I've had my watch for a while now and can't seem to get it to go into Dim-Mode after looking at the face. Whenever I turn the watch face on to look at the time, after a while it go off completely without showing me the dim mode. Is there something I am missing?
It sounds like you're looking for "Ambient Mode" just go to the setting and turn it to "Ambient Mode: On"
I like Ambient mode too because it makes it very quick and easy to glance and check the time!
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How is the watch supposed to function ambient versus non ambient mode? In non ambient mode the watch screen shuts off, if I turn the watch it lights up, seems to work ok other than it doesn't turn on 3/4 of the time.
In ambient mode I get the screen in a dim mode all of the time, kind of odd but the second hand in the watch face gets deactivated but oh well. Now when I hold it up it lights up, but has the "ok Google" text on the screen, where with non-ambient mode it would not do this. Is this normal? It's kind of annoying to see the ok Google text.
spinedoc said:
How is the watch supposed to function ambient versus non ambient mode? In non ambient mode the watch screen shuts off, if I turn the watch it lights up, seems to work ok other than it doesn't turn on 3/4 of the time.
In ambient mode I get the screen in a dim mode all of the time, kind of odd but the second hand in the watch face gets deactivated but oh well. Now when I hold it up it lights up, but has the "ok Google" text on the screen, where with non-ambient mode it would not do this. Is this normal? It's kind of annoying to see the ok Google text.
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Here's a really good post describing how ambient mode works: http://www.droid-life.com/2014/09/08/moto-360-ambient-screen-mode/
I think the second hand gets deactivated to save battery(fewer animations). I haven't seen the "ok Google" text on my watch but maybe it depends on your watch face.
I see the OK Google text also. I think that it is trying to let you know that you can say it at any time now and input voice commands for the watch. I understand showing this to people who do not realize such a feature is available but it really should go away after popping up the first 5 times. I really do not need a constant reminder.
Yeah but I wonder why it doesn't show OK Google when ambient mode is off.
The "Ok, Google" text only shows until you've used voice commands ~5-10 times then it goes away.
djuniah said:
The "Ok, Google" text only shows until you've used voice commands ~5-10 times then it goes away.
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Cool thanks, I gave it some voice commands and eventually it went away.
when i look at the watch its on for like 2 seconds then dims and turns off..
is there any way to keep the watch on for longer without being on all the time?
i cant find any settings for screen timeout
As far as I know, you can turn ambient mode on where the watch face does not turn off but I have not seen a way (unrooted) that would allow you to change the timeout time. I could be wrong however.
Some 3rd party faces have this option. Not in wear itself yet.
All Watchfaces from Smartwatch Bureaux have a setting for defaut, 15s, 30s,......
Hey guys, wanted to see if this was an issue. I'm on the latest lollipop build on my 360 and using a Note 4 with lollipop also. In android wear settings I turn ON ambient mode, it stays on sometimes, but other times it turns completely off, I'd say ambient mode doesn't stay off most of the time. I've verified that on the watch itself it says ambient mode is off. I think I narrowed it down to if the watch is turned up, ambient mode stays on, but when I tilt the watch down the screen completely turns off.
Kind of related also is I turn off tilt to activate in android wear settings, but it still turns the watch on, specifically when ambient mode off doesn't work and the phone is not facing up and turns off. I suppose this is normal behavior and the issue remains with ambient mode not staying off.
Anyone else?
spinedoc said:
Hey guys, wanted to see if this was an issue. I'm on the latest lollipop build on my 360 and using a Note 4 with lollipop also. In android wear settings I turn ON ambient mode, it stays on sometimes, but other times it turns completely off, I'd say ambient mode doesn't stay off most of the time. I've verified that on the watch itself it says ambient mode is off. I think I narrowed it down to if the watch is turned up, ambient mode stays on, but when I tilt the watch down the screen completely turns off.
Kind of related also is I turn off tilt to activate in android wear settings, but it still turns the watch on, specifically when ambient mode off doesn't work and the phone is not facing up and turns off. I suppose this is normal behavior and the issue remains with ambient mode not staying off.
Anyone else?
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This is normal. In ambient mode, the screen turns off after a short while. It seems a bit random. It's probably cos the battery wouldn't last throughout the day if it stayed on.
I personally find the ambient mode and tilt mode a bit annoying (especially when driving at night) so i just have them both switched off and tap the screen or button when i want to see the screen. The screen still lights up when an alert appears.
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This is normal. In ambient mode, the screen turns off after a short while. It seems a bit random. It's probably cos the battery wouldn't last throughout the day if it stayed on.
I personally find the ambient mode and tilt mode a bit annoying (especially when driving at night) so i just have them both switched off and tap the screen or button when i want to see the screen. The screen still lights up when an alert appears.
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how do you turn off tilt mode?
hamdir said:
how do you turn off tilt mode?
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Android Wear -> Settings -> Moto 360 -> Uncheck Tilt to wake screen option
I am new to android wear and just got my SW3 but there are a few things I'd like to configure on my watch but I just cannot find the appropriate settings. Is there anyway to achieve the following?
Disable the automatic exit from ambient mode
Disable touch screen to exit ambient (go button only?)
set deifferent actions for button press
set a "sub" ambient mode
The last one there probably needs an explanation, I have a number of watch faces that present entirely different faces when in ambient mode and will not show them when active. What i'd really like is to be able to see these ambient screens with the back light and colouring.
Does anybody know if it is possible to have ambient mode come on and go off at specified times. I would like ambient on through the day and to go off automatically at say 9PM.
Tasker with autowear could certainly be used to toggle on schedule what auto wear calls "keep screen on" mode. But it's actually more aggressive at keeping the screen on than the normal ambient mode in watch settings.