Ive personally had difficulty staying on schedule since I started taking daily medications decades ago.
Most of that groove settled in when I shifted taking pills to first thing in the morning.
The water and pills are both there for me to take as directed.
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
But then come the smartphone helpers when I get downstairs.
Thats when the day can officially get started.
Its helpful when I have an off-schedule morning and need to take my pills a little later.
Don’t forget to toggle this on in iOS if you want Apple to chase you down to take your meds.Screenshot: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
If you have the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 paired with it, itll buzz the wrist, too.
You could use a third-party app to track your medication.
But nothing beats integrated functionality.
Samsung Health lets you mark medication taken as needed.Screenshot: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
With Apple Health, theres even Siri integration.
Its too bad Google Fit and Fitbit have yet to offer medication tracking and reminders.
Its one of the more user-friendly ways to track your pills.
In Apple Health, tap Browse at the bottom right and then tap Medications.
you’re free to either identify the medication by name or use the camera.
Then, follow the instructions to choose your dosage and set a schedule.
The app doesnt yet support medication reminders, and usersyearn for the featurein the Google support forums.
Until then, theres always the Samsung Health app.
I began storing my data in this app when I switched to the Samsung wearable ecosystem for wellness tracking.
Samsung Health only started offering medication reminderslate last year, but the feature is already pretty robust.
It even lets you add as needed medication to indicate the days you take something for an acute ailment.
Notifications can be set up for supplements.
Like the Apple Health app, setup for medication reminders in Samsung Health is straightforward from the onboarding process.
Just search for your medication, brand name or generic.
Then, input how you take the drug, the dosage, and when the notification should pulse through.
The schedule is the key to Samsung Healths medication reminders.
Once you set up that alarm, theres no going back.
Samsung Health will then circle back every 15 minutes.
Medication reminders should be easy to mark off; this is the easiest for me.
What are some ways you track your pills?
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