On the S5 the always on display together with the do not activate wrist raise setting is ideal for having a „real watch“ feeling. This way the displays continuously displays the same, so not lighting up more or turning off. I really like this setting, but there is one problem: notifications are not shown. You get the vibration but then need to touch the screen or turn the crown to that the notification displayed. Ideal would be a setting in which the raise to wake does not trigger the awake watch face but triggers showing notifications if any come in. Makes sense?
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Real watch feeling: AOD + do not activate wrist raise
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Yes this is my first apple watch but I use the watch like this as well. I love that it looks and feels like a normal watch, stealth-mode. 
It actually was a big reason why I bought my first apple watch.
I like your wish, but also have another wish:
I want to set a separate watch face for the always-on than the unlocked watch face. This way one could have a ‚clean‘ watch face during normal use, but have one with lots of complications when the watch is woken up intentionally.
But I am sure this will become an option sooner or later, always-on is very new right now.
It actually was a big reason why I bought my first apple watch.I like your wish, but also have another wish:
I want to set a separate watch face for the always-on than the unlocked watch face. This way one could have a ‚clean‘ watch face during normal use, but have one with lots of complications when the watch is woken up intentionally.
But I am sure this will become an option sooner or later, always-on is very new right now.
Yes! All they need is a notification wake setting, so that whenever a notification comes in, it wakes the screen.
I think switching off raise to wake with AOD does make sense and I will be trying it out tomorrow to see how the battery life is effected..should improve things too I’m sure.
I am settling in on this combo. From a privacy standpoint and battery stand point turning off wrist raise makes a lot of sense for some of us because of AOD.
I am liking the combo now, myself.
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I am liking the combo now, myself.
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My first test saw me getting up to 50% more battery with raise to wake off.
I actually like that notifications don’t show up with raise to wake off - I’m good rotating the crown - wouldn’t want notifications to accidentally show - more private too
I just tried this setting yesterday and I noticed a big difference on battery life. As majority know the battery experience has been impacted with the new watchOS. Now that I adjusted my setting my watch is able to sustain a full day. I intend to have this setting until watchOS 6.1 is made available to the public. main reason I switched The setting was for battery. It does take time to adjust to not seeing notifications when you look at your wrist, it requires you to manually wake the screen which I think it is good for privacy reasons.
+1 on this.
Since getting the AW5, I have had AOD on and raise to wake off - IMO no need for it. if I feel a notification I can now in my own time look at it by rotating the crown or tapping the screen. In the past the notification made you glance at the watch and then it took up the whole screen until you dismissed it, so you couldn't see the time
Since getting the AW5, I have had AOD on and raise to wake off - IMO no need for it. if I feel a notification I can now in my own time look at it by rotating the crown or tapping the screen. In the past the notification made you glance at the watch and then it took up the whole screen until you dismissed it, so you couldn't see the time
I've done this for a couple of days. It makes sense, especially when I'm at work and on the keyboard. Also now or course because of the AOD. It drastically helped the battery life by probably about 30 - 50 percent for the whole day. I agree it takes some getting used too with notifications when you are used to raising your wrist to see them.