Use the Always On characteristic with your Apple tree Watch

Apple Watch Series five and later on tin display the time and other glanceable data, fifty-fifty when your wrist is down.

Always On is turned on by default on Apple Sentinel Series 5 and later.* In this style, the time will always be visible, along with the spotter face or your most recent active app.

To ameliorate battery life, the display will be dimmed when your wrist is downward or if you speedily cover the display with your hand. A wrist heighten or tap on the screen brings everything back to total brightness and makes the watch screen agile so that you tin can interact with your watch.

* Apple Lookout man SE doesn't support Ever On.

Manage Always On settings

E'er On has settings that allow y'all plough the characteristic off, which can improve battery life. You can likewise choose the information that yous want to appear on the screen when your wrist is down.

How to turn the Ever On feature on or off

  1. Open up the Settings app on your Apple Watch. To do this, press the Digital Crown to run across the Home screen, then tap the Settings button.
  2. Tap Display & Brightness.
  3. Scroll down, then tap Always On.
  4. Tap Ever On to turn on or turn off the feature.

How to manage the information that appears when your wrist is down

  1. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
  2. Tap Display & Brightness.
  3. Scroll downward, and so tap Always On.
  4. Tap Show Complications, Bear witness Notifications or Show Apps. The apps that can show that type of information announced on the next screen.
  5. Plow off the apps that you don't want to evidence information on the screen when your wrist is downward. You can turn off the category of information entirely by tapping the push at the elevation of the screen.

These steps employ to Apple Lookout man devices with watchOS 8.

How app complications announced when your wrist is down

When your wrist is down, the time and any complications on the watch face will exist updated once every minute, and information volition appear as follows:

  • Fourth dimension complications, such equally Stopwatch and Timer, round up their displayed information to the adjacent minute.
  • Complications that show live information, such as Compass and Noise, are not active.
  • Other complications, such as Calendar, Conditions and tertiary-party apps, volition be refreshed in one case per minute or as needed.

How to interact with your picket

When your display is dimmed, it ignores virtually swipes to forbid accidental input. Fifty-fifty with your wrist downwards, you can nevertheless tap a complication to open its app, swipe down from the top of the screen to encounter notifications or swipe up from the lesser to use Control Centre.

You can also raise your wrist, press the Digital Crown or printing the side button to bring your watch to total brightness.

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