

Unless yous avert messaging from your wrist, you might not take noticed how all the best Apple Lookout models lacked a keyboard. Me? I've long relied on my Apple Scout to send messages, accepting the occasional frustrations that come with talking to text. (Because as any Apple Watch user knows, depending on Scribble for sending messages just isn't an option.)

But having a true keyboard is meliorate than whatever texting choice previously offered on the Apple Watch. Since I swapped out the Apple Watch 6 for the Apple tree Picket 7, I've been texting away from my wrist. I adopt swiping my words instead of borer out private characters, but either method works well. My mom, who has a hard enough fourth dimension texting without typos on her iPhone, can even manage coherent messages using the Apple Watch 7's keyboard. This goes for both the new Apple Sentry vii sizes, 41mm and 45mm.

I will acknowledge I hoped a native keyboard would come up with watchOS eight, so older Apple Lookout man models could do good from Scribble-free typing without needing i of the best Apple Sentinel apps from a third-political party. On the other paw, information technology makes unboxing the Apple Watch 7 more exciting.

You lot can evidence others just how excited y'all are by adding emojis and typing exclamation marks through the Apple Picket 7 keyboard. In other words, you tin actually text with the same 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 Lookout 7, I called information technology the most usable smartwatch yet. The keyboard is a major reason the veil between smartphones and smartwatches has thinned, making the potential of a smartwatch-but mobile experience more conceivable.

If you want a taste of the inevitable iPhone-Apple Sentinel convergence, become used to the keyboard on the wearable. I'm sure one mean solar day a concrete keyboard will fold out from a wristwatch, merely for now, a digital QWERTY keypad should definitely suffice.

Check out all our favorite Apple tree Watch 7 tips and our guide on how to utilize the Apple Watch to make the well-nigh of your smartwatch. And if you're still debating whether to buy the Apple Watch 7, see all the best Apple Watch deals right now.

Kate Kozuch is a senior writer at Tom'southward Guide covering wearables, TVs and everything smart-home related. When she's not in cyborg fashion, you can find her on an practice wheel or channeling her inner glory chef. She and her robot army volition rule the world one mean solar day, but until so, reach her at kate.kozuch@futurenet.com.