julian KAYE

Q: Force watch face to stay on for 60 seconds?

is there a way to make the watch stay on apple for one full minute, my wife is a nurse and needs the watch to be visible for 60 seconds while assessing patients in the Emergency Room

Posted on Apr 29, 2015 7:08 AM

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  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Apr 29, 2015 7:53 AM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 29, 2015 7:53 AM in response to julian KAYE

    Is there a way to make the watch stay on the clock for one minute, or longer?

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Apr 30, 2015 1:52 PM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 30, 2015 1:52 PM in response to julian KAYE

    Just spoke with Apple support, known problem with no current solution
    I'm going to have to try and return the watch

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 30, 2015 2:22 PM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 30, 2015 2:22 PM in response to julian KAYE

    julian KAYE wrote:

     

    Just spoke with Apple support, known problem with no current solution
    I'm going to have to try and return the watch

    I don't believe it's a "problem", at least not from Apple's design perspective. It's working as intended. 

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Apr 30, 2015 2:25 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Apr 30, 2015 2:25 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    then the design is flawed, many people need a watch to remain visible for more then four seconds

    your answer is not helpful.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 30, 2015 2:29 PM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 30, 2015 2:29 PM in response to julian KAYE

    julian KAYE wrote:

     

    then the design is flawed, many people need a watch to remain visible for more then four seconds

    your answer is not helpful.

    You may not like it but it is the way Apple designed it. It's not going to be the device for everyone. Hopefully, you're still in your return period. If not, I'm sure you can easily sell it.

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Apr 30, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Apr 30, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    thanks for your opinion, too bad you dont have a solution.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 30, 2015 2:31 PM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 30, 2015 2:31 PM in response to julian KAYE

    julian KAYE wrote:

     

    thanks for your opinion, too bad you dont have a solution.

    Tap the screen every 10-12 seconds.

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Apr 30, 2015 4:20 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Apr 30, 2015 4:20 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    I know that you can tap it.
    When a nurse is taking a pulse she doesnt have a free hand to tap with.

    I want it to stay on for at least 30 seconds
    tapping every 10 seconds is not solving the problem

  • by nbakings,

    nbakings nbakings Apr 30, 2015 4:33 PM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 30, 2015 4:33 PM in response to julian KAYE

    You have hit upon a situation Apple may not have anticipated.  In trying to maximize battery life, Apple has limited the ability for the screen to stay on.  But a profession such as nursing (or firefighting paramedic/emt, of which I am a part of) would require the screen to stay on for 60 seconds to get a full accurate pulse.  Perhaps making Apple aware of these situations will prompt them to allow us to change the on screen time (for those of us willing to charge our watches more frequently as a trade off.)

     

    Hope to see more threads like this with valid reasons folks would have for longer screen time.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 30, 2015 4:46 PM in response to nbakings
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    Apr 30, 2015 4:46 PM in response to nbakings

    nbakings wrote:

     

    You have hit upon a situation Apple may not have anticipated.  In trying to maximize battery life, Apple has limited the ability for the screen to stay on.  But a profession such as nursing (or firefighting paramedic/emt, of which I am a part of) would require the screen to stay on for 60 seconds to get a full accurate pulse.  Perhaps making Apple aware of these situations will prompt them to allow us to change the on screen time (for those of us willing to charge our watches more frequently as a trade off.)

     

    Hope to see more threads like this with valid reasons folks would have for longer screen time.

    Apple doesn't read here for suggestions.

     

     

     

    Submit your feedback to Apple requesting such a feature here:

    http://www.apple.com/feedback

  • by Douglas Bailey,

    Douglas Bailey Douglas Bailey Apr 30, 2015 6:00 PM in response to julian KAYE
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    Apr 30, 2015 6:00 PM in response to julian KAYE

    Can nurses use a 1 minute timer? Even though the display will go off the watch will alert when 60 seconds has passed. I saw a similar question where the nurse suggested she needed to see the second hand. I didn't understand that personally. Don't they just need to know when a minute has passed?

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Apr 30, 2015 6:44 PM in response to Douglas Bailey
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    Apr 30, 2015 6:44 PM in response to Douglas Bailey

    thanks for your response, they need to see it all the time because depending on the circumstances they may only have 10 seconds or 20 seconds with a patient and in some cases they need it for a full minute, they are also measuring when different irregularities occur and their duration.

  • by Dan Mitchell1,

    Dan Mitchell1 Dan Mitchell1 May 1, 2015 12:24 AM in response to julian KAYE
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    May 1, 2015 12:24 AM in response to julian KAYE

    I'm surprised the nurse is not using a "Pulse Oximeter" - I call it a "crocodile", a gadget that clamps on a finger and shows oxygen saturation and pulse rate in bpm.  In UK hospitals I have never seen any nurse get bpm any other way. I have a battery portable one for home use.

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE May 1, 2015 6:02 AM in response to Dan Mitchell1
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    May 1, 2015 6:02 AM in response to Dan Mitchell1

    there are many reasons for taking a pulse by hand vs an oximeter, that is a discussion for another day.
    right now I'm looking for a way to get the watch to display the time for 30 seconds.

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