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How to Quickly Turn off Galaxy Watch 5 Screen

In this guide, we will show you the steps to quickly turn off the screen on your Galaxy Watch 5. When it comes to the smartwatch domain, then there’s hardly an iota of doubt that the offering from the South Korean giant is among the very best in this domain. Beholding the Android-based WearOS, it houses most of the intriguing features that the open-source OS has to offer.

However, there are a few rough edges that while wouldn’t make a difference of day and night, would have been much appreciated if it was there. One among them is the inability to quickly turn off the screen on your Galaxy Watch 5. While the watch. does have a screen timeout, but 30 seconds is the least that one could select. And in some instances, such as when you’re about to sleep, it could be enough to accidentally trigger a functionality.

In other smartwatches, such as the one from Xiaomi, you could straightaway turn off the display just by pressing the side key on the watch, which unfortunately, is missing from Samsung’s watch. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround that should help you get this job done. So without further ado, let’s check it out.

How to Quickly Turn off Galaxy Watch 5 Screen

Quickly Turn off Galaxy Watch 5 Screen

In order to get this job done, all you need to do is simply hold the palm of your hand onto the watch face for a few seconds and it will put the display to sleep! Apart from that, if you have a Samsung phone, then you could also set the Sleep Mode in Bixby Routines and it will automatically turn off the AOD.

So these are the two best methods that should help you quickly turn off the screen on your Galaxy Watch 5. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.


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