I use Stopwatch daily to keep track of short tasks. It's an inextricable part of my productivity workflow. WatchOS 10 is giving me Stopwatch woes.
I strongly dislike the all-white background in watchOS 10, but that's not what's giving me the biggest headache.
Since I switched to the new OS, it seems that the stopwatch timer does not update at all when the watch is in the dimmed state (wrist down). In previous versions, the seconds would disappear, but the minutes would stay up to date. For my use, this was all I needed at a glance most of the time, so it was perfect.
In watchOS 10, the count *stops altogether* when the watch is in the dimmed state. So I run into situations where I glance down at my wrist and see "03:--:--" then lift my wrist and it's something like "06:37:52." This is confusing, and is making the app unusable for my purposes. It's insult to injury that when I *do* wake my watch, I get the blaring, distracting white background.
To reiterate, this isn't a complaint about the seconds and milliseconds going away in the dimmed state. That's how it always worked, and I understand the reason for it. But the minutes/hours count should stay current, the same way the time does on the clock app. Is this a bug? Are other people experiencing it?
I strongly dislike the all-white background in watchOS 10, but that's not what's giving me the biggest headache.
Since I switched to the new OS, it seems that the stopwatch timer does not update at all when the watch is in the dimmed state (wrist down). In previous versions, the seconds would disappear, but the minutes would stay up to date. For my use, this was all I needed at a glance most of the time, so it was perfect.
In watchOS 10, the count *stops altogether* when the watch is in the dimmed state. So I run into situations where I glance down at my wrist and see "03:--:--" then lift my wrist and it's something like "06:37:52." This is confusing, and is making the app unusable for my purposes. It's insult to injury that when I *do* wake my watch, I get the blaring, distracting white background.
To reiterate, this isn't a complaint about the seconds and milliseconds going away in the dimmed state. That's how it always worked, and I understand the reason for it. But the minutes/hours count should stay current, the same way the time does on the clock app. Is this a bug? Are other people experiencing it?
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