How can I increase the polling rate for "bedtime mode" on my Galaxy watch?

[sudden shuttle]

I have a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, and am running the Home Assistant companion app on it. One of the sensors it is able to detect is "Bedtime mode", which is toggled based on the watch's sleep mode state, which I manually toggle. This is automatically synced with the sleep mode on my Galaxy S23 Ultra, but I don't see a sensor option in the Android companion app to detect this from my phone rathed than from mg watch.

I can use this to trigger a sleep mode within Home Assistant to turn off lights and so forth, but there's a problem in that the polling rate for this sensor is rather slow — it seems like it can be at least a couple of minutes between me activating the mode on my watch and Home Assistant acknowledging the change.

I'd like to increase this polling rate somehow, or better yet make it assume the last known state is maintained until an update is received and for that update to occur immediately upon the watch having its mode state change.

[merry ermine]

This sensor is actually push based and updates instantly! It also tries to poll as frequently as allowed.

However, on Galaxy Watches running apps in the background is very much restricted, and the watch often disconnects from the internet, which may be why the update is so delayed.

• Check on the Galaxy Wearable app > Watch settings > Apps > Home Assistant that "Allow background activity" is enabled.
• In my experience using the app in some way helps to keep updates coming in/background access working. By simply opening the app or adding a complication or tile.

[sudden shuttle]

Okay, I enabled allowing background activity. In addition to this, is there any impact from the watch being just Bluetooth connected to my phone vs being Bluetooth connected AND WiFi connected?

[merry ermine]

No, that shouldn't matter, as the watch will use whatever is available for connectivity. You probably don't want Wi-Fi permanently on because it drains your battery pretty fast.