Powering a screen, along with a backlight, is one of the most energy-intensive things a smartwatch needs to do. This was done as a means to enhance battery life, which is never sublime on smartwatches, given the limited space for a battery. Using a motion sensor (or presses on pushers or the touchscreen), the screen would “wake up” when the wearer either needed to glance at the dial or operate the watch in some way.
The first four generations of the Apple Watch have displays that would be turned off when it was not in use. I will also add my sentiment that once people get accustomed to a smartwatch with an always-on screen, I doubt most people will want to go back to a blank one when the watch is not “in use.” If you aren’t entirely clear on what this technology is, then I will break it down in a simple way. That said, there are certainly some important game-changing aspects to Apple deciding to embrace this feature - which has been around in some other smartwatches for a few years now. In our aBlogtoWatch Apple Watch Series 5 video review, I said “maybe” to the question of whether or not this new functionality was “game-changing.” I still think Apple has areas in which to improve and evolve this feature (which they will).
Going into wearing the Apple Watch Series 5, I had one major question: Is the always-on screen” (Apple’s name for it is the Always-On Retina Display) a game-changer? It is certainly my general-purpose smartwatch of choice and, to be honest, when I don’t wear it I end up missing some of the useful information Apple makes it possible to easily view from most of the watch face options.
For the last several weeks, I have worn the Apple Watch Series 5 at least once daily - and overall, I’m very happy with it.
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