Geoff writes in asking for help for his daughter:
My daughter is a paramedic. As a paramedic she takes people’s pulses all shift long. However, her Apple Watch face goes blank before she is finished taking a pulse, making it impossible to wear her watch while working.
You can set a Watch to stay awake longer.
He wonders if there’s a way to keep it visible. In watchOS 2, there is.
- From the Home (honeycomb of apps) screen, tap Settings.
- Tap General > Wake Screen and swipe down to On Tap.
- Change to Wake for 70 Seconds.
This will drain the battery on the Watch more quickly than a default 15-second sleep, but given that she’s looking at a Watch face, which uses an Apple-developed native app and doesn’t need to interact with an associated iPhone, the difference should be minimal.
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Author: Glenn Fleishman, Senior Contributor
Glenn Fleishman’s most recent books include Take Control of iOS and iPadOS Privacy and Security, Take Control of Calendar and Reminders, and Take Control of Securing Your Mac. In his spare time, he writes about printing and type history. He’s a senior contributor to Macworld, where he writes Mac 911.