April 24 is “Global Close Your Rings Day”
Celebrate “Global Close Your Rings Day” by earning Message app stickers and badges, a limited-time Apple Watch activity award, and score a commemorative pin at retail stores.
April 24 is “Global Close Your Rings Day,” and to celebrate, Apple is challenging users to get up, get out, and close their rings. This one-day challenge is available to anyone using an Apple Watch running watchOS 5 or later.
Those who close all three Activity rings will receive a limited edition reward, as well as 10 animated stickers and an animated badge for Messages. Apple also encourages participants to share their achievements on social media using the tag #CloseYourRings.
And, if you happen to live near an Apple Store, you can even score yourself a free pin. That’s right — Apple is giving out free Activity ring pins to those who show up at an Apple Store, starting April 24, while supplies last.
Study finds health benefits tied to daily movement goals
Apple also released new findings from the Apple Heart and Movement Study, which partnered with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the American Heart Association. The study analyzed data from more than 140,000 participants and found meaningful correlations between Activity ring completion and health outcomes.
Compared to those who rarely closed their rings, frequent ring-closers were:
- 48 percent less likely to experience poor sleep quality.
- 73 percent less likely to have elevated resting heart rates.
- 57 percent less likely to report high stress levels, based on the Perceived Stress Scale-4 questionnaire.
These findings were consistent across age groups and genders, suggesting broad benefits tied to daily activity. The study includes over 200,000 U.S. participants who voluntarily contributed data through the Apple Research app.
