Set your watch's screen to stay on or turn off at different times. You can also adjust the screen's brightness or boost it temporarily.
Keep screen on or let it turn off
You can set the display to:
- Stay on all the time, showing the time even when you're not using the watch
- Turn off when you're not using or looking at the watch
Tip: To improve battery life, let your screen turn off when you don't use the watch.
From your phone
- Open the Wear OS app or the companion app for your device.
- If you use the companion app for your device, follow the companion app instructions.
- Scroll and tap Advanced Settings.
- Turn Always-on screen on or off.
From your watch
- If your screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Settings
Display.
- At the bottom of the screen, turn Always-on screen on or off.
Display.Turn display off temporarily
You can turn off your watch’s screen temporarily, so it doesn’t light up or show notifications, even if you move your wrist or tap the screen.
To turn off your screen temporarily
- If your screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Theater mode
.
To turn your screen back on
- If your watch has a power button, press it once.
- If your watch doesn't have a power button, tap the screen repeatedly until it wakes up.
Change display brightness
- If your screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Settings
- Tap to choose how bright your screen is.
