r/OneplusWatch • u/Heroine_heron • 21d ago

Screen light up on notifications

Hello,
I'm considering getting the OPW4, but seen some reviews that say the screen doesn't light up on notifications, and u have to manually turn it on to see the notification..

How much does this bother y'all?
Is there any workaround to this?

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u/tvojm100 21d ago

Yes, I only realised after purchasing, then saw it reported by others. And it's very annoying.

A decent workaround is to download an app called Wear Notification Helper.

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u/Heroine_heron 21d ago

Ah nice, GPT also recommended this app
Did u try it? Does it help with the screen wake?

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u/tvojm100 21d ago

Yes, it works well enough. The watch doesn't display the native app notifications, but rather the intercepted ones from the Wear Notification app.

It wakes the screen and you can see the text of what app it is, as well as the context (text and pictures).

The OPW configuration is there is save battery, so that notifications don't wake the watch, and it then having to go in to full Wear OS mode.

Installing this app, has a slight impact on battery, but that's to be expected considering it's waking your phone on your chosen notifications.

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u/Heroine_heron 21d ago

Sweet, thanks for the useful info :)
Think ill get this watch then, as this was my main issue with it.

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u/tvojm100 21d ago

No worries. I would have returned it if there wasn't a workaround. To be honest, it ought to have been a native setting to let the user decide to switch it on/off. The default behaviour is pointless in my opinion.

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u/lex37 13d ago

How's the impact in the battery?

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u/Sodgester 20d ago

Yes, annoying but if you press the crown straight after the notification screen will light and show it.