Maximizing Battery Life
You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.
- Reduce the backlight timeout (Backlight Settings).
- Reduce the backlight brightness (Backlight Settings).
- Turn off Bluetooth® wireless technology when you are not using connected features (Turning Off Bluetooth Technology).
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Use a
Connect IQ™ watch face that is not updated every second.
For example, use a watch face without a second hand (Changing the Watch Face).
- Turn off activity tracking (Activity Tracking).
- Limit the smartphone notifications the device displays (Managing Notifications).
- Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin® devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate to Garmin Devices).
- Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Turning Off the Wrist Heart Rate Monitor).