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Anybody else notice worse battery life on watchOS 7 GM vs watchOS 6?

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nalk7

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Hi updated to the GM yesterday after the event on my series 5, battery seemed ok yesterday but I figured it was indexing and doing some other stuff, but I charged it before going to bed (I track my sleep with sleep cycle) and this morning the battery was down to 75%, it usually is around 90% in the morning. I changed it again while taking a shower and by noon (right now) it should be around the 80’s in a normal day but its 71% right now :s

Has anyone else noticed this?

I also updated my iPhone and iPad and they seem to be draining at a normal rate now
 
rKunda said:
It’s been live under a day. How can you reasonably expect data on this?
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I’m not expecting data, just wondering if anyone else noticed a difference too. As I said my phone and iPad seem to have gotten back to a normal drain this morning, but I did noticed the watch draining a bit faster.
 
nalk7 said:
Hi updated to the GM yesterday after the event on my series 5, battery seemed ok yesterday but I figured it was indexing and doing some other stuff, but I charged it before going to bed (I track my sleep with sleep cycle) and this morning the battery was down to 75%, it usually is around 90% in the morning. I changed it again while taking a shower and by noon (right now) it should be around the 80’s in a normal day but its 71% right now :s

Has anyone else noticed this?

I also updated my iPhone and iPad and they seem to be draining at a normal rate now
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My Series 4 is having an awful battery drain since yesterday when I updated to watchOS 7 GM. I’m losing more than 15% per hour doing nothing. I did the unpair and re-pair routine 4 times and setup as new the last time and nothing! And now I can’t even unlock my Mac with the watch...
 
nalk7 said:
Hi updated to the GM yesterday after the event on my series 5, battery seemed ok yesterday but I figured it was indexing and doing some other stuff, but I charged it before going to bed (I track my sleep with sleep cycle) and this morning the battery was down to 75%, it usually is around 90% in the morning. I changed it again while taking a shower and by noon (right now) it should be around the 80’s in a normal day but its 71% right now :s

Has anyone else noticed this?

I also updated my iPhone and iPad and they seem to be draining at a normal rate now
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Have you rebooted the watch yet? I’ve not installed the GM yet but I’ve encountered the same behaviour after a previous update, a reboot fixed it.
 
anodibu said:
Have you rebooted the watch yet? I’ve not installed the GM yet but I’ve encountered the same behaviour after a previous update, a reboot fixed it.
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I did, I tried a regular shut down and force restart, it’s down to 48% now, at this rate I doubt I’ll be able to get through the day or even the workout I had planned after work.

I hope it settles down on the next days
 
T-BR said:
My Series 4 is having an awful battery drain since yesterday when I updated to watchOS 7 GM. I’m losing more than 15% per hour doing nothing. I did the unpair and re-pair routine 4 times and setup as new the last time and nothing! And now I can’t even unlock my Mac with the watch...
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It sucks you’re having the same issue, and thanks for the heads up with re-pairing it it was my next move if it was still draining as fast tomorrow :/ hopefully it’ll settle down
 
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nalk7 said:
I did, I tried a regular shut down and force restart, it’s down to 48% now, at this rate I doubt I’ll be able to get through the day or even the workout I had planned after work.

I hope it settles down on the next days
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Hmm I had direct effect after the reboot, hopefully it still settles down. I had planned on updating today but hearing this I will wait a bit.
 
anodibu said:
Hmm I had direct effect after the reboot, hopefully it still settles down. I had planned on updating today but hearing this I will wait a bit.
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Yeah maybe hold out, I’ll keep updating and see if it gets any better
 
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deeddawg said:
Two suggestions:

#1 - remember your phone has to be on iOS14 before WatchOS 7 will show up as an option.

#2 - consider waiting for a 14.0.1 / 7.0.1 release before upgrading. :)
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I’m already on 14.0 GM since I was doing the public beta all along. I’ll wait to update the watch until 7.0.1 though. Thanks for the tip. :)
 
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I realized that I lose battery for just using the phone. The watch battery was at 16%, and I picked up my iPhone to check some notifications while it was charging, and I could see the watch battery goes from 16% to 11% in less than a minute. It was at 16% for some time while the iPhone was charging, as I mentioned. I don’t know what could be causing this...
 
Update: it only took 10h of less than average use to get the low power alert

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T-BR said:
Just like mine. I think I’ll restore the phone to see if it works.
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Please let me know how that works out, that would be my absolute last option as I really hate having to restore the phone, and it’s actually working great on iOS 14
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
it will take about 36 - 48 hours for the watch to settle back down after a major update. You are going to see shorter battery life right now. That is SOP for the watch.
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I hope you’re right, I’ve been using the watch since the original came out and I’ve never had a drain so bad after updating before (6 was bad but not this bad)
 
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BasicGreatGuy said:
it will take about 36 - 48 hours for the watch to settle back down after a major update. You are going to see shorter battery life right now. That is SOP for the watch.
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Do you think that’s normal? The drainage is huge!
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
Yea, that is not typical. You could have had a lot of background processes going on that contributed to the battery issue. If it is still acting up in 24hrs, wipe and install the OS as new.

Edited to add: Get off the beta. That will help.
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Yeah I got rid of the beta profile as soon as the gm was installed, and it’s been over 24h now. It wasn’t that bad yesterday, I only started to notice this morning after waking up :/ and then topped it off again and put it on at around 8:15 and by 18:13 it gave the low power alert. I’ll wipe it if it’s still bad tomorrow and let you know
 
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