Battery LIfe

olymay · 15 Apr 2021, 07:58

@jamie-bg I use tilt to wake (with power saver tilt) as I may be a tech geek, but I’m still a traditionalist and want to be able to look at my watch using just one hand

Aleksander H · 15 Apr 2021, 08:00

@olymay I use always on and get 2 days if no activity. I like to see the time without having to perform a gesture. 2 days with always on is pretty good.

olymay · 15 Apr 2021, 08:05

@aleksander-h Agreed!

With no activity (I haven’t done much recently while recovering from injuries) I was getting over 70 hours, with my best at 78hrs!!!

This was 100% to 5%

Remove overnight (7 hrs)
Tilt to wake on
Power saver tilt
Full notifications (i get a lot of these as well!)
Auto brightness

This watch is a battery beast! No other smartwatch I have had has even come close to this!

Aleksander H · 15 Apr 2021, 08:08

@olymay said in Battery LIfe:

This watch is a battery beast! No other smartwatch I have had has even come close to this!

My Samsung Gear Sport did slightly better. It was a terrible sports watch though. The GPS on that thing was all over the place.

olymay · 15 Apr 2021, 08:11

@aleksander-h No offense to Samsung watches, but with the lack of third party apps (I know there are some, but it only some, not like Apple or Google (in fact I think Garmin has more than Samsung!)) I am reluctant to call them a full smartwatch. But that’s just me

Aleksander H · 15 Apr 2021, 08:14

@olymay said in Battery LIfe:

@aleksander-h No offense to Samsung watches, but with the lack of third party apps (I know there are some, but it only some, not like Apple or Google (in fact I think Garmin has more than Samsung!)) I am reluctant to call them a full smartwatch. But that’s just me

Will be interesting to see if they do make the switch to WearOS.

olymay · 15 Apr 2021, 08:18

@aleksander-h I really hope they do.

Samsung hardware has always been great (and WOW I love that rotating bezel!) but Tizen has been a bit of a flop and has really held their watches back (in my opinion!)
I would have bought one years ago but for the lack of key Google apps (Google Pay being the main one!).

There are also reports of a Pixel Watch coming soon (I know these rumours have been around since the beginning of time, but these are finally starting to sound almost believable), so WearOS might start to get some solid support and development.

This would only be a good thing for all consumers

Jamie BG · 15 Apr 2021, 19:50

@olymay I use AOD on, so tilt/touch not required to see the time.

olymay · 16 Apr 2021, 10:37

@jamie-bg said in Battery LIfe:

@olymay I use AOD on, so tilt/touch not required to see the time.

So you have the screen on at all times? I used to use this as it’s nice to easily glance at the time. However I find that even the minimum brightness is still too bright when it gets dark, so I turned it off.

Nigel Taylor 0 · 16 Apr 2021, 11:56

@olymay said in Battery LIfe:

@jamie-bg said in Battery LIfe:

@olymay I use AOD on, so tilt/touch not required to see the time.

So you have the screen on at all times? I used to use this as it’s nice to easily glance at the time. However I find that even the minimum brightness is still too bright when it gets dark, so I turned it off.

It would be REALLY GOOD if there was a scheduled night-time mode.
(timing could even be automated - switch to night 1hr after sunset, switch to normal 1hr before sunrise or something).

In my imagination, this night-time mode would disable any tilt to wake function, so in bed you would only get the screen displaying by touching a button, but then during day you could just power-save tilt (or whatever other mode you prefer) to see time, or have AOD on during the ‘non night time’ as you prefer.

In fact now sleep tracking seems to be arriving next week this should be an even more obvious feature to add. The watch knows you’re asleep, so why would screen ever liven up?!

olymay · 17 Apr 2021, 16:39

@nigel-taylor-0 This would be a really great idea! Especially if the timing could be set manually (as in the winter sunset is around 1600hrs where I am).

Maybe it could use the upcoming sleep detection to determine you are asleep and turn the screen off?

Maybe we should transfer this to a separate thread, as I feel we have gone somewhat off topic :-S

Jamie BG · 19 Apr 2021, 11:59

@olymay - put DND and cinema mode on when I go to bed - part of my nightly routine, so no the watch face being AOD on when sleeping doesn’t disturb me as turned it off. Plus move around a bit when I sleep which would probably activate the tilt functionality so best option is cinema mode to switch off screen.
If on my wrist while sleeping I then also use lock touch screen.

This is why I would love the ability to customize my quick settings (never use find my phone).

Aleksander H · 19 Apr 2021, 12:05

@jamie-bg said in Battery LIfe:

This is why I would love the ability to customize my quick settings (never use find my phone).

I would love that ability. I want a shortcut to turn on button lock!!!

Jamie BG · 19 Apr 2021, 12:38

@aleksander-h - so agree or at least have it as a quick setting - far more useful than battery saver and or find my phone.

Aleksander H · 19 Apr 2021, 12:40

@jamie-bg said in Battery LIfe:

@aleksander-h - so agree or at least have it as a quick setting - far more useful than battery saver and or find my phone.

Customizability is the way to go. Different people will want different buttons. Do something similar to the way watch complications work where you can long press on a button and then select among a list of actions. I seem to remember my Tizen watch had this

Of course, this will be a Google feature request rather than a Suunto one.

Jamie BG · 19 Apr 2021, 12:54

@aleksander-h
android allows this, so am surprised we can’t do the same with wear os, or that they have ignored this part.
(then again maybe surprised isn’t the right word…).

Nshkira · 21 Apr 2021, 18:44

With the tilt to wake, wifi, bluetooth activated, whithout sport activities, what battery time do you have? My watch would turn battery saver mode on after the 24 hour limit.

olymay · 21 Apr 2021, 19:40

@aleksander-h my old TicWatch Pro had two buttons and they could have two functions each, activated by either a single or double press. Was a really nice and handy feature.

olymay · 21 Apr 2021, 19:45

@nshkira said in Battery LIfe:

With the tilt to wake, wifi, bluetooth activated, whithout sport activities, what battery time do you have? My watch would turn battery saver mode on after the 24 hour limit.

Since the new update on Monday I haven’t had too much opportunity to test battery life properly.

However, I took my S7 off the charger at 1300hrs yesterday at 100%.
At 1300hrs today the battery was at 47%.
So 53% usage in 24hrs.
I reckon I can eek a bit more out of it too.

I have AoD off
Power saver tilt to wake on
BT on
WiFi on auto
24/7 HR
Sleep tracking for 8hrs
I get a lot of notifications, control media, and reply to messages.

Jamie BG · 22 Apr 2021, 11:23

@olymay
Running Solstice watch face with AOD off, touch to wake on, power save tilt on, nav gestures off. BT on, Wifi auto, 24/7HR &resources, Sleep 6 hrs (use cinema mode, DND and touch lock).

Took off charger at 9am yesterday morning, was at 53% this morning when I put it on charger at 8:30, and that includes tracking a 20min walk with dog. It also includes reviewing a lot of notifications, replying to quite a few, at least an hour of media control. And a more than usual use of watch - am still playing around with it due to the suunto updates.

So yes 2 days is still very possible with AOD off, not so sure with AOD on based on previous days results.