Apple’s Live Rewind feature has made it into the watchOS 27.3 developer beta. I know there’s a lot of consternation about this feature, but I’m a fan. Let me explain.

I have significant hearing loss. I think it’s primarily because I played in so many bands when I was young, but for whatever reason, my hearing ain’t so good. Several years ago, I got hearing aids, and they help a great deal, but technology can only help so much.

And often when I’m out, particularly in public places where there’s a lot of background noise, I have a hard time understanding what people are saying to me. My family’s kind of used to me asking them to repeat themselves.

But I can tell you, when you ask a stranger to repeat themselves a couple times, they get really annoyed. So often, to avoid the awkwardness, I just nod my head yes and hope that whatever I just agreed to didn’t involve sacrificing a kidney.

So I, for one, am really looking forward to having Live Rewind on my wrist, where I can subtly read what was just said to me without making a big deal of it. I’ve just installed the beta on my phone, and I’m just starting to test the feature, and I don’t have an opinion on it yet.

But I do want this to be a thing.