Wear at night

[Green Samot]

Is everyone wearing their S3 at night? I've worn other wearables at night for sleep tracking, but with this i was wondering about the AOD annoying me as well as knocking the bezel and turning the screen on in the night.

My shirt cuff has knocked the bezel lots today so I'm thinking this will be worse at night.

 

[optimummind]

I wore my Classic to bed when I took a nap & it correctly summarized my sleep. Pleasant surprise.

 

[daves221]

I wore my Classic to bed when I took a nap & it correctly summarized my sleep. Pleasant surprise.

yeah although in that case, the only time to charge it is while showering / getting dressed? was trying to figure out the window to charge it b/c when I did fall asleep with it once it gave me some interesting info on restful vs. non-restful sleep.

 

[afblangley]

So we need two Gears, one to wear during the day and a second to wear at night while the first one is charging.

 

[daves221]

So we need two Gears, one to wear during the day and a second to wear at night while the first one is charging.

that must be why samsung lets you pair multiple gear devices to one phone !

 

[Megan Arlitz]

So. As i am reading this. It has a sleep tracker? Do you need to turn the sleep tracker on or does it do it automatically?

 

[optimummind]

So. As i am reading this. It has a sleep tracker? Do you need to turn the sleep tracker on or does it do it automatically?

It was automatic for me.

You can turn it off later if you want from S Health.

 

[Megan Arlitz]

Awesome. Good to know. I think I'd keep it auto.

 

[TomOfTx]

Is everyone wearing their S3 at night? I've worn other wearables at night for sleep tracking, but with this i was wondering about the AOD annoying me as well as knocking the bezel and turning the screen on in the night.

My shirt cuff has knocked the bezel lots today so I'm thinking this will be worse at night.

Use the screen lock. If using Samsung Pay on the watch, it already requires a screen lock. If you are still (sleeping) for a period of time or you take the watch off, the screen lock PIN entry screen comes on if you were to touch the screen or bezel, so the watch will not access any apps and use more power.

Except for when I was testing the power consumption of the watch, I keep the AOD off at night. I have worn the watch to bed for a few nights to continue testing battery usage under different scenarios, as well as the sleep tracking. Eventually I will likely just be taking the watch off at night.

 

[Green Samot]

On android wear there's a theatre mode (i think that's what it's called) that would be ideal for this.

 

[jsk0703]

I can't do it....

Was never able to sleep with my Fitbit on my wrist. No way could I do it with the S3.

 

[pinkivy98]

I've always worn my smartwatches at night to track my sleep. I've had the gear s, s2, & now the s3. Does not bother me to sleep with them on. I charge my watch when I watch TV or shower at night. Then put it back on. By the next morning the watch usually has used about 5% battery. By the end of the day I will have about 70-80% battery left depending on heavy usage.

 

[Kirk Maluo]

Speaking of which, is there an easy way to turn off Always on Display and Gesture Wake at the same time?

 

[pinkivy98]

Speaking of which, is there an easy way to turn off Always on Display and Gesture Wake at the same time?

Turn off AOD: Go to settings, style, click AOD to turn off.
Turn off Wake up Gesture: Go to settings, device, click wake up gesture to turn off.

 

[Kirk Maluo]

Turn off AOD: Go to settings, style, click AOD to turn off.
Turn off Wake up Gesture: Go to settings, device, click wake up gesture to turn off.

Thanks I was wondering if there was an easy way to do that. Maybe a one click app or something.

 

[pinkivy98]

Thanks I was wondering if there was an easy way to do that. Maybe a one click app or something.

LOL...oh.

 

[inffy]

So does the S3 actually automatically track your sleep or do you have to add something on your S-Health on your phone? As I was reading something that you have to add your sleep time to S-Health so the watch will monitor your sleep during that time only?

 

[optimummind]

So does the S3 actually automatically track your sleep or do you have to add something on your S-Health on your phone? As I was reading something that you have to add your sleep time to S-Health so the watch will monitor your sleep during that time only?

For my Gear S3 Classic, sleep tracking was automatic out of the box. It's paired to a GS7E.

 

[inffy]

For my Gear S3 Classic, sleep tracking was automatic out of the box. It's paired to a GS7E.

Thanks will test it tonight then. Mine is paired to Pixel XL but works totally fine.

 

[haus]

I wear my s2 at night and set do not disturb mode. This turns off alerts (but not alarms) and the wake gesture. I don't use AOD because the S2 battery isn't big enough to get me through a day with that. Does the s3 have DnD?