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Easy way to turn on or off the always on display ?

deckard666

deckard666

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Why is there no easy way to turn on or off the always on display ? I know if you have previously done it recently it appears from the side dock button as below but otherwise (and usually) its several presses away - why is it not in the control centre as a click on / off button...

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leerocks01 said:


I use these… To quickly toggle always ON and always OFF
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Thats pretty cool and now I have added them as shortcuts to my phone its easy / peasy - Is there any way to make them or the generic shortcuts appear automatically when I swipe to my widget list by swiping left of my home screen ? I see Siri suggestions there but cant see any way to fix anything in there
 
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deckard666 said:
Thats pretty cool and now I have added them as shortcuts to my phone its easy / peasy - Is there any way to make them or the generic shortcuts appear automatically when I swipe to my widget list by swiping left of my home screen ? I see Siri suggestions there but cant see any way to fix anything in there
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From the Widget screen you can add individual shortcut icons. Tap and hold a widget to bring up the edit feature, click the '+' sign, and scroll down to your widgets.

You can also initiate shortcuts by voice command.
 
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dhruveonmars said:
Does battery life improve if you turn off always-on?
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I’ve found the bigger battery saver is turning off the raise to wake thing; by manually going from AOD to the high power mode you save a fair bit of battery life - and since you can just tap a complication now and it’ll work even if it is in AOD mode - there is little downside with this approach
 
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musicpenguy said:
I’ve found the bigger battery saver is turning off the raise to wake thing; by manually going from AOD to the high power mode you save a fair bit of battery life - and since you can just tap a complication now and it’ll work even if it is in AOD mode - there is little downside with this approach
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Ah interesting. Thanks!
Will have to try it out when I get a series 7. Currently on a series 4 so no AOD
 
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