It's being reported that increasing numbers of people (perhaps around 10) have started wearing their Apple Watch on their ankles instead of on their wrists. A fashion fad, you may think.

Some Apple Watch users are wearing it on their ankle instead of their wrist to get better workout data, but we've done some testing, and it's not a great place to wear the device.

Apple hasn’t said anything about this ankle-wearing trend, but the company has previously stated that the watch is designed for the wrist. Still, that hasn’t stopped people from experimenting.

“When the watch was on my wrist and I kept my hand on the cart, [it] ended up calculating 91 steps in 10 minutes,” said the working mom of two, who’s recently lost over 35 pounds.

A growing number of people are wearing the Apple Watch on their ankles to get around problems, like skin conditions, while some believe health metrics are more accurate on the ankle, The New York ...