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Do you have raise to wake on or off?

  • Raise to wake on

    Votes: 55 74.3%
  • Raise to wake off

    Votes: 19 25.7%

  • Total voters
    74

The Game 161

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What is everybody using now with AOD do you keep raise to wake on or off? You keep it off for battery reasons or because it feels more like a normal watch?
 
I keep mine always on but still keep my wrist as close to my eyes at all times.
 
Off... was getting annoyed with it waking up when I didn’t want it to. AOD eliminates the need for it for me.
 
I have my AOD on and Raise to Wake on as well, just for convenience really, for when I need to interact with a notification. Or to get quicker access to music controls.
 
Mine off because it keep coming on when I am signing (me Deaf). So better off for me.

EDIT: I misss part say series 5. I don't have series 5. I have series 4.
 
Off. The reset timer in my workout app was not not functioning properly with it on. Plus, I was experiencing faster battery drain with it on.
 
I don’t have anything turned off. My watch lasts throughout my day. I start out around 6 at 100%. I wear it all day and I put it on the charger for 30-60 minutes before I go to bed. I wear it while I’m sleeping and put it on the charger in the morning while getting ready for work 20-40 minutes.

Turning off “big” features like AOD, Noise, Siri etc isn’t something I’ve had to do, and something I don’t want to do.
 
I tried it off to see if it would help battery but that means I have to tap to see notifications. That’s huge, just raising wrist to see notification instead of raise and tap. So on that alone I keep it on!
 
I like mine on along with AOD, it feels more natural than tapping the screen to see what's going on. I don't care much about battery life yet as I charge my AW every night.
 
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I like the AOD. It's awesome. I also like how if I'm playing music on the screen, when the screen dims, the music part goes into a blur and the time is displayed on top of that.

To see messages, you need to tap the screen. I've gotten used to that. It's nice in a way that nobody else can see them. Maybe there should be an option to not do this, but I like it this way.
 
On. If it awakens when I don’t want it to it usually goes back in less than two seconds. My battery has been fine as well. I can’t imagine turning it off would save much.
 
Why not try it each way and see which you prefer?

For me I kept it On.

AOD is nice but I see no reason to change how I've been interacting with Apple Watches since my Series 2.

Battery life is fine - was as good as my S4 when on 6.0.1 and now on 6.1 it appears to be a little bit better.
 
Honestly, I don’t care for the ‘always on display’. It does nothing for me, but if I need to see the time or anything else, ‘raise to wake’ is plenty sufficient. AOD is a great feature to have, but at least Apple provided the option that it can be toggled on/off.
 
I had RTW off at first when my S5 was new and it was ending the day at 30%, but battery performance steadily improved and even with RTW on it is ending the day at 60-70%. Even on workout days. Pretty amazing.
 
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AOD is off and RTW is on for me. Uses much less battery when measuring a full day with 6.1. And, when I get a notification, I don't have to touch my AW5 to look at it with these settings.
  • AOD on and RTW off = 38% battery left after 13 hours and 4 hours of use.
  • AOD off and RTW on = 52% battery left after 13 hours and 4 hours of use.
 
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I have it on. My watch finishes the day around 45% if I didn’t work out and maybe 30% if I did. Since i charge it every night regardless, I don’t need to turn anything else off.
 
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AOD is off and RTW is on for me. Uses much less battery when measuring a full day with 6.1. And, when I get a notification, I don't have to touch my AW5 to look at it with these settings.
  • AOD on and RTW off = 38% battery left after 13 hours and 4 hours of use.
  • AOD off and RTW on = 52% battery left after 13 hours and 4 hours of use.
With 38% remaining and AOD off it seems pointless to have an S5 as you’ve disabled it’s primary feature while there is Plenty of battery remaining.
 
With 38% remaining and AOD off it seems pointless to have an S5 as you’ve disabled it’s primary feature while there is Plenty of battery remaining.
38% is with AOD on. Went from AW2 to AW5. Love everything else about the AW5 beside the half baked AOD feature.
 
38% is with AOD on. Went from AW2 to AW5. Love everything else about the AW5 beside the half baked AOD feature.
My mistake. Meant AOD on but, still if it gets you through the day with 38% or even less I don’t see a problem. I would be ok with that.
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I like the AOD functionality (at least with watch faces, definitely not with third party apps) and prefer to keep RTW off.
That way AOD comes more into play and the watch does not try to blind me in dim environments every time I look at it.
 
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