It is designed to do that when you aren’t wearing it as there is zero need for the display to be on. Show a video with it happening while wearing it and its a different story. All watches do this to conserve battery which is totally logical.

It happens on my hand as well just not as consistently. I'll film it if more evidence is necessary. But AOD on should mean AOD on always.

• True AOD means while wearing it because again if it’s sitting on a table and you aren’t wearing it it’s literally useless burning battery otherwise and every single smartwatch does this by design. You would certainly need a video of this while wearing otherwise it’s doing exactly what it should be doing. 

It does happen when on my wrist. I've been wearing Fenixes for over 7 years now and I can tell when there is an issue with a core feature. 

what you display in the video is normal behavior. 

if the watch has no skin detection, the screen will turn off.

dukeskd said:

Garmin-Laurie FlowState Here is a video of the problem and with the stock watch face:
www.youtube.com/.../X5uG2OUDqtc

Thank you for the video. When you filmed this, was this during your sleep schedule? If so, what are you display settings set to in Focus mode for during sleep? Menu, Focus Mode, Sleep, Display and Brightness.

Thank you for your reply.

This was outside of my sleep schedule in daytime.

I have another video here where the screen displays off on my wrist:
https://youtu.be/3Yh2lTh4jnc?si=boknFNqKKdSDXrDU

suskozaver @7343684 for your reference...

I see. so AOD is not "true" AOD mode. That clears it up. 

I also would like to know why it times out to black screen when I tap the watch. That should be a signal that the watch is in use and not to save the screen. Seems like there may be a bug here.