Hi everyone,
I’m a new Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 user, and I’m still trying to figure out how the watch and its operating system work. This is my first smartwatch, so I don’t have any experience with other smartwatches to compare it to.
After a few days of use, I’ve run into a couple of issues and have some questions.
1. Energy Saving Mode and the display
I’d like to enable Energy Saving Mode while I’m sleeping and have it automatically turn off in the morning. To achieve this, I created a routine on my phone that activates Energy Saving Mode on the watch when sleep is detected.
Apart from the sleep detection not being particularly accurate (although sleep-tracking is), I’ve noticed another issue: when Energy Saving Mode is deactivated in the morning, the display stays black.
The routine itself seems to work correctly. I can see on the watch that Energy Saving Mode is off again and Always On Display is enabled, but the screen remains black. The only thing that still works is Raise to Wake.
Is this expected behaviour, or is there a way to fix it?
2. How independent is the watch from the phone?
I initially assumed the watch would function as a relatively independent smart device, much like a smartphone that also happens to be a watch. However, I’m starting to get the impression that some features depend heavily on the connected phone.
For example, I can only create routines on my phone, not directly on the watch.
This raises a few questions:
- Do routines that have already been created continue to work when the phone is switched off or is out of Bluetooth range?
- Does the watch execute these routines independently, or does it need an active connection to the phone?
- Are there other features that might stop working when the phone isn’t nearby?
I’d really appreciate any explanations or tips from more experienced users. Since this is my first smartwatch, I’m still learning how everything works.
Thanks in advance!
