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Hands-On With the New Theater Mode in watchOS 3.2
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There is a brightness control on. The watch, just like on the other iOS devices.
Mine does not turn the screen on with DND. I have an iPhone 6, which also doesn't have the "raise" feature. You really didn't need to start with the "Uh, yes it does."
Is this such a major feature that it is the stuff of rumors, then an update, a video overview and pages of comments? Seems like it has been a long time sine Apple introduced something really substantial in an iOS update. Touch ID or Apple Pay this is not. Responses?
I hate power reserve, you got to reset it to go back to normal mode. And that takes some time. I only use it when my battery is low. Theater Mode is much welcomed.
I think this is a welcome feature, even though I don't think an AW lighting up in the theater is that annoying— especially since most of the watch faces are mostly black and therefore not lighting up. Who knows, I could be annoying people and not realizing it.
When I first heard of this feature, my first thought went to "Driving Mode". My watch lighting up every time I make a turn was what annoyed me the most. I'm kinda excited to turn this on for my drives.
When I first heard of this feature, my first thought went to "Driving Mode". My watch lighting up every time I make a turn was what annoyed me the most. I'm kinda excited to turn this on for my drives.
If you have these modes (Do not Disturb = illuminated watch face, but no alerts/messages, Theater = no lights or sounds but taps from messages/alerts...) then the person doesn't have to open up "night" mode and change the settings depending on where they are and what they want. Nor does the person have to KNOW what they need to turn off/on.
I'm at a movie, I tap the theater mask. I don't want to be disturbed, I turn on the "do not disturb" crescent moon. I'm on an a plane, I tap on the airplane. In some ways, that's simpler than opening "night mode" and tapping on what I do and don't want.
But maybe a couple of updates down the line, Apple will decide to bundle all the "modes" into one and let users pick and choose 'Off" features. For right now, however, having them separate does give Apple a chance to see what users like, don't like, use, don't use. And, thus, know whether to bundle all modes into one "choose for yourself" on-off switch, or only, say, replace airplane and theater mode with a "night" switch but keep "do not disturb."
That's a good point. I actually like power reserve mode. But I would like to see a way that Apple could implement power reserve mode without actually having to reboot the whole watch, which takes a few minutes. If you could be interchanged to turn on and off, that would also be a welcome feature for Power Reserve.
all I want is to be able to sync more then one music playlist!
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When do you charge it?
I assume your perspective has changed, but there's still millions going to movies and theatres each week.
And it's obviously something Apple noticed, and wanted to make sure they don't interfere with that experience.
So, don't be narrow minded as there's several just in this thread who appreciates it. And not every new feature needs to cater to everyone.
[doublepost=1485846556][/doublepost]I hope this will also include the iPhone. I always struggle with which mode to select for the iPhone, airplane or just mute it. I used to always choose airplane mode but now with kids it means the babysitter can't reach us in case of an emergency.
An option like this that mutes it, and doesn't light up the screen on notifications would be great. Not a problem during the winter but during summer and wearing shorts in thin material, the light actually shines through in my experience.
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I'd rather have a custom mode button, so I can chose what is available, what it is not and it would be super fast to switch to those settings, but Apple usually doesn't allow to customise too much its devices
do not disturb is surely what you want? set the phone calls part of it to allow repeated calls or let them straight through from your favourites.
I have to admit that I don't fully grasp the concept of "rudeness" (being a non-native speaker), but how could it be rude simply when notifications come in and the watch lights up?
If you would then look at those, I could understand it would be perceived not that well, but the pure screen-is-lighting-up-for-a-moment can't really be considered rude, can it?
The above response is straight out of The Trolling Handbook.
(BTW, this member has made more than 15% of the posts in this thread (18 out of 118).)
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It the same reason why you should silence your phone. Having some short "ding" when a text comes in is considered rude as well, unless you don't think that's rude/annoying.
When I go to a theater, I want to enjoy the movie. Any distractions in my field of view, either noises or lights, are annoying and rude. Of course, today most people don't bother. People are making calls and keep playing with their phones at max brightness in theaters. So maybe you think it's not rude because it has become the norm for you.
also useful for/during
- sleeping
- dancing (like in a club)
- sex
The watch lighting up all the time in these instances has definitely annoyed me
I remember this from my short lived Android wear days!
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-enable-Theater-mode-on-any-Android-Wear-smartwatch_id70167
Do people really go to the cinema that much we need a mode for it?
We sleep every single day but there is no sleep/night time mode! I would love it to schedule the following:
On: 10pm
Night time mode on
Airplane mode off
Wake Screen off
Off: 7am
Night time mode off
Airplane mode on
Wake Screen on
I am fed up of doing it manually when I track sleep using the Apple Watch.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-enable-Theater-mode-on-any-Android-Wear-smartwatch_id70167
Do people really go to the cinema that much we need a mode for it?
We sleep every single day but there is no sleep/night time mode! I would love it to schedule the following:
On: 10pm
Night time mode on
Airplane mode off
Wake Screen off
Off: 7am
Night time mode off
Airplane mode on
Wake Screen on
I am fed up of doing it manually when I track sleep using the Apple Watch.
I forgot that the Watch and the Phone can actually make a notification sound. My bad - mine are always set to mute.
Again my bad - I was imagining a general situation like e.g. in a formal or informal meeting, where you sit together in a more or less lighted room. At least for me it is completely obvious to shut up personal devices in certain situations (like e.g. in a cinema), but not in general, that is.
It hasn't and probably never will. Luckily, in the cinemas I visit, people usually stop doing that once the movie starts.
I remember when I attended Star Wars Episode I. The cinema was completely sold out and the movie hadn't even started (ads on screen), when suddenly a guys's mobile phone rang. The mob was not far from threatening that guy with lynch justice ...
If there had been something like today's smartphones and someone would have dared to even light up the screen _during_ the movie, I'm not sure that person would have made it out of the room alive!
Great feature... was only mentioning to my other half when we were watching Rogue One that a feature like this would be useful. Becomes a pain going through settings to disable wake on wrist raise and silent mode. Same as in bed.This is much easier. Only annoyance is that it's now pushed the water lock button off the bottom of the screen. Going to raise a feature request and ask that this is swapped with the "ping my iphone" button as i assume series 2 users will use the water lock more often (I do)