Tips & tricks

You can make your watch's screen not light up or display notifications, even if you move your wrist or tap the screen.

To turn off your screen temporarily:

1. If your screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
2. From the top of the screen, swipe down.
3. Tap Theater mode .
   • If you don't see Theater mode, tap Brightness Theater mode .

To turn your screen back on:

• If your watch has a power button, press it once.
• If your watch doesn't have a power button, tap the screen repeatedly until it wakes up.

When you wear your watch, you can turn off watch notification vibrations with Do Not Disturb (DND).

1. If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
2. From the top of your screen, swipe down.
3. Tap Do Not Disturb .
4. Optional Wear 2: To choose which notifications to get when you have DND turned on:
   1. From the top of the screen, swipe down.
   2. Tap Settings Apps and notifications Override Do Not Disturb for...
   3. Choose the apps that you want to receive notifications from.

You can choose to have calls from favorites, reminders, and events vibrate your watch even when Do Not Disturb is turned on. Alarms will always vibrate your watch even when DND is turned on.

If you’re paired with an Android phone and are using Android Wear 1.5 and below, your watch will have the same DND settings as your phone. Learn how to check your watch’s version.

When you wear your watch, you can turn off phone vibrations and sounds.

1. On your phone, open the Wear OS app or the companion app for your device.
   • If you use the companion app, follow the app instructions.
2. Scroll down and tap Notifications.
3. Turn on Silence phone while wearing watch.

With Gemini, you can:

• Handle tasks across apps
• Answer questions
• Recall important details

To get more done while you're on the go, talk naturally. You can ask Gemini to:

• Stay connected: "Send a message to Nadia to tell her sorry I’m late."
• Get info: "Where’s the restaurant Emily emailed about for dinner tonight?"
• Control music: "Create a playlist for a 10-minute-mile run."
• Remember details: "Remember I parked on level 2, spot 403."

To check what it can do:

1. If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
2. Press and hold the designated button.
   • Alternatively:
     1. Swipe right until you find the Assistant screen.
     2. Tap Microphone .
3. Say "What can you do?"

Learn more about quick Assistant actions on your watch.

You can change your settings so that you won't get notifications or see events for certain calendars.

1. On your phone, open the Wear OS app or the companion app for your device.
   • If you use the companion app, follow the app instructions.
2. Scroll down and tap Agenda Settings. If needed, choose a watch.
3. Tap one of your calendars, like "Events."

Tip: Your calendar is hidden if the square next to it is an outline.