So, how do you turn it on, and what else is it good for?

My variant on this complaint was a little bit different. I like to dance in my bedroom, in the dark. Totally in the dark, I will turn on Google Play Music , and I will have a little dance party. And every time I raised my wrist, every time my watch brushed my skin, it would light up and totally kill the mood. Then came the Android Wear 5.0 update and with it came the end of those bright screens with the arrival of Theater mode.

Theater mode in Android Wear is easy to activate on any watch with a power button: double-press the power button to activate/deactivate Theater mode. If you don't have a power button, you'll have to turn Theater mode on through the mode settings, which you'll find by pulling down from the top of the screen on your watch face. The notification mode is the first setting you'll see, and one swipe right to left will pull over Theater mode, which you can tap to enable Theater mode.

While Theater mode is on, the screen won't wake up when you tilt it or touch it once, and your watch will not vibrate for incoming notifications. To turn the screen back on, you'll have to press the power button, or if you don't have one, you'll double-tap the screen. If you want to briefly turn the screen back on but keep Theater mode enabled, you can do so by hitting the power button once.

So, why would you want to use Theater mode? Well, outside of being a courteous movie-goer, Theater mode is also quite useful during the following times/tasks: