Driving With Apple Watch Issue

[thedwp]

I tend to drive with my left hand...one thing I've noticed is every time I make a turn or any movement on the steering wheel, my watch turns on, and when I finish the turn it goes off...over, and over and over.

It's not like I'm driving in my car all day but I'm thinking it would have an impact on the battery life during daily commutes.

 

[joshcls]

I tend to drive with my left hand...one thing I've noticed is every time I make a turn or any movement on the steering wheel, my watch turns on, and when I finish the turn it goes off...over, and over and over.

It's not like I'm driving in my car all day but I'm thinking it would have an impact on the battery life during daily commutes.

"You're wearing it wrong"

But in all seriousness that sounds annoying

 

[JohnApples]

I tend to drive with my left hand...one thing I've noticed is every time I make a turn or any movement on the steering wheel, my watch turns on, and when I finish the turn it goes off...over, and over and over.

It's not like I'm driving in my car all day but I'm thinking it would have an impact on the battery life during daily commutes.

Funny, I actually noticed this too when I was driving to work today and thought about it. Of course, you could turn off the raise wrist feature, but that may be inconvenient to turn it on and off several times a day.

I came up with a "driving mode" feature for the watch that they should think about adding. Perhaps being an option when you swipe up, or even as an optional triple-crown-click, you could activate it. This would prevent the watch from lighting up with every turn, along with having "Hey Siri" work even if your display isn't on. Maps would adjust to driving instead of walking. Siri would also gain her voice back and speak back to you while in this mode. Then you could easily disable it the same way you enabled it once you're done driving.

They've gotta come up with some solution to this, right?

 

[NovemberWhiskey]

Just an inherent flaw with the design of "lift to turn on." Happened with all my g-shocks too. Either deal, or turn it off (if possible on the watch).

I suspect we will see a car mode later on.

 

[tigerinexile]

I had the same issue.

Turned off the raise to wake function in the settings. I just tap the screen to wake it up now, and save battery life.

 

[mobutt]

I tend to drive with my left hand...one thing I've noticed is every time I make a turn or any movement on the steering wheel, my watch turns on, and when I finish the turn it goes off...over, and over and over.

It's not like I'm driving in my car all day but I'm thinking it would have an impact on the battery life during daily commutes.

Experienced this for the 2 hours I had it.

 

[thedwp]

Just an inherent flaw with the design of "lift to turn on." Happened with all my g-shocks too. Either deal, or turn it off (if possible on the watch).

I suspect we will see a car mode later on.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking as well...i bet it will come sooner than later.

 

[Lucifer666]

Oh, great. Nothing like a distraction on those hairpin turns.

 

[zmunkz]

How big of a battery impact are these incidental turn-ons? Someone should go a day with it off and report back if its much different battery-wise.

 

[Leeabe]

Oh, great. Nothing like a distraction on those hairpin turns.

I guess if you are easily distracted. I bet you stop noticing after a few days.

Someone on the Macworld staff posted a vine of eating with a watch on. Every time she reached for the popcorn it came on. Kind of amusing.

 

[Lloydbm41]

I tend to drive with my left hand...one thing I've noticed is every time I make a turn or any movement on the steering wheel, my watch turns on, and when I finish the turn it goes off...over, and over and over.

It's not like I'm driving in my car all day but I'm thinking it would have an impact on the battery life during daily commutes.

I said this was going to be an issue months ago. Every time you need to put a jacket on, use a touch screen computer, open a window, reach for something up high, and so on is going to activate the screen (over and over again, all day long).

 

[Leeabe]

I said this was going to be an issue months ago. Every time you need to put a jacket on, use a touch screen computer, open a window, reach for something up high, and so on is going to activate the screen (over and over again, all day long).

Why is it an issue though? After the initial "new toy" phase you will use it like a watch and battery life will be less of a concern.

 

[Lloydbm41]

Why is it an issue though? After the initial "new toy" phase you will use it like a watch and battery life will be less of a concern.

Wrong. New toy phase is not the issue. Pay attention to how you use your arms throughout a single day and watch how many times you raise your arm to do something. You'll be surprised.

Now imagine wearing an Apple Watch and how many times the watch will turn on because you are doing something that makes your arm go up. Opening a window. Reaching for something on the top shelf of the fridge. Putting dishes away. Washing the car. Using a touchscreen computer. Getting food in the drive through. Drinking a cup of whatever (assuming you use the same hand as the watch is on.) And so on...

Lots of inadvertant activations throughout a day.

 

[Leeabe]

Wrong. New toy phase is not the issue. Pay attention to how you use your arms throughout a single day and watch how many times you raise your arm to do something. You'll be surprised.

Now imagine wearing an Apple Watch and how many times the watch will turn on because you are doing something that makes your arm go up. Opening a window. Reaching for something on the top shelf of the fridge. Putting dishes away. Washing the car. Using a touchscreen computer. Getting food in the drive through. Drinking a cup of whatever (assuming you use the same hand as the watch is on.) And so on...

Lots of inadvertant activations throughout a day.

Wrong, a lot of those moments you describe your arm does not turn like you are looking at your watch (rotating your wrist upwards). Driving does. Again, we will see if these little turn ons really matter in the long run. Sure it very person dependent as well as software needing to be fined tuned.

 

[wesk702]

Funny, I actually noticed this too when I was driving to work today and thought about it. Of course, you could turn off the raise wrist feature, but that may be inconvenient to turn it on and off several times a day.

I came up with a "driving mode" feature for the watch that they should think about adding. Perhaps being an option when you swipe up, or even as an optional triple-crown-click, you could activate it. This would prevent the watch from lighting up with every turn, along with having "Hey Siri" work even if your display isn't on. Maps would adjust to driving instead of walking. Siri would also gain her voice back and speak back to you while in this mode. Then you could easily disable it the same way you enabled it once you're done driving.

They've gotta come up with some solution to this, right?

Wouldn't even need a command at operator level. Your phone should know when you are driving according to gps. Maybe Apple will have this in the future and enable a detect driving mode.

 

[thedwp]

Now imagine wearing an Apple Watch and how many times the watch will turn on because you are doing something that makes your arm go up.

You're right. Even when I go to type on my laptop it comes on. They have to know about this issue and have some sort of diagnostic plan in place to monitor it.

It doesn't really bother me that it comes on, I'm just wondering how much of a drain on the battery it is throughout the day.

 

[Mr Verses]

To combat this, I turned off raise to activate. It's much more convenient in these situations to tap the screen to wake it, in my opinion!

 

[Leeabe]

It doesn't really bother me that it comes on, I'm just wondering how much of a drain on the battery it is throughout the day.

Well you have one, how's your battery life at the end of the day? Seeing many reports that battery life is fine for the day and this even when people are playing with the device more than average because it's new.

 

[Evakami]

To combat this, I turned off raise to activate. It's much more convenient in these situations to tap the screen to wake it, in my opinion!

One of the few features I did not know about before getting mine. I'm really glad to hear this, and I think I'll be turning off raise wrist to activate as soon as I get mine.

 

[Leeabe]

One of the few features I do know about before getting mine. I'm really glad to hear this, and I think I'll be turning off raise wrist to activate as soon as I get mine.

If I have to touch my watch to see the time, the watch has already failed.

 

[Cubeeless]

That can be fixed with an easy software update. It just needs a learn function. So you will "teach" the watch in which situation it should wake/not wake up and then it will learn it and not do it in exactly this, e.g. turn movements.

 

[Smurphy Gherkin]

I turned off stand reminders after getting one in the car.

Car mode would be good.

For now I might have to remember to hit DND while driving.

 

[thedwp]

Well you have one, how's your battery life at the end of the day? Seeing many reports that battery life is fine for the day and this even when people are playing with the device more than average because it's new.

It's only day one for me. I just got it today around 1P, charged it up to 97% and at 12:37AM I still have 70% remaining. So I'm feeling pretty good about the battery...but again, day one for me and it's the weekend. I'll have a better feel during the week.

 

[azurexie]

Wouldn't even need a command at operator level. Your phone should know when you are driving according to gps. Maybe Apple will have this in the future and enable a detect driving mode.

If you are driving in my country you will find half of time walking is accurately faster than driving....

 

[Sir Ruben]

I was in a restaurant last night and every time I took a sip of wine the screen came on, however, plot twist: it was a dimly lit posh restaurant and I feel cool as *****.

...but yeah I noticed the driving thing too lol