If you leave it off, just get a SE

AOD does eat quit a bit of battery. I rarely use it on any of my watches. Also, you might consider turning off noise monitoring if it is set on, that also will further reduce battery drain.

I keep it off on both my phone and watch. While I understand the need for it on the phone, I really don’t get it on the watch, and the battery drain that comes with it. I can’t see the watch unless I lift my wrist up…in which case the display lights up anyway.

Tried both.
Love the batter life. Hate the lag in what should be a micro-moment to read. (Especially if at gym and timing between sets or using maps for navigation.)

I keep AOD on by default. But if travelling or out for long periods or likely to wake up somewhere unexpected: it’s a great way to extend battery.

Someone else here mentioned making a shortcut and adding to Smart Stack. I like that idea. 👍

I wouldn’t, since it’s a waste of battery. It’s a cool feature on phones, where it’s not always in your pocket and you might want to have a quick glance at notifications or time without tapping the screen. But since a watch is always strapped to your wrist, it’s basically instant to see information on your watch just by turning it towards you. Hence, you can’t even see the always on display on your watch most of the time, it just sits there most of the time and drains battery

Were you mountaineering or tracking extreme sports?

This was the main reason why I bought the S9 rather than SE. I love being able to barely move my wrist and already see time. I don’t cares about battery life, as long as it lasts me the day. Until iPhones will be able to last 2 full days without charging, I will always charge all my devices at night every day.

I honestly don’t understand how people live with AOD constantly on and subpar battery life.

No matter if it’s an AW3 or AWU2.

I was going to get the SE but it not having always on display is a deal breaker for me. if i’m wearing a watch out i want it to look good, not just a blank screen

I have it on during workouts and if I wear short sleeves. But in winter with hoodies and heavy jackets I have it off most of the time sicne I can’t just glance at it like I can during summer.

I’ve always has the AOD off on both my watch and iPhone. I personally don’t find the feature useful at all, but YMMV.

It’s nice to know I CAN turn it off to save battery on days I need to. But otherwise I charge my watch to 80% every morning anyway and it lasts me more than 24 hours with every sensor and setting turned on.

I’ve had an S0, S4 and currently have an S6. On the S0 and S4, I’d be frustrated by the display not turning on. Since using the S6 I hae not had that issue and turned off AO display as I would rather have the extra battery life. I can’t remember the last time I got frustrated with my AW for the display not being on when I want it to.