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It won't be. You have to tap it to display the watch face.

Edit: Nope, I am wrong - the screen does indeed stay on all the time, sorry.

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From what I gather, it is always on. Do you have a citation to the contrary?

"Like both already-released Android Wear watches, Moto 360 will feature an always-on screen, which is a power-saving dimmed display that still tells the time like a traditional watch." - http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/moto-360-rele...

Maybe it is not always on after all:

"One of the cool things about Android Wear smartwatches so far has been the always-on dimmed mode, so you can always flip up and see what time it is. The Moto 360, however, doesn't roll that way. When the screen's not on, the screen's not on. The one exception is when it's on the dock, charging." - http://www.androidcentral.com/moto-360-hands-redux

In that case I'll stick with the Pebble for the moment. That manages several days with the watch face constantly on.

I thought Android Wear devices had some sort of gesture detection so that the screen only turns on when you move it towards your face?

That's on top of the dimmed display. It runs in the dimmed power save mode, but when you "flick" the watch towards you (slightly exaggerated movement compared to a normal glance at a watch) it turns up and accepts voice commands (at least on the G).

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