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Does watchface from connectiq use more battery than native built-in?

4989262
over 1 year ago

Does watchface from connectiq use more battery than native built-in?

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  • 0 over 1 year ago

    Since the Wf from the store are stored in the RAM of the watch, so to speak, they need a bit more power than those that are quasi integrated in the operating system.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Farron

    All the watch faces are loaded into RAM when they are active, regardless of whether they are native or ConnectIQ. And both kinds of watch faces are stored in the watch's flash memory when not active, so no difference there either.

    But native watch faces probably do consume a little less battery, because they are most likely compiled into machine code that the watch's processor can run directly. ConnectIQ watch faces are implemented in a programming language called Monkey C that requires a little more processor power when it's being run in the watch.

    However, for watch faces with similar functionality, I wouldn't expect the difference to be huge. But I have never done any benchmarks.

  • +1 over 1 year ago
    4989262 said:
    Does watchface from connectiq use more battery than native built-in?

    Using a Connect IQ watch face certainly can pull more battery but each one tried can vary. For example, if you use a Connect IQ watch face that is constantly pulling a lot of data fields, you will most likely notice the difference in battery use. It also comes down to the Connect IQ developer that made it. The provided default watch faces will normally be the best battery life since they are fine tuned around the overall design.

    If you do experience more battery drain using a Connect IQ watch face, you can always uninstall it if you don't want to charge your watch more often.