Keep screen on for full timeout period

[TomCunningham]

This seems trivial, but on my original Versa with Quick View enabled, the screen would stay on for the entire timeout period, no matter the angle of the watch.  With the Versa 3, the screen will shut off when the watch is not at the normal viewing angle, timeout or not.  It becomes awkward when I want to use a watch app like Barcodes and turn the watch so the bar code is scanned, only to discover the screen has turned off before the scanner could read the code.

[Guy_]

HI @TomCunningham -  this is probably screen blanking, which is different from the time out, and didn't exist on the older watches.

You can test this by covering the screen with your hand, the screen will blank.

It is probably designed for seeking the maximum battery life and can be annoying.

Unless the Clock or App handles this the default system action will be to blank the screen.

Try contacting the developer.

[TomCunningham]

Thanks for the info.  I did determine that, after the screen blanks, I can tap it in the position I want it and it will come back on.  That appears to be a function of the watch in general, so as long as that's reliable I can live with it.

[Guy_]

@TomCunningham  - rewake is a function, if you touch the screen within 3 seconds of it blanking, it will come back on where it was.

After that it requires a double tap or button press or wrist wake to make it come on.

Do try to contact the developer.

[deiG]

Use this app to show barcodes. The screen will stay on until you exit the app.

https://gallery.fitbit.com/details/02fd80c8-8f72-49f2-aa6b-b29ee4878922