As many of you have reported, the update for the Galaxy Watch 4 on February 9th 2022 has created issues including AOD time not being updated frequently and app slowdowns when returning to active mode.

This issue is affecting numerous 3rd party watch apps and has been reported in the media and social posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WearOS/comments/soivxf/some_older_watchfaces_may_not_work_correctly/

https://www.androidpolice.com/latest-samsung-galaxy-watch4-update-inadvertently-breaks-some-watchfaces/

https://9to5google.com/2022/02/12/latest-galaxy-watch-4-update-seems-to-break-some-older-wear-os-watch-faces/

People in touch with Samsung are expecting Samsung to release an update in March to fix this issue.

In the meantime possible workarounds are as follows :

- Disable AOD mode

- Enable Background Activity switch (not working on all devices) https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyWatch/comments/swaw8y/thirdparty_watchfaces_aod_mode_solution/?context=3

Thanks for your patience!