Feature Request: Watch Battery Charge Level As An IF Condition To Trigger A Phone Routine

[neilth]

I would like to have the ability to have my phone remind me to charge my watch when the watch's battery charge drops to a desired level. Can we please have watch battery charge level added as a routine IF condition in Modes and Routines on our phones? 

[Dan2023]

I do, and I agree, but still think providing 'feedback' under Support to be a more direct route.

You and I both know that the best way to provide feedback on a feature is to become a part of the beta test process, not after the cake is baked.

But post here or in the 'feedback' section or do both.

[realaud]

They don't beta test features for the watch. I sorely want for routines to sync with the watch.  It seems most people especially want a battery reminder routine because they don't always want to be looking at their watch to see the battery level.  Even if they do as I do and put a watch complication with the battery level on the watch, they still have to look.

[Dan2023]

Er, they do. Last one was June 2024

https://www.sammobile.com/news/one-ui-6-watch-beta-update-begins-june-2024/#:~:text=Samsung%20has%20....

https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Tips/FAQ-of-the-One-UI-Watch-Beta-Program/td-p/2903240

[realaud]

What do those articles have to do with the fact that routines do not sync with nor apply to the watches?  They DID NOT BETA TEST ROUTINES FOR WATCHES. If they did, we'd have them.

[realaud]

Do you really expect a personalized, "we'll get on that right away" response?  Of course you get an auto reply, but they do compile the feedback, and the issues that get the most requests sometimes get addressed/added to some future update (depending on whether it's 4 requests, 400 requests or 4000 requests).  They are not going to act on a single request, but chances are high that many requests for the same feature will get their attention.

[neilth]

I am aware that a request's popularity has to be considered when an implementation decision has to be made. An additional factor of course is the difficulty of implementation. Since the Wear app on the phone knows and displays the watch's battery level, that information is already on the phone and shouldn't be too difficult to add as an IF condition for routines.

[realaud]

I'm not a programmer, but I *do* know it's not just a simple line of code, and even if they were considering implementing it, it's likely not a high priority item that couldn't wait until they include it in a larger update.

[neilth]

I agree completely. It would be a great addition to One UI 8😊

[realaud]

It would be a good addition to any update, however, it won't be OneUI8.  They are in beta now with that and far too committed to what was already programmed to add in any other features.

[RamonRat]

Why is this basic feature still not incorporated? This is about a 15 minute job for someone to enable the watch battery level as a routine trigger.