The new Apple Watch 8 and Ultra have many interesting new features, including a new power saving mode that will increase the autonomy of your smartwatch so that it lasts much longer without having to constantly charge it.
This new function that you will undoubtedly find interesting is also available for older brand models that support watchOS 9. What they may not have told you is that you will have to stop taking advantage of utilities that may be practical or essential for you, so we need to tell you what happens if you really decide to activate it or if you already have it on your Apple Watch.
What is battery saving mode and what do you lose?
The energy saving mode is an interesting function of these smart watches that prolongs the battery life so that you do not have to constantly charge it, thus saving on your monthly electricity consumption, and so that you do not run out of it at the least time. prompt. Of course, you have to keep in mind that there are certain functions that will not work if you activate it , so you will have to give them up.
When you activate this mode, the Always On screen turns off , so you will have to forgo some useful health features , since you will not receive notifications of low heart rate, high heart rate or irregular heart rate. Blood oxygen and heart rate are not measured in the background. It also won’t remind you to start a workout.
If you don’t have your iPhone nearby, you will lose the connection to your phone and the Internet , so you will not be able to receive notifications or calls. If your phone is close you will not have a problem, you will have it if you move away from it without realizing it or without being aware of what it means to have this energy saving mode.
On the other hand, at the level of operation , the Siri voice assistant will take a little longer to react, there will be fewer updates in the background, it will take you longer to make calls, not to mention that some animations and scrolling will be less noticeable soft, among other tasks. Beyond what you lose, you will notice it slightly for everything mentioned above.
Do you want to activate it?
If you don’t mind giving them up and you want to save energy on your smartwatch because this is what really interests you, or because you really don’t care about what doesn’t work, we’ll tell you how you can do it step by step:
- Open Control Center
- Swipe up from the bottom of the screen
- Gives a Battery Percentage
- Enable from here the low consumption mode or to save battery
- It will warn you that you lose some functions
- You can turn it on completely or for 1, 2 or 3 days as you are interested
- A yellow circle will appear indicating that you have activated the function
Also, if your battery is low , the watch itself will ask you if you want to activate this mode. You can also use it in your workouts from Entreno.
How to deactivate it and recover functions
If you have realized that you have this mode activated and you do not have utilities that interest you or you regret having activated it, you can disable it in a few steps following the same previous route.
If you want to get rid of it, you will do it in less than a minute like this:
- Swipe up from the bottom of your watch face
- Click on Battery percentage
- Turn off power saving mode