According to Apple for the apps that support the background mode the views will continue to update even if the screen is in always on mode.
I can confirm this to be correct, but the update schedule is underwhelming. I would prefer the view to be updated every second, so I have created the TimelineView
that declares to be updated every second. Clearly this is just a declaration and the watchOS may not update the screen that fast, actually I can tell that in reality it happens much slower.
After trying I am not sure if there are any benefits in this approach comparing to no TimelineView
at all. Does someone have any data/insight into this?