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Apps WorkOutDoors: New workout features
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You can manually split a workout into intervals if that is what you mean? To do that use the New Interval command. On the Ultra that is the default command for the orange action button, but on other watches like your S7 you can configure it for a different gesture (e.g. double tap the screen) by going to Settings / Commands / Shortcuts
I've used other watch apps while cycling & hiking and using AOD is actually a worse experience! First it uses more battery and actually takes longer to switch from the AOD view to awake view. I have a Fitness focus shortcut that turns AOD off when starting a workout, then back on when done. When cycling, hiking, etc. I can't see the AOD display anyway, and the screen going from black to full on wrist raise is instant.For you.
And other bikers.
I don't care about AOD, but I'm a hiker and a climber, I do not ride.
Different users, different needs
Exactly!
What's the point of even having the watch display anything if you're not even looking at it.
If you do look at it, you have to raise the wrist, unless you're some kind of contorsionist...
If you raise the wrist, as you said, it shows up instantly.
Unplanned intervals are simply a way of manually splitting a workout into sections. There is no concept of repeat loops or even interval types (fast, slow etc). You just invoke the New Interval command and it starts a new interval (and ends the previous one).
Yesterday I ran a 60 KM Ultra and the coming altitude profile has definitely missed me. Hope that comes soon.
Oh well, what was your longest outdoor activity with WOD?
8:40 h yesterday, start with 98% at the end 15%.
A bit little, isn't it?
Oh well, what was your longest outdoor activity with WOD?
8:40 h yesterday, start with 98% at the end 15%.
A bit little, isn't it?
That is about 10.5 hours for 100%. Apple say 10 hours when using GPS and 4G LTE, or 12 hours when not using 4G LTE, so how good it was depends on whether or not you had LTE enabled.
It will be interesting to see how the new SwiftUI version will work for people. In my tests it matches or beats Apple's estimates so far, but it is early days.
There isn't a public beta of the AOD version yet. It is at an early stage and far too raw to expect it to work without problems. I will release the beta properly when I am happy that it is pretty stable.
I don't want to give it to people who may complain publicly about how unreliable it is, when that is normal for an early beta of a major rewrite.
I managed a 23 hour event and finished with a couple of percent battery at the end (using an Ultra). I was carrying my phone and both were in low power mode (but still recorded full heartrate and GPS data). I think having the phone helps prolong the battery life but I'm not exactly sure how.
Yawn... I run 100km in my sleep.... cuz that's the only time I would even entertain it.
Crazy!
Would you mind to share your Apple Watch settings?
The longest activity i tracked was 11 hours and i had around 40 % battery left on my watch.
I use low power mode for every Sports activity but not the one with the reduced heartrate and gps.
Which do you use?
It was a couple of months ago and I have played with the settings since but if I recall correctly, I had:-
- The watch in low power mode with cellular turned off
- Notifications muted (I had do not disturb triggered automatically when I started the workout)
- No music / podcasts playing on watch or phone
- WOD was playing the alerts though the phone which I had in my pack
- AoD turned off
- The iphone (11) in low power mode the whole time.
This was my first 20+ hour event with the watch so I had a backup garmin in my bag too just in case.
Interestingly, it was my phone that ran out of battery - I had to connect it to a battery pack after 14 hours as it was draining quickly despite me never looking at it. I don't completely understand it, but I seem to get better battery life when I have the phone with me but it was my understanding that it shouldn't have made much of a difference as it does not use the iPhone GPS any more.
I did an 8 hour event yesterday and still had 59% battery at the end although this time I didn't have the do not disturb on. Interestingly my wife who has a the smaller series 8 also lasted the 8 hours with ~20% remaining (again carrying her iPhone with her). This is way longer than I was ever getting on my series 6.
Same as you - definitely not the reduced heartrate and GPS. I might have explicitly turned off the blood ox sensor but I can't be sure. I provided the settings I think I was using above.
Did you carry your phone with you? I have this feeling that this makes a difference but don't know why. I definitely go through battery quicker when I just have my watch but I usually have a podcast streaming over cellular so I assume that is the factor.
I'll keep experimenting and report back if I can figure out why I'm getting better battery life than expected.
It might be worth trying turning Bluetooth on so the phone and watch can talk. I have a suspicion that when both can talk to each other, the watch does less 'hunting' and trusts that the phone can handle communication to the outside world and consequently uses less battery.
I also looked as low power should turn off blood ox automatically apparently.
It is very interesting to hear that taking the phone helps battery life even though the latest watches do not use the phone for GPS.
For some activities you can preserve a lot of power by switching off the "wake on wrist raise" option in Apple's Settings app. However this means that you need to tap the screen to see the data, which could be too much of a restriction for some people.
For example when Paddling the screen often comes on with every stroke and it can use up the battery 2 or 3 times as quickly as with other sports, so I often recommend disabling it for that activity.
I don't know for sure but it could be that some people have a running style which is more likely to cause the screen to wake and therefore uses more power unless you disable the wake on raise option. As I say this is speculation but it may be worth trying if you are really concerned about battery life.
For some activities you can preserve a lot of power by switching off the "wake on wrist raise" option in Apple's Settings app. However this means that you need to tap the screen to see the data, which could be too much of a restriction for some people.
For example when Paddling the screen often comes on with every stroke and it can use up the battery 2 or 3 times as quickly as with other sports, so I often recommend disabling it for that activity.
I don't know for sure but it could be that some people have a running style which is more likely to cause the screen to wake and therefore uses more power unless you disable the wake on raise option. As I say this is speculation but it may be worth trying if you are really concerned about battery life.
You could be onto something - both of my longest events (including the 23hour) were both walking rather than running which is obviously less likely to trigger the screen. In the name of science, I might try doing the same longer run (2h) with and without the screen enabled and see if it changes the battery life.
Apple Watches pre 2022 (7 and earlier) did use the GPS of a connected iPhone to save battery.
Podcast streaming over cellular is a massive battery hog. Almost doubles my battery usage.
So you try to say that Apple Watch Ultra don't use iPhone GPS even if I have it with me?