On OLED watches, keeping Always-On Display (AoD) permanently enabled is a noticeable battery drain. Many users (including me) prefer to keep AoD off for maximum battery life, but then the current Tilt to Wake feature always wakes the full homescreen + launcher, which is heavier than necessary for a quick glance.
Describe the solution you'd like
Introduce a Tilt-to-AoD mode:
- When AoD is on: current behaviour stays (Tilt to Wake → full homescreen)
- When AoD is off: Tilt to Wake shows only the AoD watchface (black background + minimal elements) instead of the full launcher.
This would:
- Improve battery life on OLED devices by not lighting up all cells on wake.
- Provide a higher-contrast, instantly readable glance
- Give users a strong incentive to run OLED watches with AoD disabled (biggest single battery win)
Implementation notes (from discussion with dodoradio and MagneFire)
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The core change seems relatively simple: selectively change the target of the existing tilt-to-wake logic.
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In the Display settings page:
- When AoD is enabled → keep current "Tilt to Wake" toggle (on/off)
- When AoD is disabled → turn "Tilt to Wake" into a 3-way
OptionCycler:
- Off
- Wake to Homescreen (current behaviour)
- Wake to AoD
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Prevent both full wake + AoD wake being active at the same time (makes no sense).
Additional context
- This change would make the "AoD off + tilt-to-AoD" combination very attractive for users who care about battery.
On OLED watches, keeping Always-On Display (AoD) permanently enabled is a noticeable battery drain. Many users (including me) prefer to keep AoD off for maximum battery life, but then the current Tilt to Wake feature always wakes the full homescreen + launcher, which is heavier than necessary for a quick glance.
Describe the solution you'd like
Introduce a Tilt-to-AoD mode:
This would:
Implementation notes (from discussion with dodoradio and MagneFire)
The core change seems relatively simple: selectively change the target of the existing tilt-to-wake logic.
In the Display settings page:
OptionCycler:Prevent both full wake + AoD wake being active at the same time (makes no sense).
Additional context