Did you miss this?

Here are some somewhat-hidden features of Watches that you may not have noticed...

0) The Settings menu. You probably got here from this, but some folks don't know the three bars in the upper-left corner means Menu.

1) Undo. Just about everywhere, if you make a mistake, you can shake your phone/tablet to undo. For example, if you have a false start, or hit the wrong person's stop button, or delete a race, just shake. (As one coach mentioned, "Oh, that explains when I run across the field and it asks 'do you want to undo that Stop Button'?")

2) Edit watches. You can edit any watch during a race or afterwards, adding/deleting laps, changing times etc.

3) Volume Control Buttons. To avoid having to look at the screen, you can use your phone or tablet's physical volume button to. At the beginning and no watch is running (or you've added new runners), start the race by pressing Volume Up. When a race is going, the Up bottom marks a Lap, and the Down button marks a Stop.

If you have only one watch running, then that Lap or Stop applies to that watch.

BUT if you have multiple watches going, then you have a choice. Depending on your Volume Button Control setting, Watches will EITHER apply it to the first person on the list (useful for Auto-Sorted races), OR it will create a temporary Lap or Stop button at the top of the screen remembering that moment. Later you can drag it to the appropriate watch (or tap to select from a list). So … if you have two people crossing at the same moment, you can just create two Laps and then drag them when you have time.

4) Change all settings on the fly. Even during a race, you can change watch face, display settings, splits vs cumulative, etc. For example, if you like a cleaner screen, just set the Watch Time Units to seconds, even if you later report using hundredths, the watches will be accurate.

5) Let watches run. You can change screens, exit the app, start a whole separate race, even reboot your phone, and your watches will continue to keep time. Of course, if you DO change to another race, you must change back to the first race to be the Current Race to start/stop watches or make any changes. Simply slide the title of the main screen left or right to switch between races!

6) Personal best. If you specify the Type for your races, then for each person, we will show their personal best time for that race.

7) Import names. If you have a list of names, you can just paste it into Watches; you can even include their email addresses, such as John Doe , or you can select them from your Contacts on your phone. People > All People > Edit > Add New People 

8) Recommend Watches. With a single tap in the Main Menu, you can tell the world how great Watches is. I admit that you may not think this is important, but...I do!