iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display Intelligently Turns Off When You Leave the Room With an Apple Watch

[coachgq]

I wonder if it needs an apple watch with the UW1 chip.

That's what I came to comment. Apple watch 6 or better?

 

[SnakeEater1993]

It would be nice if the screen would stay off, should no notifications have not been read.

 

[Wilson1313]

I hope you can disable this feature altogether- don't need another screen always on

 

[Wackery]

With this level of thinking, you'd think the watch could end workouts whenever connected to CarPlay or your vehicle's bluetooth.

That’s for the iPhone 18 Pro Max Plus Ultra only with the 1tb configuration

 

[gigapocket1]

A small detail that nobody would notice.

 

[bchery21]

How does it determine you've left the room? What if it's a really big room or you're outside? 🤔

Wouldn't it be more likely determined by the distance between the two devices?

Proximity data will be used. How far apart the watch and the phone needs to be before this kicks in is still to be determined I guess. If your room is that large I can only assume you won't be able to see your screen from across the way anyways.

 

[VulchR]

As long as we can manually shut the screen off, I do not really care. Having the always-on display doesn't really thrill me. I prefer a longer battery life.

 

[MayaUser]

A small detail that nobody would notice.

it will, your friends will see that AOD will be off when you leave them

 

[macsplusmacs]

it will, your friends will see that AOD will be off when you leave them

Exactly. In a work office. One could face your iPhone down when you leave for a quick bathroom break or something,

but if one does not, now a coworking will not see notifications come in.

 

[Chrjy]

It sounds like that philosophical question:
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

But instead:
Does your iPhone’s always on display turn itself off if there’s no one around to see it?

I’ll see myself out….

 

[MrGimper]

It's this kind of little attention to detail that I love about Apple.

 

[FloatingBones]

It’s interesting that the always-on display is, in fact, not always on. I hope it turns on very quickly so that the illusion persists upon removing from a pocket.

For you, your new iPhone will turn on after a 500ms delay -- just to mess with you.

 

[Graphikos]

If an always-on display turns off in a forest but no one is around to see it, did it really turn off?

 

[bikrrr]

How far apart the watch and the phone needs to be before this kicks in is still to be determined I guess.

Exactly! It's probably based on distance.

Just pointing out that it probably doesn't detect when you've "left the room", which is how the article phrased it.

 

[NT1440]

yeah this feels a little sneaky, not really "always on" is it, apple?

This is AOD with an additional benefit. There’s nothing sneaky about figuring out integrated ways to improve the experience for users.

This is smart.

 

[nathan_reilly]

If you aren't with your phone and the screen isn't on does it really matter?

ok, I was referring to the always-on display being not always-on. But lets play along: can you imagine a scenario where the always on display might be useful to TWO people, where one of them wears an Apple Watch? And then leaves the room, and the display turns off? This did not take huge imagination here. But again, my quip is with the so-called always-on display not being really always-on. Does my always-on apple watch pick sneaky points in the day to not be always-on? NO! no sneaky business there.

 

[WiiDSmoker]

It would be nice if the screen would stay off, should no notifications have not been read.

You can enable that in settings right now where notifications don’t display unless security has been unlocked (faceid or touchid)

Notifications - show previous - when unlocked

 

[NT1440]

Exactly! It's probably based on distance.

Just pointing out that it probably doesn't detect when you've "left the room", which is how the article phrased it.

Perhaps this is a U1 benefit?

 

[incoherent_1]

I would also love to see more options to intelligently turn off the screen. For example, setting a conditional Focus mode where if the phone or watch detects TV background noise during a certain hour, the screen turns off.

As great as the always on feature is, it also makes it harder to take time away from technology.

 

[Johnny907]

First feature I’ll be turning off as soon as I get mine on Friday. It’s a waste of battery on my Apple Watch and a waste of battery here. What do I care what my display is doing when I’m not looking at it?

 

[paulypants]

How does it determine you've left the room? What if it's a really big room or you're outside? 🤔

Wouldn't it be more likely determined by the distance between the two devices?

Proximity data. Presumes as much right in the original post.

 

[nathan_reilly]

Exactly.

Apple says "hey we found another way to extend the battery the peanut gallery is always whining about"

Peanut Gallery: THIS IS SNEAKY!

always on? or often on? what if two people (your old grandparents for instance) like to look at their always on display but it keeps turning off every time granddad leaves to take a leak?

 

[macsplusmacs]

always on? or often on? what if two people (your old grandparents for instance) like to look at their always on display but it keeps turning off every time granddad leaves to take a leak?

Always on (when you are within range of your apple watch and looking at the phone.)

 

[Kylo83]

Will it change with screen brightness like with high brightness compared to when I sleep it’s on low brightness will always on be the same

 

[ignatius345]

Can always-on display be shut off?

I like being able to set my phone down and ignore it whenever I'm not using it. I'm certain I'd find it distracting and irritating to have it always on. Otherwise, looks like a great phone.