Mindfulness (Apple)

Mindfulness
	Breathe app in watchOS 7
Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Initial release	September 13, 2016; 5 years ago
Operating system	watchOS
Type	Guided meditation

Short description: Watch application developed by Apple Inc

Mindfulness, formerly Breathe, is a watch application developed by Apple Inc., first introduced with the release of WatchOS 3.^[1] The app intends to remind users to practice mindfulness through simple guided meditation, in which a number of overlapping blue circles expand and shrink several times within a minute.

The user is instructed to take deep breaths in while the circles grow, exhaling as they return to their original size. At the end of a session, the user's current heart rate is shown alongside the number of "mindfulness minutes" completed for the day, which can also be seen in the Health and Fitness apps on a linked iPhone device. A breathe watch face is also available in classic, calm, and focus options.^[2]

With watchOS 8, the Mindfulness app was expanded upon to include a "reflect" mode, which provides users with a prompt or question to think about over a minute period. While completing a reflect activity, the watch displays a screen which cycles through different colors in motion.^[3]

References

↑ "Inside watchOS 3: New 'Breathe' app for Apple Watch reminds you to relax, focus" (in en). https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/06/18/inside-watchos-3-new-breathe-app-for-apple-watch-reminds-you-to-relax-focus.
↑ "Apple Watch faces and their features" (in en). https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/watch/apde9218b440/watchos.
↑ Potuck, Michael (2021-06-21). "How the Mindfulness app works on Apple Watch in watchOS 8" (in en-US). https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/21/how-mindfulness-app-works-apple-watch-watchos-8/.

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[1] "Inside watchOS 3: New 'Breathe' app for Apple Watch reminds you to relax, focus" (in en). https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/06/18/inside-watchos-3-new-breathe-app-for-apple-watch-reminds-you-to-relax-focus.

[2] "Apple Watch faces and their features" (in en). https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/watch/apde9218b440/watchos.

[3] Potuck, Michael (2021-06-21). "How the Mindfulness app works on Apple Watch in watchOS 8" (in en-US). https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/21/how-mindfulness-app-works-apple-watch-watchos-8/.