Agreed you shouldn’t but I do feel having AOD on and raise to wake off does make it feel more like a normal watch with smart watch features
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6.1 beta users...any difference in battery life?
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I’m returning my SBSS S5 today. Over the course of the seven days of ownership I can barely get through a 15 - 16 hour day let alone 18 hrs. I’m a light user mainly notifications and time. My S4 always had 30-40% at the end of any length of day. Glad I kept my S4.
If it comes out on public release tomorrow, I am going to hold off for 24 hours.
Quality control for Apple software is appalling these days.
Macrumors members and Reddit are reporting hundreds of HomePods bricking after updating to iOS13.2. Mine updated ok but I was the guy who started the thread last year when Watch OS5.1 bricked hundreds of S4 watches including mine and Apple pulled the upgrade.
Quality control for Apple software is appalling these days.
Macrumors members and Reddit are reporting hundreds of HomePods bricking after updating to iOS13.2. Mine updated ok but I was the guy who started the thread last year when Watch OS5.1 bricked hundreds of S4 watches including mine and Apple pulled the upgrade.
I'm happy being the guinea pig on iOS updates as there is always a DFU restore. With the watch you are scuppered. Although I do invariably end up on WatchOS beta, I do wait a day or so to see how safe it is. That said, I am happy with WatchOS 6.1 beta and have removed the beta profile in prep of the full release.
I will add that although I have a dev account I develop very little nowadays and think it is just habit that makes me do it
Here are a few that are awesome: arming and disarming our home security system, opening the front trunk of my car, sending a text message to my wife when I’m on my way home and giving her my ETA as well as starting my podcast.
So far I am not seeing any better battery life with S5 44m LTE AOD and RTW on.... was realllllllly hoping all those people saying the beta was giving them incredible battery life were right.
How long have you been running it? The public release has barely been out a few hours.
Thanks - I do #1 via Homekit scene since my security system is Homekit enabled, as is the front door lock.
#2 seems it'd need Directed SmartStart to work with Siri Shortcuts which it doesn't look like it does. #3 is neat, thanks.
Seriously, give it at least 24 hours installed before you even start to judge it. It has to settle down.
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