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Do a lot of people not use the always on feature?
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I cant even fathom not using the AOD. THe watch seemed stupid to me cus It didnt have one but i caved and bought a series 2 eventually. As soon as the 5 came out i upgraded immediately and have used it every days since and i still get all day battery life 4 years later so i dunno what the people whining about it affecting battery life are talking about. Maybe they’re using Chinese chargers or something.
It's a watch for crying out loud. Always-on display is one of the most important features. And it only shows a limited set of information at a refresh rate of 1Hz. How much battery do you imagine that really uses? Not enough to be turning off. What drains the watch battery is using the watch all day long. My watch makes it 18 hours every day and ends with at least 40-50% left. But I'm also not running 5 hour workouts or navigating through the woods all day. And those that are, if they think AOD is their problem, they are disillusioned.
That’s a rare concept in todays society. Everywhere pretty much accepts Apple Pay and contactless so it’s become standard since 2008 (Apple Pay 2014).
Just a tracking/safety issue for me
I still use electronic, but I try not to when it comes to personal stuff
You’re immortalizing your location, buying preferences, etc
bank and card statements have been used against many people, some of them 100% innocent
well I don’t use that feature because my Apple Watch se1 does not have it 😂🤣
I used to sleep with my watch on and used to charge it when I used to go for shower. However, generally I don’t have any problems sleeping that I actually need to track it and also don’t like to have any restrictions on me while sleeping so I’ve stopped doing it and just charge it overnight now.
I use AOD. During sleep I use theater mode.
I sleep with my watch because I love silent alarms
I sleep with my watch because I love silent alarms
I never understood the reason of keeping a screen on for 24x7, when you look at it for a maximum of... 1h/day.
I'm not looking at it, why it is on? Like, why?
I enable raise to wake when I'm running, since it's easier to grasp at it by raising my hand, but aside that, even this I keep it off.
For me, the main reason is not the battery (tho' I do see a major impact). Main reason is... I cannot grasp why having something on, when not using it. It's just mind boggling.
I'm not looking at it, why it is on? Like, why?
I enable raise to wake when I'm running, since it's easier to grasp at it by raising my hand, but aside that, even this I keep it off.
For me, the main reason is not the battery (tho' I do see a major impact). Main reason is... I cannot grasp why having something on, when not using it. It's just mind boggling.
I use AOD a lot of the time, the advantage is you can glance at the time without having to move your arm.
I've had an SE briefly after a 7 and the raise to wake worked well but there were many times where I just wanted a glance.
AOD makes it much more like a normal watch.
I've had an SE briefly after a 7 and the raise to wake worked well but there were many times where I just wanted a glance.
AOD makes it much more like a normal watch.
Yeah, I mean it's pretty simple. I'm riding a bike, typing, in a meeting, etc I can just glance down and see the display immediately. Can't imagine not wanting to be able to do that.
Now that vending machines take Apple Pay the metal rounds are truly dead to me.Can be metal rounds or hexagons as well.
Well, I don't bike or attend meetings, and when I'm typing, it's on a computer and I can glance at the time on the computer monitor.
I think we’d all use it if it didn’t have such a detrimental effect on battery life after a year or so. It’s not that people don’t like the feature, it’s just it’s nice to have a watch that has enough power to get to bedtime. It’s probably not so much of an issue for the enthusiasts who change their watches every year.
Those were just three examples but I'm glad your happy with your blank screen.
I still have S4 so AOD is not available to me, but even if it was, I would never turn it on. My wife has S6 and AOD was the very first thing she disabled.
For those who say AOD has a detrimental effect on battery, what do you mean?
I have S7 and it's my first watch, bought about 21 months ago, so maybe it's still too early for me to see some really negative effect. My battery health seems awful (85%) but I still get more than 24 hours for now
I have S7 and it's my first watch, bought about 21 months ago, so maybe it's still too early for me to see some really negative effect. My battery health seems awful (85%) but I still get more than 24 hours for now
Apologies, I wasn’t thinking about you when I wrote the post strangely enough.
No problem, though I don't think I'm the only one who has posted that they prefer AOD off.
I think it's just a different aesthetic sensibility. Most of our devices have blank screens unless we are using it. So why is it a big problem when it's the watch? I understand people who want to glance at their watch for the time without moving their wrists. But some people act like a blank screen on the watch is an aesthetic offense or something.
There’s certainly no right or wrong answer as to having it on or off, it’s user choice and one that makes no difference to people that aren’t wearing other peoples. I turned it off because the battery was dreadful and since I have, I don’t find I have missed it at all.
Maybe it's just me, but I find that sometimes I look at the watch and the screen is on AOD and not fully awake. It will become fully awake when I twist it, but sometimes I just don't need to.
I don't keep it on 24/7 though, it's only on during the day. During the night it cycles off.
Have you tried AOD?