I have an Apple watch 1 gen and have a question about the weather which is displayed on the watchface as a small icon. When you use this, will it cost more battery and how often does it refresh?
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Yes it will use battery, but for a single app it would be minimal. You can turn it off at General>Background App Refresh. But if you are using it in a compilation on your watch face it will continue to refresh even if it is turned off. It really is minimal.
I'm confused. You turn a watch weather app off by turning Background App Refresh off? It's still going to run in the background, regardless. BAR just helps them run more efficiently. Maybe I'm missing something.
Sorry for the confusion. From my knowledge of how the weather app works is that if it is a compilation in the watch face you are using, even if turned off in Backgound App Refresh it will continue to refresh. If it is turned off in Background App refresh and not used in watch face compilation, it will not refresh. Never made sense to me but this is how it is supposed to work. Please correct me if I am wrong as I do not want to post incorrect information. Thanks!
Never made sense to me but this is how it is supposed to work.
