AOD doesnt update time correctly

[Skika]

I have an analog watch face with a digital time complication for accurate time when i need to count down seconds or minutes.

I have been noticing lately when with the AOD, it sometimes “falls asleep” and shows a time behind a few minutes until i wake and then it quickly corrects. Its a series 6, i never noticed this on my 5, and its kinda a bummer. Anyone else noticed this?

 

[Some Fuzzy]

I literally logged into the forums to say this same thing just now... kinda starting to drive me a bit crazy. Whats the point of being always on if its a few minutes off?

 

[chanerz]

No problems on mine.

 

[johnyyz]

Mine does it. You don't need to wake up the display, you just need to move your wrist and it updates. Most likely a battery saving feature and in the end definitely not a deal breaker for me.

 

[Skika]

Mine does it. You don't need to wake up the display, you just need to move your wrist and it updates. Most likely a battery saving feature and in the end definitely not a deal breaker for me.

in my opinion its not ideal if a watch cant tell time correctly.I shouldnt need to move my wrist to tell the time correctly, isnt this the point of AOD anyways?

 

[deeddawg]

You're saying the analog watch face doesn't update while idle? or the complication doesn't update while idle?

... and when you say it worked on your S5, that was with watchOS7.0.1? 'cuz I'd be kinda surprised if there was something like that being specific to the hardware.

As for me, I've not noticed the analog watch face falling behind. Always seems accurate. I use Infograph as my primary right now.

 

[johnyyz]

in my opinion its not ideal if a watch cant tell time correctly.I shouldnt need to move my wrist to tell the time correctly, isnt this the point of AOD anyways?

I get what you're saying, but in my experience as soon as I turn my wrist it's at the correct time. I personally don't mind it but I totally understand if other people do. Just confirming that mine also behaves in the same way.

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I had this on my S5, it was only a minute or 2 out. Didn't really bother me as it was minimal and updated instantly when I turned my wrist and the watch woke up. I haver to say that i haven't noticed it on my S6.

 

[edhchoe]

in my opinion its not ideal if a watch cant tell time correctly.I shouldnt need to move my wrist to tell the time correctly, isnt this the point of AOD anyways?

If you stay still it will lag.
But if you are awake and doing things it wont.

 

[Smoothie]

With the AOD, the analog minute hand on my watch moves in steps, one per minute. If it hasn’t yet moved to the next minute and I wake the display, it will move to where it should be according to the number of seconds that’s elapsed. In other words, the AOD only updates once per minute as opposed to continuously updating when the display is fully awake.

 

[NauCayuti]

For me, the digital time complication also doesn't work on the Meridian face (in its upper slot). It either disappears during AOD mode or changes position (very close to the roots of the hands). Works normally when display is fully on. Does anybody else see that?

 

[antbob]

In other words, the AOD only updates once per minute as opposed to continuously updating when the display is fully awake.

That is correct. Its actually stated in Apple documentation that watch faces and complications are updated once a minute in AOD mode. This is why everything related to seconds doesnt work or not supported. If it lags longer than 1 minute however (plus/minus few seconds, 5-10 seconds lag would be normal) that would be contrary to whats stated in the documentation so I'd say thats a bug.

 

[Skika]

With the AOD, the analog minute hand on my watch moves in steps, one per minute. If it hasn’t yet moved to the next minute and I wake the display, it will move to where it should be according to the number of seconds that’s elapsed. In other words, the AOD only updates once per minute as opposed to continuously updating when the display is fully awake.

Yes, the problem is not the seconds, it doesnt update the minutes. Kinda makes glancing at the watch pointless if its not the correct time.

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I think this is something that Apple have never bothered considering because before AOD, you had to lift your wrist to see the time and that when it would refresh the time. So its something they have to address in future OS updates. Probably with better batteries for Gen7 or Gen 8, AOD will be full on all the time and will give real time reporting

 

[deeddawg]

Yes, the problem is not the seconds, it doesnt update the minutes. Kinda makes glancing at the watch pointless if its not the correct time.

Which specific watch face are you using that doesn't update the minutes?

As I mention above, I've not seen any issue with Infograph.

 

[valynor]

Glad I found this post, I was starting to doubt myself because I saw no other mentions of this.

New S6/44mm/GPS on 7.0.2 + iPhone 8 on 14.1 here showing all the buggy behaviour mentioned above:
-AoD time very often lags several minutes behind (up to 7 min)
-happens a lot on the Meridian watch face but I saw it on California and Activity Digital, too
-I have restarted my watch several times
-I deleted all watch faces and set them up anew
-I set this device up from scratch (no backup used)
-it very often starts to not update after receiving any kind of notification
-waking up the display always shows the correct time but it can stop to update right the next minute
-changing the watch face and back or going into an app and back can help getting rid of the bug for a while but it doesn't always work
-sometimes it works for hours with no issues

Quite disappointed by this to be honest because the whole point of the Always-on-Display is to be able to glance at the watch and getting a quick read of the time - the correct time, updated once per minute.

 

[Spindel]

I’ve noticed this too, doesn’t really bother me and I figured it was just a battery saving feature.

I have AOD on but have disabeled raise wrist to wake. Some times, mainly when sitting still for longer periods (i e writing on the computer) and I just slightly turn my wrist to glance at the time the minute hand jumps a couple of minutes (most I’ve observed is 5 min jump). Never noticed this when I’m the least bit active, as I said it’s only when my arm has minimal movement.

Also it doesn’t bother me because it always shows the right time when I want to know the time, it’s only that there is a noticable jump from the minutes hand when I’m about to take a glance.

For the record I use Meridian watch face on a AW6 with OS 7.0.2

 

[RealPhone]

I'm experiencing the same behavior on my AW S6.

I've confronted Apple Support with my observation.
They've never heard about it🤗

 

[valynor]

I’ve noticed this too, doesn’t really bother me and I figured it was just a battery saving feature.

I was considering that, too but it is too irregular to be a battery saving feature, i.e. it happens even when I'm active/it doesn't happen when I'm just sitting on the couch watching a movie.

I had some hope it would be fixed with watchOS 7.1, alas it did not: my watch was just lagging behind 5 minutes on the AoD. :-(

 

[jackbauer1909]

Having the exact same issue. I had my first Series 6 replaced because of this, but the new one has the same problem.
It is independent of the iPhone paired to the watch as it has happenend with the 11 PM, 12 Pro and now 12PM.
It is also independent of the watch face used as ist has happenend several times on infograph modular, meridian and typograph.
And it happens in several different occasions so it has nothing to do with a weak wifi signal or something.
This can not be a normal behaviour. It is completely irregular, but happens several times per day. A restart seems to help for a few hours or a day.

 

[Runs For Fun]

I've actually started experiencing this periodically. It's not super common for me or off by a whole lot. Usually only 2-3 minutes. But I have seen this happen.

 

[jackbauer1909]

Unfortunately, in the meantime I see this happen very often. It really sucks, as I can‘t trust the time shown on the display until I raise my wrist. And seeing the correct time with just a glance is the idea of the always on display.....

 

[jackbauer1909]

Just had a call from Apple Support and the specialist assured me that this problem is being worked on and it will be fixed in an update. He couldn't tell me when this update will be released. His "workaround" was to disable always on display until the update is ready.......

 

[citilam1]

Just had a call from Apple Support and the specialist assured me that this problem is being worked on and it will be fixed in an update. He couldn't tell me when this update will be released. His "workaround" was to disable always on display until the update is ready.......

Thank you for the updates. It's reassuring that the problem was acknowledged and a fix is coming.

 

[Smartwatchlover]

I have observed mine: il looks like once the face is in AOD mode, the minute’s hand moves only when the minute changes.