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title: Watch — Home description: The standalone watchOS home screen and its quick actions.

Watch — Home Watch

The first screen on the Apple Watch when you open RhythmFit independently. Designed for fast standalone use — start a workout from the wrist without touching the phone.

Layout

  1. Quick-start tile (top)

    The most recent workout you ran, with a green play button. One tap goes straight into Execute on the watch (and, if the phone is nearby, mirrors to the phone session).

  2. Recent workouts list

    Scroll down for up to 5 recent workouts. Tap any to start.

    If you have iCloud sync enabled and signed in, this list mirrors your phone's recent workouts. Without sync, the watch shows only workouts you've previously started from the watch itself.

  3. BPM tap-tempo tile

    Bottom of the list. Opens a mini-metronome where you can tap the tempo and start a standalone metronome session on the watch — no workout structure, just a click track at the tapped BPM.

  4. Settings (Force-touch / scroll all the way down)

    Minimal settings on the watch — sound on/off, haptic strength, and heart-rate display preferences. Bigger settings live on the phone.

Standalone vs paired

Two modes:

Paired (phone nearby, app foregrounded). The watch mirrors the phone's state. Starting from the watch also starts the phone session. Best for phone-in-the-other-room workouts where the audio plays through AirPods.

Standalone (phone far or off). The watch runs the workout entirely on its own. Audio plays through the watch's tiny speaker (or paired wireless earbuds — watch supports Bluetooth headphones directly). Less polished than the phone version but functional.

Standalone mode supports:

  • Metronome (sound + haptic).
  • Pre-block notes (synthesized on-device via watchOS speech).
  • In-block reminders.
  • Pause / resume / skip / end.

Standalone mode does NOT support:

  • BGM (no time-pitch unit on the watch).
  • AI Create (no Claude API call from watch).

When the phone reconnects mid-standalone session, the phone joins without resetting the workout. The session stays on the watch as the authority; the phone shows what's happening.

Quick-start gestures

  • Tap the quick-start tile — starts the most recent workout.
  • Long-press the tile — opens an action menu (pick a different recent workout without scrolling).
  • Digital Crown scroll down — through the recent list.
  • Side button — opens iOS-system controls (pause music, etc.), not RhythmFit-specific.

What's NOT on the watch

By design, the watch is a controller and runner, not a creator:

  • No CreateView (manual or AI). Workouts have to be authored on the phone first.
  • No Stats trends or charts. Just basic "today's session" view.
  • No paywall — Pro upgrades happen on the phone.
  • No Settings beyond minimal display / sound options.

Battery considerations

Each workout uses ~5–8 % battery per 30 minutes:

  • Live HR-polling at 1 Hz costs more than 0.2 Hz.
  • Continuous haptic (high BPM long blocks) costs noticeable battery.
  • Watch standalone audio costs more than mirroring to phone (the speaker driver is power-hungry).

For long sessions (90+ min hiking, rowing, etc.):

  • Drop HR polling to 0.2 Hz.
  • Use AirPods instead of the watch speaker.
  • Disable the metronome's wrist haptic if you have audio.

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