Take a look at my wrist real quick.

Take a look at my wrist real quick. See how this patch of skin is a little different? That happens whenever I wear a smartwatch for too long. Like if I don't take it off for days, or if I only take it off for ten minutes to charge. I got this patch of skin testing the new Apple Watch Series 11 over the past few months. I think it's the best Apple Watch you can get, but it begs the question: should I be wearing it all the time? Should you be wearing any smartwatch all the time? Let's back up a little. The Apple Watch Series 11 is Apple's newest "Series" watch. The Apple Watch lineup is now the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the Apple Watch SE 3. The Series 11 is in the middle in terms of price and features. Which one is right for you depends on budget, obviously, but Apple is clearly positioning the Apple Watch SE as the budget/ fitness watch. The Series 11 as the health tracking watch and the Ultra 3 as the sports adventure watch. Let me quickly go over what's actually new to the Series 11 compared to last year's Series 10. The big one is battery life. The Series 11 gets up to 24 hours of battery life. Every other Series watch from the Apple Watch Series 1 all the way to the Series 10, got 18 hours of battery life. So 24 hours is a big deal and it charges fast. Like really fast. 0 to 80% in 30 minutes or 8 hours of battery in about a 15 minute charge. I can wake up, pop this thing on a charger, get ready for the day and come back to a full charge or, nearly a full charge, every time. Means this thing is on my wrist basically all the time, which is part of the reason I have this spot on my skin. So that's the Apple Watch Series 11. It's good. Just like last year's Apple Watch was good. Again, the big thing for me here is battery life. I'm happy Apple finally improved the battery life. I barely have to take this thing off now, but that got me thinking. Should I? Should I wear my smartwatch all the time? Well, I need to, this is my job. But should you? I think even if you have a Garmin Fenix 8 with weeks of battery life, you should take breaks. Brands want you to wear these health and fitness trackers 24/7 to get the most accurate possible data on every possible metric, but it doesn't mean you have to. For one, you gotta let your skin breathe a little bit, just generally. But two, taking the watch off actually makes me think about what I'm really getting out of it and what's just fluff. And that's something you can only figure out for yourself. Anyway let me know what you think. I'll see you next time.