Wake screen on wrist raise sucks...

[Mac2me]

Put my watch on at 6am this morning, now 1pm and my watch is at 94%. Whenever I want to look at it I tap it, I'm not using it any less. When I have the wrist raise on if be at 50%, the thing was always turning on. Like when I'm wiring or something it's always turning in when I don't want it to just because I'm moving my arms around soldering and stuff.

It's ****, they need to improve it, maybe out an iris scanner on there or something like the Windows phones.

Saying I'm wrong is just the weird Apple excuse for pretending everything is fine, Apple fanboys always do this. Then whe. Apple do improve it suddenly they're amazing and they admit the problems.

When raise wrist gets it wrong so much and drains that much battery, it's broken. I can now get three days of use compared to one... It proves it.

I'd say for the vast majority of users who routinely charge their watches each night, Wake on Wrist Raise turned On is a good balance for how they like to see notifictions and use the watch. I'm one of those and don't see excessive Waking up as hampering my battery life enough to be an issue. However given how your work day is where you are always raising your arm in such a way that triggers the screen to come on I can see your issue with battery drain. And leaving it set off is a reasonable accommodation. Overall I wouldn't say Apple really messed up with their approach.

Currently users do have some options: changing the Wake Screen on Wrist Raise during the day is one, if you favor one arm more in doing tasks, maybe switching the watch to the other arm and change the Watch Orientation might be another for some people. It's also possibile turning Reduce Motion On (under General/Accessibilty) could save some battery life (again would depend on how you use your watch--it will make all of your home icons one uniform size...helpful if you have large fingers I suppose). It affects opening apps like weather and Messages and alerts according to Apple. There are other settings to tweak as well depending on the individual.

For a first gen device, I think Apple did a pretty good job meeting most people's needs with these devices. Curious if you see some setting they could add as an option that would improve your usage? Certainly you're not alone in your situation, just maybe not in the majority. Given all we get with the watch, and more people would like to see it do like GPS and direct phone calls, until battery technology improves or you want to see a really chunky watch on your wrist, there are always going to be tradeoffs.

 

[TonyC28]

I wish I had tested this when I had an Apple Watch. I wondered how much battery was "wasted" by unintentional waking. I don't have the slightest idea how to do it but it would be nice to see that feature improved.

 

[sjinsjca]

I seriously doubt wrist activation itself drains 2/3rd of the battery.

Driving offers many spurious triggers, I've noticed. Best to turn off wrist activation when driving long distances.

 

[melman101]

Driving offers many spurious triggers, I've noticed. Best to turn off wrist activation when driving long distances.

I had a 6 hour drive to Canada and I didn't need to charge my watch till the end of the day if I can remember.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Driving offers many spurious triggers, I've noticed. Best to turn off wrist activation when driving long distances.

Not really because most long distance road trips involve driving in a straight line and hence your hands are mostly steady. Perhaps the exception is if you do all the driving in the mountains.

 

[iRondi]

I am a bit concerned about battery life. Last night when I received watch, I charged it to 95% and by the time I went to bed, it was about 40%. That was 5:30 pm to 11:30 pm. But of course it had heavy use as a figured things out.

I charged fully overnight and it's at 79%. But I have also spent some time playing with it (more than I usually will). Right now, I have it set to wake at wrist raise. I think I have to see how it fairs with more normal usage (as compared to newbie, I'm-in-awe mode).

 

[exxxviii]

I am a bit concerned about battery life. Last night when I received watch, I charged it to 95% and by the time I went to bed, it was about 40%. That was 5:30 pm to 11:30 pm. But of course it had heavy use as a figured things out.

I charged fully overnight and it's at 79%. But I have also spent some time playing with it (more than I usually will). Right now, I have it set to wake at wrist raise. I think I have to see how it fairs with more normal usage (as compared to newbie, I'm-in-awe mode).

That is close to what my dad, me, and my daughter experienced when we got our watches. Those first few days are mega battery suckers. Then it settles down a lot. I quit looking at battery six months ago. I have only run out once or twice ever.

 

[Dino F]

I also have the Raise to wake feature enabled - I work in an office and do notice the screen going off occasionally when typing on my keyboard or doing other office related jobs! TBH, it doesn't really bother me - what's the point of all the nice watch faces if you can't look at them once in a while when the screen wakes!!!

My watch is the 42mm Sports edition (the 42mm has slightly better battery life). On one charge, by the end of the day, my watch will be on around 60%-70% battery. That's fine as before I go to bed, I just switch it to power save mode (I don't charge it) and then there is enough battery left for a second day's use, only requiring a charge at the end of the second day.

 

[BlueMoon63]

I've always had the raise to wake feature enabled except at bedtime because I wear mine when I sleep and then I disable. I don't mind the watch coming on when I drive either but since I typically only use the settings for the wake feature, double-clicking the crown brings me right back to the raise to wake so it is quick and easy to toggle.

I typically end the day with 40-50% of battery left because I wear mine to bed as my silent alarm and sleep tracking - both are awesome. I typically wake after 7-8 hours of sleep at 93% (even after 10 months). I won't charge until the end of the day sometime around 8-9pm and it is fully charged an hour or so later and I repeat the cycle putting it back on around 10pm.

 

[ladytonya]

I honestly don't notice my watch coming on when driving or when typing, it seems to take a very specific motion in order to activate raise wrist to wake. Sometimes it's not sensitive enough and doesn't come on when I want it to.

As for battery life, I put my watch on shortly after 8 am today, it is now 4:20 pm and I am at 77%. I have actually been playing with my watch quite a bit today but I'm fine with where it is. I've had my watch for almost a month so I am over the initial playing with it constantly stage but I do still play with it some when messing around with various new apps I download.

 

[Lady_Di]

When it's on my Watch gets a day of battery life, when I turn it off and only tap the screen, I'm getting 3 days of battery life. Now I'm not using the Watch any less, to me it just proves that the screen keeps turning on when it doesn't need to. I constantly notice it turning on when I have the feature on.... Apple really messed up on the design of that feature.

Getting it right on the Watch 2 will be the single biggest battery life performance improvement.

I wear my watch on my left arm but I also use my mouse with my left hand. The motion is way too much for the watch to handle so I had to deactivate to get longer wear. Quite irritating when you need to have a quick raise to see something. I definately think Apple needs to work on that sensitivity.

 

[Julien]

QUESTION: What is it that causes newbies to always resurrect and quote old threads? When they sign up is default sorting different (like by Title) so that they see old threads instead of current threads (Last Message) so they see older threads at the top of their page?

 

[Newtons Apple]

QUESTION: What is it that causes newbies to always resurrect and quote old threads? When they sign up is default sorting different (like by Title) so that they see old threads instead of current threads (Last Message) so they see older threads at the top of their page?

I do think some patience is required. We were all newbies at one time and even long term members, including me, get caught waking old threads. Some of these old thread as still quite relevant today. With the new phones coming soon we are going to see lots of new members which is good for this forum! Forum hits pay the bills.

 

[Julien]

I do think some patience is required. We were all newbies at one time and even long term members, including me, get caught waking old threads. Some of these old thread as still quite relevant today. With the new phones coming soon we are going to see lots of new members which is good for this forum! Forum hits pay the bills.

True, I do suffer a little 'get off my lawn'. However I'm more generalizing and wonder how it always happens.

The thread you posted to yesterday was actually bumped by another Newbie (so not you) and then they deleted their post after you posted. I just ragged you because I'm a ragger and you didn't notice the date.

I just wondering if the forum defaults to Title (or other) sorting instead of Last Message (could be a forum setup issue that needs to be addressed). I doubt they all join and do an Advanced search the first thing.

 

[Arran]

Oh well, since this monster of a thread is alive again, here's a recent link to Theater Mode: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/watchos-3-2-theater-mode/

It might be just what the OP needs?

 

[Newtons Apple]

True, I do suffer a little 'get off my lawn'. However I'm more generalizing and wonder how it always happens.

The thread you posted to yesterday was actually bumped by another Newbie (so not you) and then they deleted their post after you posted. I just ragged you because I'm a ragger and you didn't notice the date.

I just wondering if the forum defaults to Title (or other) sorting instead of Last Message (could be a forum setup issue that needs to be addressed). I doubt they all join and do an Advanced search the first thing.

Back from my well needed rest . . . .

Not sure if it is the search function or the "Similar Threads" that cause this.

Have a great weekend

 

[SDColorado]

I typically get about a day and a half out of mine. I am sure there are factors such as how many apps you allow to send notifications, screen brightness, and stuff at play. I also wonder about the significance of which wrist you wear it on with wrist raise. If you are right handed and wear it on your right wrist, I have to imagine it gets activated more than if it is worn on the left and vice versa if you are a southpaw.

I have not had any real failures of wrist raise not waking the watch either. If I had an experience such as gwhizkids, where "Half the time, I have to shake my wrist or tap the screen to get the watch to wake up" I would be at the genius bar asking for a resolution or replacement.

 

[mmjj]

My Apple Watch 4 also fails to wake some of the time I raise my wrist. Sometimes it works better than other times, and I'm not sure what I'm doing differently, if anything.

I'm only bothering to respond because I noticed some people on this forum seem to attack the person who mentions a problem that's happening for them. In addition to being unfair to the person raising the problem, the habit of blaming the user won't suit you very well if you're ever in the product development business.

I've generally been enthusiastic about Apple products starting with the Apple ][, and so far I'm impressed with my Apple Watch 4 in general. There's no reason to be defensive when someone points out a potential flaw.

Also, IMO resurrecting an existing thread for the same problem (either recurring, or never resolved) seems better than starting a redundant one.

 

[chanerz]

Got no problem on mine.

 

[tromboneaholic]

My Apple Watch 4 also fails to wake some of the time I raise my wrist. Sometimes it works better than other times, and I'm not sure what I'm doing differently, if anything.

This 2.5 year old thread was about battery consumption caused by the watch waking too often for the OP. That's not at all the same issue you are having. In fact, it's the opposite. OP's primary concern was battery life, which seems unrelated to your concern as well.

I'm only bothering to respond because I noticed some people on this forum seem to attack the person who mentions a problem that's happening for them.

I didn't see any examples of that in this old thread.

QUESTION: What is it that causes newbies to always resurrect and quote old threads? When they sign up is default sorting different (like by Title) so that they see old threads instead of current threads (Last Message) so they see older threads at the top of their page?

Also, IMO resurrecting an existing thread for the same problem (either recurring, or never resolved) seems better than starting a redundant one.

Bumping old threads that are a different problem than what you have is generally considered poor form. You're more likely to get help if you post in a thread related to your issue rather than one that's primarily looking at the battery usage of Raise to Wake.

 

[mmjj]

This 2.5 year old thread was about battery consumption caused by the watch waking too often for the OP. That's not at all the same issue you are having. In fact, it's the opposite. OP's primary concern was battery life, which seems unrelated to your concern as well.

The thread title is "Wake screen on wrist raise sucks" and the first response (as well as others) is about false negatives. I don't consider that unrelated to the false positives. The underlying problem is poor detection. The practical question of whether to leave the feature enabled relates to both sides of that problem.