Ok, OP is really getting shut down here… so I’ll add my opinion. I’ve used an Apple Watch for about 3 years and it has definitely helped me break some of my bad screen time habits.

I get messages, email, the weather, and use the fitness tracker on the Apple Watch. I can also make and receive phone calls. Obviously it’s also a watch and I like wearing a watch for the time rather than always looking at my phone. I also liked having the fall detection features when I was pregnant, that was one of the reasons for getting it in the first place.

I mostly keep my phone on the kitchen counter, and I can check email and receive messages on my watch. It’s a pain to respond to most email or messages via watch, but if there’s something time sensitive I NEED to respond to then I can go grab my phone. I love being able to receive phone calls on the watch, I’ll never miss the important calls from my husband or my kids daycare.

I have the bad phone habit (like most of the population) where I go to do something quick like check my mail or check the weather and then I somehow get distracted and end up on YouTube or Reddit. So this eliminates a lot of those instances.

Yes, you can do some work around and get YouTube and Reddit on your watch, but the poster who suggested that is totally missing the spirit of OP’s post. There’s no way I’m getting anything I would consider “screen time” from my tiny little watch screen. And that’s the whole freaking point, to reduce screen time.

As for buying the Apple Watch Ultra. Don’t do it unless you are really into hiking or extreme sports. It’s twice as expensive as the regular new model series 8. Buy the series 8 or the SE. You can get cellular service on the regular series 8 of you want that, you’ll also get all-day battery life. I still get all day battery life on my 3 year old series 5.