Has anyone managed to power off the watch while it's charging? The slide to power off function is just not reactive when I try to swipe right. It would be really strange, if this is intended by design. I don't need the watch at all while charging and turning it off should accelerate the charging process.
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Not possible to power off watch while charging?
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Exactly..It charges way faster this way. I also power off my iPads everytime. I can't understand why it shouldn't be possible for the watch.
When I charge it during day, I don't have all night. My iPad charges like 30min faster from 0 to 100% when it is turned off. It would definitely have impact for the AW charging times too. I usually don't turn off my iPhone for obvious reasons, but like the iPad I don't need the watch while it's being charged.
Here is a good reason as to why I would like to turn my Apple Watch off while charging. When the watch is on it will beep for text notifications instead of my iPhone and the Apple Watch is not loud enough to wake me up at night. Note: I have all notifications turned off except texts as I do not use the do not disturb feature because it blocks text notifications. Side bar: Apple should allow an option for text notifications to get past the do not disturb feature for those of us that need it.
The reason theWatch takes longer to charge is because it uses inductive charging.
Inductive charging does not require the device to be on.
If you aren't wearing the watch notifications will be directed to your phone.
That's not even a valid reason as texts should go to the iPhone when you're not wearing the AW.
Maybe the watch is different and has to be on to monitor the charging process where the phones has a separate charging monitor.