I'm on 7.2 and after a period of not moving my wrist, the display turns completely off (this is after the expected dimming) even though I have Always On selected. I hope this is a bug and not one of the ways it gets the 6 days of battery life.
I'm on 7.2 and after a period of not moving my wrist, the display turns completely off (this is after the expected dimming) even though I have Always On selected. I hope this is a bug and not one of the ways it gets the 6 days of battery life.
Updated October 18th, 2022:
If your display was turning off despite your settings, the v9.37 software update has fixed the issue.
This picture will help and the Support Center article…
Thanks, Chris. Yes, that does help but given those specifications there isn’t really an option for a display that is always on so “Always on Display” is misleading (and now it makes sense how Epix is able…
I hope the 7 works out better for you. I’ll never be able to go back to that muted screen after having the Epix for a week.
To reiterate my experience, AOD on, gestures off, and I literally never…
Factory one.
Yeah, that's what I've suspected the whole time.
I wonder why Garmin so stubbornly ignores this problem. It can't be that hard to tie this to the HR sensor so that the display stays on as long as the watch has a HR reading. Or, preferably, to let us have a few options for the timeout setting.
This is their preferred act to prevent it from screenburn. Preserving battery is just bla-bla... It is not a coincidence!
Gesture on or off? In case it's on, try to deactivate it.
If you check Garmin - Chris's comment, this is the normal behaviour of the watch. You can't prevent it anyhow.
FYI, the latest firmware update (7.24) mentions that the screen is now truly always-on in always on mode while on the wrist (presumably that means it uses the HR sensor to determine when to turn the screen off)
Have you tried it? Or is it someone else that can verify that this is correct?
I have 7.24 installed. Can confirm it is now true AOD.
I can also confirm that the AOD does indeed always stay on with 7.24 installed, but only with a stock watch face. It still goes off if I switch to my paid CIQ watch face (GearMin3).
This is great to see -- I do wish it would stay on when off wrist (or have the option to do so). I know this is an edge case, but for some activities, or even just while laying on the desk while working, it would be nice to be glanceable.