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Problem with battery reserve on the Apple Watch

By Lielle ben simon, 7 April, 2016

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watchOS and Apple Watch Apps

hello! i had talked with the accessibility team of apple, and ask them aboute the bug that has bein discovered on applevis regarding to battery recerve that allowed to you to save a battery wen the woch riched for 10 percent.
apples sad that itsn't bug, because that isn't work with VoiceOver. it dip ends in the next models of the woch that will be release.
I ask them include this a feture in the future. it will be very usafle .
what do you think aboute this?

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Not a bug

By TJT 2001

6 years 4 months ago

I do not think that it is a bug; it was just a poor design decision. It certainly would surprise unsuspecting VoiceOver users. Fortunately, there is a workeround.

could be

By Lielle ben simon

6 years 4 months ago

it could be, wen i asked them, they sad me that it's not a bug, it happends because the dizyne of them. I hope that it will work for VoiceOver users. it could saveing on a batery.

I don't even understand the

By KE7ZUM

6 years 4 months ago

I don't even understand the question. We have a low power mode that works fine with accessibility. There is no battery reserve as far as I know.

Battery Reserve Mode

By TJT 2001

6 years 4 months ago

On the Apple Watch, there is a mode that basically puts the watch in a screen that only shows the clockface. No other controls and functions are operational, including VoiceOver. Listen to this podcast as David Woodbridge explains the problem. http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/apple-watch-101-warning-voiceover-users-about-power-reserv…

Oh I thought youguys meant

By KE7ZUM

6 years 4 months ago

Oh I thought youguys meant ios not watch os. Call or email accessibility@apple.com and give them a link to the podcast.

Good luck.

To KE7ZUM

By TJT 2001

6 years 4 months ago

In his original post, Liel Ben said that he had previously contacted Apple and told them of this annoyance. Mr Simon also said that they appeared to have knowledge of the issue and were actively involved in resolving the issue.

right

By Lielle ben simon

6 years 4 months ago

right, i asked them if it possable to use in this mode in the future, like as i sad before, they sad to me that it's dependent on the next versions of apple watch and in the design of the hardware that will be.

Yeah the message was not very

By KE7ZUM

6 years 4 months ago

Yeah the message was not very clear to me, at least they are workign working on it. I say though more of us should contact apple and let them know about the issue. The more staff that know the better. Details details details.

I hopeing that it will solve

By Lielle ben simon

6 years 4 months ago

I hope that it will solve. it very annoying.

The more that advocate and

By KE7ZUM

6 years 4 months ago

The more that advocate and send details in writing and through detailed pdfs along with screenshots of the effected areas, the better they will be able to troubleshoot. Trust me. After beeing a beta tester for various companies for 12 years, I'm used to it.

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