This is one of the main novelties of the new Apple Watch Series 5 watches, which the screen always stays on also know as "always on display" in English. This function is really interesting considering that they have improved the battery consumption of the Apple Watch Series 5 itself, but I really think that it is a technology that we had to have in the watch for some versions and in any case since the previous version of this new Series 5…
Let's go in parts, as that mythical phrase says. This function is important for users for several reasons, but the main one is that in some moments when we are lying down or in an "unnatural" position, the rotation of the wrist may not work or it is necessary to force a little more, so with it solves something that it is not that it affects too much the operation of the watch but that can be annoying on some occasions when we want to see the time and cannot if we do not touch the screen.
The battery of the previous Apple Watch Series 4 is quite similar (if not the same) that these Series 5 carry and although this will be confirmed with the breakdown that iFixit usually performs every year, we can say that the battery of the current Series 4 holds up perfectly one day, so having this function on the watch would not be a problem for consumption either. The screen is kept to a minimum of brightness, enough to see the time and complications are also dimmed or even disappear, so the battery it is more than possible that it will endure without problems even in the Series 3 or Series 2 less touched by the passage of time.
When we turn our wrist, the Series 5 activates the screen in full, both in brightness and complications
The function of turning and activating remains the same, but now with the screen with a minimum of brightness and with the necessary changes so that consumption is minimal. But here comes the key and that is that many of us arrive with the Series 4 at night with more than enough battery even with several training sessions and numerous daily notifications, so having this screen function always on would not affect too much, for I personally believe that Apple could have implemented this feature last year ...
On the other hand the always-on display will also apply in trainingWhen we are doing our activity we will be able to see almost all the information, suppressing only some details to save energy that will be activated when the wrist is turned completely. This is important for those of us who exercise on a daily basis and it is that at any time we will have the screen on and without being a high cost of battery.
Actually the functions implemented in these Series 5 along with the new materials of the boxes are important and interesting, but we would have liked these functions or at least this one «Always on display » on previous watches. It would be great if Apple implemented them through an update in the Series 4, but we also know that this is not going to happen.
