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Anybody notice better battery life on 6.1?

Renho said:
that’s what the whole point of 6.1 since 6.0 was terrible for battery life!
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FWIW - I was seeing roughly the same battery life on 6.0.1 on my S5 as I was seeing on 5.3.1 on my S4 - roughly 3.6%/hour not counting workouts.

So far today I'm seeing under 3% per hour not counting my lunchtime run which burned 30% for a 45 minute outdoor run streaming a podcast over cellular. 82% just before my workout (5:52 standby 0:49 usage), 52% afterward (6:44 standby 1:41 usage). Now 48% (8:01 standby 1:54 usage)
 
95% 2 hours... not feeling like it’s better for me after seeing a lot of you down 1% after an hour.. but we will sew
 
Renho said:
95% 2 hours... not feeling like it’s better for me after seeing a lot of you down 1% after an hour.. but we will sew
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Numbers for the first two or three hours aren't really to be trusted IMHO, especially not until the watch has been through a few cycles. I wouldn't draw any conclusions from what you're seeing at this point.
 
5 hours 47 minutes of usage - 42% left. In less than 2 hours, it has used 25% while sitting at my desk.
 
Ack_ said:
5 hours 47 minutes of usage - 42% left. In less than 2 hours, it has used 25% while sitting at my desk.
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This is similar to me. Whilst at work and not connected to any WiFi networks-Watch seems to do worse. It’s connected to my iPhone there.

at home, it seems to calm down a bit.
 
AOD off
18.5 hrs standby
2 hrs usage
No GPS usage no exercise
68% left
Awesome if it continues like this
 
44mm Series 4 here. I installed 6.1 last night before bed and charged overnight. Here are my stats today:

Time Since Last Full Charge

Usage
2hr 31m

Standby
11h 1m

Battery Level
79%

I think this is a new record high for me.

What are some of the apps that people are running that actually need Background Refresh? I leave it disabled and just rely on push notifications for apps, plus the complications that I have on my watch face keep themselves up-to-date even with Background Refresh disabled.
 
eclipse01 said:
no offense, but i don't think anyone wants to see results with AOD off, the whole point of the Apple watch 5 is for the AOD.
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Yes, I get that but before 6.1 battery was bad even with AOD so I switched it off. Tomorrow I’ll try with AOD on
 
deeddawg said:
Numbers for the first two or three hours aren't really to be trusted IMHO, especially not until the watch has been through a few cycles. I wouldn't draw any conclusions from what you're seeing at this point.
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akidokraja said:
AOD off
18.5 hrs standby
2 hrs usage
No GPS usage no exercise
68% left
Awesome if it continues like this
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but AOD is the whole point with same battery life.Try it with it on. I bet you get same or close to same.
Edit-nm I saw ur reply
 
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I am at 5 hours with 2.5 hours usage with a 1.5 hour workout.
S5-everything on but app refresh and Noise.
Brightness lowest level.

77%
 
40mm, AOD on, RTW on, refresh off
Standby 5 hrs:18 mins
Usage 2hrs 28 mins (includes 1 hr 10 mins workout)
At 73%, so not really seeing an improvement at the moment. Hoping it improves.
 
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improvements sine 6.0, but I'm holding my judgement on 6.1 for another week, hoping to get back to charging every other day as I was able to for the first 9 months on S4 (13 most gong)
 
Day 2 on 6.1 for me and my AW5 Ti is fantastic. 4 hours into the day with AOD, raise to wake and a lot of full brightness in the sun and it's at 92%
 
Battery life is fantastic again! 9 am to 7 pm at 83%. Previous version 6.0 I would be at 30% consistently. So battery life is much much much improved.

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Sounds like 6.1 helped a lot of people. Not sure if I am seeing it yet but hopefully will.

Does Anyone know if certain watch faces drain more than others? I currently have this one.
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So I see a drain of almost 4% and was hoping for closer to 2% like I see others report here.
Refresh off, noise off, AOD and RTW on. Just finished 24h with 6.1 AW5 and 10% left at 24h of standby and 3 hours of very light use. This is pretty much identical to 6.0.1 for me.
I will try repairing and maybe a reset of the watch to see if it helps.
 
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