and how is your brightness set ?
I heard in a podcast someone said turning the brightness down helped with battery life a lot
I heard in a podcast someone said turning the brightness down helped with battery life a lot
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Prominent Haptic On or off ?
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Default brightness here. No battery life issues. I do not use the prominent haptic, but, I do have the haptic intensity set to the highest setting. I think I will be lowering it soon, though, as I'm getting more used to the feel and don't think I need the extra intensity for it to be noticed any longer.
Prominent haptic off. I can discern between different notifications that way. I almost always know when a messages (vibrate-tap) is coming in vs standing up(two gentle taps). Prominent haptic would make that difficult.
I do have the haptic turned on to the highest. Brightness set to 2.
I do have the haptic turned on to the highest. Brightness set to 2.
This. Maybe my Watch's tactic is just weaker than normal, but I don't notice it at all if I'm active (walking, cycling, etc).
I have the normal haptic set to max and that's perfect for me. Subtle but I notice it. Hated prominent haptic. And I have brightness set to mid.
I'm not quite sure I understand the brightness setting completely...as far as I can tell it uses an ambient light sensor to adjust the brightness anyway. So right now, I have it at full brightness, but I am sitting indoors in a darker room and I can tell the brightness is being automatically lowered.
42mm SS
Brightness at default
Prominent Haptic off
Haptic set to middle setting
Brightness at default
Prominent Haptic off
Haptic set to middle setting
If you want it to feel like every other smart watch out there, then turn on prominent haptic.
My brightness is two out of three bars. I wish it would react to changing ambient light a bit better, it's usually ok but sometimes feels too bright.
The taptics are maxed out for me. I can clearly feel the taps when I'm expecting them, or sitting still, but when distracted or walking briskly I often miss them. They seem to be just the below the pickpocket threshold
The taptics are maxed out for me. I can clearly feel the taps when I'm expecting them, or sitting still, but when distracted or walking briskly I often miss them. They seem to be just the below the pickpocket threshold
Up until now I've had the prominent haptic turned on because I didn't notice the haptic by itself. I'm going to give it a try now with it off to see if I have become more accustomed to the notifications on my wrist like Zach is.
I haven't changed the defaults at all, the haptic level looks like it's on the highest, and bright is about in the middle, and both settings work well for me.
I agree, it could be stronger in normal mode and then it would not be missed.
It's highly likely that Apple will correct this with the upcoming second gen watch.
Yes, Middle. I'm not even sure what prominent feedback does? Would you explain?
It is simply an additional long tap preceding the standard haptic feedback you'd get from a notification. So it doesn't make the feedback stronger, just longer.
I have it on.
It's turned off for me and my brightness is set to high. Not really effecting my battery life in any way so far. I wore it since 8am (it's 7:30 now) and I still have 55% left.