Or can I run the service call some other way; outside the automation editor?
how do you know its not working the app wont post anything if the command was successful we just force an update if there is one to send. If the app has an error sending back the data then that can also be an issue and you wont see that in the interface
Developer tools > Services
Thank you. Tried; and I can see the notification if I send âcommand_screen_onâ but I canât see the notification if I send âcommand_update_sensorsâ.
That COULD mean that âcommand_update_sensorsâ gets executed instead of displayed, and âcommand_screen_onâ gets displayed because itâs not available as a command.
But I donât get an update in the chart.
how about other sensors like battery life? also did you grant access all the time to the sensor? that was a new update in Wear OS 4 that body sensors need to be granted permission all the time.
I went through all the settings I could find and granted everything, excluded from battery savings, etc. I could have missed something.
The fact that when I start the watch HA I get a reading suggests the phone app has all it needs but the watch doesnât.
I spent hours trying to find/allow everything.
INSIDE the phone âWearâ app I canât find anything that would matter. Is there? Or just in phone settings to allow the âWearâ app to do everything anytime?
And I donât think the Google âWear OSâ app matters for the Samsung watch.
remember samsung has their own companion app installed on your phone that controls the watch, thats where you need to look for watch app specific settings for background access.
That is the âWearâ phone app. I removed HA from âSleeping Appsâ.
And for âHAâ it shows: âBackground activity allowedâ.
ok if you feel you have enabled it in the correct app, next step is to go on the watch settings and look at teh body sensor permission to make sure the app has access to it all the time. Its going to be a bit nested to find it. On my pixel watch I need to go system settings > notifications & app > app info > HA > permissions> sensors and confirm its set to always.
on a samsung watch it may be slightly different.
I found âitâ (I think) and it was NOT all the time.
Now it is!
Iâll test it.
THANK YOU! (AGAIN)
I better write me a OneNote of ALL the places that (may) matter.
It does seem to work; time will tell, but I am hopeful!
I have a feeling I only got this âAllow all the timeâ option with Wear OS 4; which I just got⌠within the last month. I never saw it before!
Is that possible, or I just didnât look in the right places?
no you are correct allow all the time was added in Wear OS 4, it did not exist in previous versions
Maybe THATâS WHY!!! Nothing I tried worked; I am now more hopeful!
Maybe you; Pixel people are privileged⌠everything has a cost
Thank you very much for your time and patience!
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I have found the setting in HA app on the watch. However it seems I cannot enable it. Pressing the setting does not change anything!
Have you seen that kind of issue ?
Itâs a labyrinth in there. I donât remember the sequence that made it possible for me to enable it.
Make sure you have HA both on Phone, Watch and they both work (turn something On/Off), go through all possible permissions (maybe health?)âŚ
Yes! Finally managed.
You have to enable access to the sensors for HA watch app for all the time. First time you try to change sensor state, there is a text which tells you that you can enable it in some settings, and there is a link to the settings page.
So first time I was just trying to enable the setting, but after I reinstalled the watch app and it showed this info again. This time I followed the link and changed setting to always allow access to the sensor. This setting can be changed also by going to the settings â security and privacy â privacy â Permission Manager â sensors, etc.
Now it works and I get this info in HA.
Thank you for the help!
you probably denied the permission originally, android does not allow apps to prompt users multiple times
I thought what âweâ did last time would solve it, but itâs still not working. Iâm annoyed, disappointed, ready to give up.
Iâd like to hear from @marcomr if he gets multiple points of data throughout the day, without (re)starting the apps all the time, as I also have Samsung watch and phone.
Maybe the Google/Pixel watch is⌠blessed somehow.