Quick Settings Panel

1. Quick Settings Panel

The Quick Settings panel gives you fast access to the most common system controls without opening the Settings app. Swipe down from the top edge of the watchface to open it.

The panel has two rows of controls:

- **Fixed row** — holds up to two high-priority toggles or buttons, always visible without scrolling. - **Sliding row** — holds additional toggles organised into pages of three. Swipe left and right to move between pages.

A meter at the centre of the panel shows battery charge by default. Pressing and holding the brightness or volume toggles adjusts their values in steps rather than toggling — brightness in steps of 10 (minimum 10% to prevent a blank screen), volume linearly from 0 to 100%.

The order and visibility of toggles in the sliding row is configurable. Open Settings > Quick Settings to drag toggles into your preferred order or enable and disable them individually. Toggles marked as unavailable on your hardware appear at the bottom of the list and cannot be moved.

1. 1. Toggles

1. 1. 1. Wi-Fi

Enables or disables the Wi-Fi radio. Wi-Fi is required for over-the-air updates, installing packages via `opkg`, and any sync client that communicates over IP rather than Bluetooth. Disabling Wi-Fi when not in use is one of the most effective ways to extend battery life.

1. 1. 1. Bluetooth

Enables or disables the Bluetooth radio. Bluetooth is required for phone sync via AsteroidOSSync and Gadgetbridge. Disabling Bluetooth disconnects any active sync session immediately.

1. 1. 1. Brightness

Tap to toggle between full brightness and a reduced level. Press and hold to step brightness up or down in increments of 10%, with a minimum of 10% to keep the display visible.

1. 1. 1. Sound

Tap to mute or unmute system audio. Press and hold to adjust volume in steps from 0 to 100%. Only available on watches with a speaker.

1. 1. 1. Haptics

Enables or disables vibration feedback for notifications and system events.

1. 1. 1. Always-On Display (AoD)

Toggles the Always-On Display watchface that keeps the screen active at reduced power between interactions.

Behaviour varies significantly by display hardware:

- **OLED displays** — AoD is power-efficient. The screen dims to a minimal watchface that updates once per minute. This is the intended use case for AoD. - **LCD displays** — AoD keeps the backlight on continuously and has a high battery cost. It is not recommended for daily use on LCD watches. - **Watches with a secondary display** (e.g. TicWatch Pro series) — AoD on the primary OLED panel is redundant, as the secondary always-on LCD provides the same function at no cost to the primary display. Disabling AoD on these watches leaves timekeeping to the secondary panel, which is the recommended configuration.

AoD is automatically disabled when Cinema Mode is active and restored when Cinema Mode is deactivated.

1. 1. 1. Cinema Mode

Silences the watch for use in quiet environments. When activated, Cinema Mode:

- mutes all audio output - sets display brightness to 10% - disables the Always-On Display

All three values are restored to their pre-cinema state when Cinema Mode is deactivated. The 10% brightness minimum means the display remains readable if you need to check the time without the watch making noise or lighting up a dark room.

Cinema Mode ships disabled by default and must be enabled in Settings > Quick Settings to appear in the sliding row.

1. 1. 1. Power Off

Shuts down the watch. A 3-second cancellable confirmation timer runs before the shutdown executes, preventing accidental activation.

1. 1. 1. Reboot

Restarts the watch. The same 3-second cancellable confirmation applies.

1. 1. 1. Music (optional)

Opens the Music app directly from the panel. Disabled by default — enable in Settings > Quick Settings if you frequently use the watch as a remote control for phone playback.

1. 1. 1. Flashlight (optional)

Opens the Flashlight app, turning the screen white for use as a torch. Disabled by default.

1. 1. Configuring the panel

Open Settings > Quick Settings to:

- reorder toggles in the sliding row by dragging - enable or disable individual toggles - choose whether the battery meter appears above or below the sliding row - select the particle animation style shown on the battery meter