The problem is annoying and one that i have experienced a few times over the years. I have started leaving my watch on the charger longer after an update. It seems to help anecdotally speaking.
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Anybody else notice worse battery life on watchOS 7 GM vs watchOS 6?
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I’ll try deactivating the hand washing timer see if that helps, I doubt it though as I have sound alerts on as well so it’s not like the mic will be off
I had hand washing turned on on my series 5 and didn’t have a problem. I also keep noise on.
Apple servers are probably busy this time of night with the major release.
I’m on the same boat. It seems better than yesterday, but not as good as it was before WatchOS 7. I’ll wait until next Saturday to decide if I’ll restore my phone. And I still can’t unlock my Mac with the watch as well.
I'm on 84% at 14:35 on a Series 5. Using it how I normally would with the same apps, usually I would be on roughly 70-75% by now. Based on this, so far I think the battery seems to be performing better.
WatchOS7 is certainly snappier than OS6 as well 👍
WatchOS7 is certainly snappier than OS6 as well 👍
Confirmed for me too. Charged until 11:30pm. Slept with watch on. At 7:30am, was at 85%. Doing nothing today other than wearing it, I’m now at 43% at 1pm and will not make it through workout at 4pm. I never had to charge my watch during the day with os6. This is disappointing, and hopefully we figure it out.
Series 5. Battery health at 97%. Cellular model.
Series 5. Battery health at 97%. Cellular model.
When you do that does the carrier have to be setup again or does it remember?I unpaired and set up as new last night and there’s a night and day difference, I’ve been wearing it since 6:30 today and it’s currently 14:03 and it’s at 74% so you might want to give that at try it worked brilliantly on my S5 cellular model
Anybody else notice worse battery life on watchOS 7 GM vs watchOS 6?
Dunno yet but watchOS 6 has diminished my battery life substantially compared to watchOS 5 (on Series 4).
Dunno yet but watchOS 6 has diminished my battery life substantially compared to watchOS 5 (on Series 4).
To be 100% honest, I’m not sure as my carrier doesn’t support Apple Watch, my guess would be yes
I unpaired and set up as new last night and there’s a night and day difference, I’ve been wearing it since 6:30 today and it’s currently 14:03 and it’s at 74% so you might want to give that at try it worked brilliantly on my S5 cellular model
I’m going to set up my S3 as new tonight and see if it’ll help with the battery drain. Mine is now dead from 45% when I took it off at work because it wouldn’t connect to my phone.
It’s the only thing that worked on mine, I tried everything yesterday. As a bonus the hand washing timer and raise to speak is also working way better.