App Notifications when watch isn't being worn - what gives?

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KrapfenKringel said:

Why not? You can still see whats going on without pulling out your phone, the watch could be fixed on a bike handle, don't be so uncreative..

If it's on your bike handlebar, you're probably recording an activity, in which case it should be giving alerts according to "notifications -> during activity" option. I would be willing to bet that these watches spend orders of magnitude less time on a bike handlebar while not recording an activity than they spend on someone's bedside table, or coffee table, or not being worn around the house. Many people, and likely a majority who ride bikes don't mount it on the handlebar. Some of us don't ride a bike at all, ever. Many, many people don't wear the watch 24/7/365 and would prefer it not notify them while they aren't wearing it. Shocking, I know.

I would bet <5% of users ride with the watch on the handlebar, and even fewer usually do so without recording an activity. I bet almost 100% take the watch off at least to shower, and a large number do not wear the watch at all times of day, especially with how bulky Fenix is compared to smaller sport/lifestyle watches.

I understand the purpose is to see what's going on without pulling out my phone, but when my phone is next to me and the watch is on a table across the room (or in a different room), there's no reason it should be giving me notifications. Right now that happens, and it's really irritating. Having to turn on Do Not Disturb every time I take the watch off (which could be handled perfectly automatically by on-wrist detection) is an unnecessary step.

multiades said:

I understand the purpose is to see what's going on without pulling out my phone, but when my phone is next to me and the watch is on a table across the room (or in a different room), there's no reason it should be giving me notifications. Right now that happens, and it's really irritating

Your watch is an animate object. It has no way of knowing if your phone is next to you and your watch is in another room.  It doesn't no why you removed and that you don't want notifications. If you're not wearing the watch, turn it off. Problem solved.

multiades said:

Having to turn on Do Not Disturb every time I take the watch off (which could be handled perfectly automatically by on-wrist detection) is an unnecessary step.

It takes 5 seconds to press two buttons to but your phone in DND. 

I agree - it would be a good feature to turn off notifications if the watch is able to detect it's off your wrist and you're not doing an activity.

Your watch is an animate object. It has no way of knowing if your phone is next to you and your watch is in another room.  It doesn't no why you removed and that you don't want notifications. If you're not wearing the watch, turn it off. Problem solved.

It may not have any way of knowing whether the watch is next to me or in another room, but they went to a lot of effort to figure out "is the user wearing the watch?" -- which is exactly how I think notifications should be handled. If you're not wearing the watch (and not recording an activity), don't show notifications. It seems dead simple to me.

Turning the watch on and off takes time. The watch doesn't boot up instantly, it takes about 30 seconds or so. There's no reason to have to turn the watch off when removing it because on-wrist detection could automatically turn off notifications without user input. It would probably be one of the easiest features to code because on-wrist detection and turning notifications on/off already exists.

It takes 5 seconds to press two buttons to but your phone in DND. 

Why should I have to do ANYTHING manually when the watch is smart enough to do it automatically? The point of a "SMART" watch is to do things conveniently, automatically. Turning off the watch or flipping it to do-not-disturb because I'm not wearing it defeats the purpose of smart functionality like on-wrist detection.

And INANIMATE is the word you're looking for.

Just because it doesn't work in a manner you want doesn't mean that's the case for everyone. I work in a tower truck using both hands at the same time.  I take off my watch so it doesn't get damaged while working and I hang it on the control panel of my boom.  I don't have the time to pull my phone out of my pocket to check every notification, but I can look at my watch to see if one is important enough that I need to respond. I'm not in an activity and I not wearing my watch but here's an example of it's usefulness. 

I don't have the time to pull my phone out of my pocket to check every notification, but I can look at my watch to see if one is important enough that I need to respond. I'm not in an activity and I not wearing my watch but here's an example of it's usefulness. 

There are many of us with the same or similar use scenarios.  I hope Garmin don't change a thing and keep notifications active even when not wearing the watch.

HTH

+1

I have all the sounds turned off on my phone. Removing the watch from my hand, I need to turn it on manually every time!?))