I’d probably leave this switched off
Google was rolled out Wear OS 5.1 to the Pixel Watch
It includes updates and tweaks, plus a new display feature
You can now force the always-on display to stay on, but it might crush your battery life
Google is rolling out its Wear OS 5.1 update to the Google Pixel Watch 3, plus its older models, and it includes an interesting new display setting that you might not want to go messing with.
Wear OS 5.1 includes the long-awaited Loss of Pulse Detection feature for users in the US (it’s already available elsewhere), as well as tweaks to the step-count algorithm and changes to media controls.
However, another change that went under the radar has been spotted: the option to lock your always-on display mode to ‘on’ across every app – although as I’ll explain below, you probably shouldn’t enable this.
The feature, spotted by 9to5Google, is officially dubbed Force Global AOD Experience. The new setting is a developer option, which means you can only access it deep within your Watch’s system settings.
