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April 14, 2025<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/p>\n

Get active with Apple\u00a0Watch<\/p>\n

On April 24, Apple Watch users are encouraged to close their Activity rings to earn a special Global Close Your Rings Day limited-edition award<\/p>\n

Apple Watch is the world\u2019s most popular watch, and the ultimate fitness and health companion. Every day, Apple Watch offers fitness motivation to millions of people around the globe, along with powerful insights into their workouts, training, and more, across a wide range of activities. Leveraging its advanced sensor technology, Apple Watch also provides users with information on important aspects of their health, including sleep, heart health, and menstrual health.<\/p>\n

Over the past 10 years, Activity rings on Apple Watch have offered a simple, engaging, and customizable way for users to stay active throughout the day. To highlight how staying active can lead to a healthier life, on April 24, all Apple Watch users are encouraged to close their Activity rings to earn a special Global Close Your Rings Day limited-edition award, along with animated stickers for Messages.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cApple Watch has changed the way people think about, monitor, and engage with their fitness and health. A decade ago, we introduced Activity rings \u2014 and since then, Apple Watch has grown to offer an extensive set of features designed to empower every user,\u201d said Jeff Williams, Apple\u2019s chief operating officer. \u201cPeople write to us almost every day sharing how Apple Watch has made a difference in their life, from motivating them to move more throughout the day, to changing the trajectory of their health.\u201d<\/p>\n

April 24: Global Close Your Rings Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 24, Apple Watch users are encouraged to do something they love, push themselves further, or try something new, and then share what they did using #CloseYourRings. Users who close all three Activity rings will earn a limited-edition award, plus 10 animated stickers and an animated badge for Messages.<\/p>\n

To celebrate Global Close Your Rings Day, customers can obtain a special pin inspired by the award. Customers can pick up a pin at Apple Store locations worldwide starting April 24, while supplies last.<\/p>\n

New Apple Watch Activity and Health Research Insights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fitness and health are deeply intertwined. A new analysis of data contributed by more than 140,000 participants in the Apple Heart and Movement Study identified positive associations between the closure of Activity rings and aspects of sleep, heart health, and mental wellbeing.2<\/sup> These associations were consistent across men and women, and across all age groups.<\/p>\n

Relative to people who infrequently closed their Activity rings, people who closed their rings most of the time were\u00a048 percent less likely to experience poor sleep quality<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 defined as waking up frequently during the night \u2014 and\u00a073 percent less likely to experience elevated resting heart rate levels<\/strong>; lower resting heart rate can be a key indicator of fitness and heart health. They were also\u00a057 percent less likely to report elevated stress<\/strong>, as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale-4 (PSS-4), a four-item questionnaire designed to assess an individual\u2019s perception of their stress levels.<\/p>\n

The Apple Heart and Movement Study is conducted in collaboration with Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, the American Heart Association, and Apple, and has more than 200,000 participants across the United States who consented to participate.3<\/sup><\/p>\n

Activity and Health on Apple\u00a0Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Activity app is one of the most beloved Apple Watch features, encouraging users to close their three Activity rings \u2014 Move, Exercise, and Stand \u2014 by hitting personal daily goals for active calories burned, minutes of brisk activity completed, and number of hours when they stand up for at least a minute. Users can customize their goals to fit their lifestyle, even by the day of the week, and Activity rings can be paused if a user needs a rest day.<\/p>\n

Activity rings are just one of many Apple Watch features that offer motivating and actionable insights that break down barriers between users and their fitness and health information. Users can also:<\/p>\n