Maximizing Battery Life

You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.

  • Turn off music.
  • Reduce the display brightness, and disable the Always On Display screen setting ().
  • Set up the battery saver preferences in the power manager ().
  • Turn off Bluetooth technology when you are not using connected features ().
  • Reduce the display timeout ().
  • Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin devices ().
  • Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring ().

NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes and calories burned.

  • Limit the phone notifications the watch displays ().
  • Turn off the pulse oximeter feature ().
  • When pausing your activity for a longer period of time, use the Resume Later option ().
  • Select the Smart recording interval ().
  • Use UltraTrac GPS mode for your activity ().
  • Use a watch face that is not updated every second.

For example, use a watch face without a second hand ().