NFC authentication is kinda tricky on laptops since the screen goes to sleep when turning my wrist

[lmore377]

What went wrong?
I have a laptop with an NFC reader in the palm rest and it does work with wearauthn but since the screen goes to sleep when I turn my wrist it means that it doesn't authenticate. I have to spin the crown with my other hand to keep the screen on while it connects. Google pay seems to keep the screen completely on (the cards are in color and it responds to touch while upside down) so if there's a way to keep the screen on while the app is open that'll probably work.

Which model is your watch?
Fossil Gen 5

Which Android version is running on your watch?
Wear OS 2.31

Which version of WearAuthn are you using?
v0.9.17

[fmeum]

That's a good suggestion, I will look into whether this is possible for third-party apps.

Would you say that keeping the screen on in the main menu would be enough? Keeping it on e.g. while connected to a Bluetooth device might hurt battery performance.

[lmore377]

That'd probably be enough but maybe having a little toggle would be a good idea so people that don't use NFC could just choose to turn it off and not keep the screen on

[VNRARA]

Why not put a countdown button to give some time to scan and after just revert back to normal incase people keep the app open by accident. Solves two issues: app staying open and draining battery by staying attached and being able to do the nfc scan without the wrist gesture issue.