Anybody notice 20% more battery consumption on AW7 since upgrade to WatchOS9?

[Johnontheweb]

Hola Alles,

I just upgraded to watchios9. Aw7 charged by 8am lasted until 22h00 with WiOs8. Now 20% less.

Just a measured observation.

 

[akash.nu]

Not sure about 20% but it’s definitely draining battery faster.

 

[doolar]

Same here with my S5, it’s draining way faster. I’ve rebooted several times, but it still use more power than it used to.

 

[Abazigal]

My watch used to drain about 10% more battery than normal, but seems to have cleared up as of Monday. So it seems to take about 2 weeks for the new OS to “calibrate” itself?

 

[kitKAC]

My S6 isn't using any more power on watchOS 9 than it did on 8.

 

[Johnontheweb]

Hola Alles,

I just upgraded to watchios9. Aw7 charged by 8am lasted until 22h00 with WiOs8. Now 20% less.

Just a measured observation.

Guys, Things tried:

- Turn off always on
- Turn off heart monitoring

Improvement noticed.

Enabled back on always and heart, then spent two days with low power on.

Better.

John

 

[cmcbhi]

FWIW, my wife had a battery drain on her new Apple Watch. Following a forum thread, we force rebooted the path and iPhone and the problem seems to be fixed.

 

[Jackbequickly]

I did notice increased battery consumption on my Series 7 before my Ultra arrived. I assume that Apple will tweak the software as time goes by with updates.

 

[Shadowbech]

Noticed this too and just yesterday my SBTi AW 7 Battery Health finally went down to 99% and I've had that thing since launch~