There seems to be great variation in the battery consumption of various watch faces. Is that mainly due to 1Hz seconds or heart rate display? What are some of the best and worst watch faces for battery life? Thank you.
Not just the seconds. Drawing graphics and doing calculations has a part in consumption too. So cleaner watchfaces consume less. Code optimisation and good coding techniques play role too.
I use the standard three circle watch face and get pretty much the advertised battery life. 20 hours GPS and-or 12/14 days smart mode. 5% GPS per hour/8% Smart per day.
Mainly cos I can't see the ones that have the displays with a lot of small graphics. :-)
Actually, at 1hz, the entire screen doesn't get update. Only a small section, like the area where the HR or seconds is displayed. Analog use larger areas if they use a seconds hand.
Internally if the 1hz ("seconds all the time") is found to use much battery, the 1hz updates stop to preserve battery.
I use the standard three circle watch face and get pretty much the advertised battery life. 20 hours GPS and-or 12/14 days smart mode. 5% GPS per hour/8% Smart per day.
Mainly cos I can't see the ones that have the displays with a lot of small graphics. :-)
That's actually great. Mine loses about %10 in an hour of GPS activity...
8.0. I tried a few different watch faces but honestly found the detail ones cluttered (and unreadable) for my liking. Happy with it to just tell the time and I can scroll to widgets if I need details! My 5x is quite boring and standard apart from some sensor add-ons.
