How to Turn on Low Power Mode on Apple Watch

With Low Power Mode enabled, you’ll still be able to see the time and use selected features of your Watch, but other features are disabled and others are just reduced. That’s done to enable the battery charge you still have to last longer. For more detail on that, check out the bottom of the article. In the meantime, to turn on Low Power Mode on Apple Watch running watchOS 9 and up, follow these steps:

How to Turn off Low Power Mode on Apple Watch

If Low Power Mode is enabled and you want to turn it off, follow these steps:

What Does Apple Watch Low Power Mode Do?

Low Power Mode conserves battery by turning off or reducing the energy-hungry features of the Apple Watch. When you’ve got the mode enabled, here are the features that are impacted:

Always-On screen is not available. Background app refreshes happens less often. Background blood oxygen measurements are turned off. Background heart rate measurements are turned off. Heart rate notifications (high heart rate, irregular rhythm, low heart rate) are turned off. If iPhone isn’t close by, Wi-Fi and cellular connections are disabled, and incoming phone calls and notifications are turned off. Placing phone calls takes longer. “Start workout” prompt is turned off. Siri takes longer to respond. User interface (animations and scrolling) don’t look as good. Watch face complications update less often.