Battery life vs watch faces

[scotts9219]

I have noticed that when I use some of the watch faces my battery life tanks. Normally my watch makes it all day, no issues. However, if I change to certain watch faces it will kill the battery and it's dead in 6 hours. Anyone else run into this? Right now I can only trust one or two watch faces.

 

[mr_nobody]

Not all watch faces are created equal. I remember one from the play store (speeds?) was notorious for draining battery.

Nowadays I only use watchmaker faces and though they vary a bit, I haven't noticed any that really kill my battery.

 

[MeronApps]

All watch faces are applications. So some of them may not be done properly. Don´t give up and explore!

 

[Jared DiPane]

Also depends on what information the watch face has on it. Weather and such will pull more battery life.

I have recently installed FORM watch face, and really love it. Great look, and doesn't pull much battery at all.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...urik.roman.formwatchface&hl=en&token=htjJMOQb

 

[Umass021]

Here is a watch face I use. Easy on the battery and optimized for square or round faces. https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...atch.face.aviator.android.wear&token=zOxaH7dw

 

[N4Newbie]

Watch out for any watch face that constantly displays the seconds in any form - whether numbers (01, 02, 14, 15, 16...), a blinking colon, or some other animation. All of these keep the CPU awake and consume far more power than you might think.

See https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/watch-faces/performance.html

 

[mr_nobody]

I think that would be true if the watchface were constantly updating...however once the watch goes into dim mode, it only updates once per minute so I don't think whether a face has seconds or not is really an issue.

 

[N4Newbie]

The watch face does what the developer wants it to do, both in full mode and in dim mode. So, if the OP installed a watchface which does not follow good design policies, then it is going to chew up battery.

 

[mr_nobody]

Yeah, I guess I've been using watchmaker for so long (what I describe is how _watchmaker_ faces operate) that I've forgotten how all those horrible play store faces operate...