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Burn-in on AMOLED screens

Hey!

Does anyone know if GARMIN does some "magic" to prevent burn-ins like modern OLED-TV-panels do?? I just switched to a 265 and I love the AOD, but I'm a bit worried if it'll survive for a long time, especially if AOD is ON and the gesture is turned OFF. Is there a difference of the Garmin watch faces, or the ones from the CIQ-store?

I read some cases of burn-ins of Venu watches, even with AOD turned OFF.

Curious what you think about it...

0 Bitti over 1 year ago

Garmin does have built-in burn-in prevention measures, and even enforces them on app and watch face developers: https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/connect-iq-faq/how-do-i-make-a-watch-face-for-amoled-products/

But of course, the less the screen is on, the longer the display can be expected to last (just like with amoled phones and watches of other manufacturers).

0 Scott over 1 year ago

As described, there are precautions built in. As an aside, I have three Venu series watches that have always been used with AOD active. I haven't seen evidence of burn-in on any of them.