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Galaxy Watch 4 Notifications - Showing Clock Over Notification

(Topic created on: 02-09-2021 03:28 PM)
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lschoen
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9/14/21 Update: after reviewing the feedback of many others, intermittently blurring the screen is clearly an intentional software function that has existed since the GW3 (but curiously, not on the GWA2). I am hoping the following feature request makes it to Samsung: please remove this feature and allow us to protect our own privacy through use of a combination of existing features: AOD, lift to wake, wake on notification, and individual notification control. Comment below if you agree. Thank you!

Original post:

Hi all,

Received my GW4 last week and have been using it every day. Curious issue: sometimes (but not every time) when a notification is received, I look at the watch and it quickly blurs the notification and displays a generic, digital clock over the top. I have to hit a button to go back to the notification. There doesn't seem to be any discernible pattern to when this happens-- happens in any app, any time; even happens for one Whatsapp message, then not for another message immediately following. I even tried a factory reset and am still seeing the issue. Anyone else seeing this?

Settings: screen always on-YES, wake for notification-YES, lift to wake-NO, screen timeout-30.

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eugk
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That sounds like it's describing a different problem though. The problem here is the annoying basic digital clock that immediately appears over notifications when you look at the watch.

It's such a stupid design decision and the main reason why I switched to a Garmin after years of using Samsung smart watches. Samsung really needs to listen to customer feedback and actually do some usability testing first.

Ja9ine
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Doesn't fix it on my watch 4 unfortunately. 

mj-1
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Thank you for enlighten me. Sorry, if I did misunderstand the matter.

 

I'm with you regarding Samsung and customer feedback. Hope you are happy with your Garmin :smiling-face:

 

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mj-1
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Sorry to hear that. Hope there will be a solution hopefully soon *crossedfingers*

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LordK
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Still no solution with Samsung, I solved the problem by buying a Huawei watch 3. I'm very happy, I finally can read my notifications.

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Chris134134
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This is a functionality of wearos 3 not just limited to galaxy watches. Though I feel they fixed the sensitivity of it. It's fine for me now. 

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