You're working out with music for a full 12 hours? What type of super-human athlete are you?
I work out with music 2 hours a day. That is a lot with a full time job and a life. My watch has 30-50% battery left by the end of an 18 hour day.
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Apple Says Apple Watch Series 3 Lasts Up to 7 Hours When Streaming Apple Music Over LTE
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You're working out with music for a full 12 hours? What type of super-human athlete are you?
I work out with music 2 hours a day. That is a lot with a full time job and a life. My watch has 30-50% battery left by the end of an 18 hour day.
Probably because it can cache further ahead with Apple Music, since it knows what the next song is and beyond. Live radio would be completely unpredictable and in real time.
With my Verizon plan I just share my data plan for all devices, husband’s included which is part of our plan (I actually have my 12.9 Ipad Pro on TMobile,not Verizon). So, if you normally stream with your phone, it would likely use same data—IOW, the watch is using the data instead of the phone. That’s what I have gathered from info. I have not succumbed to Verizon’s unlimited data and still have my 12 GB and always have data to roll over so I’m just paying to add a device to my plan essentially, not for a ‘new plan’.
With Apple Music, the song is downloaded all at once to the watch, then LTE is not being used until 2-3 minutes later another song needs to be loaded.
With streaming, the LTE data is always being used.
Because the song can be downloaded and then connection can be turned of, radio needs constant streaming.
My guess would be less than a MB per minute so about 500 MB.
Might be worth noting if you're sticking with the SE:
- Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) requires an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 11 or later.
- Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS) requires an iPhone 5s or later with iOS 11 or later.
Is working out a requirement to listening to music with the Apple watch?
My phone, with a much larger battery, won't even last 12 hours streaming music to a bluetooth headset. Why would you expect a watch to?
I don't know of any bluetooth headsets that last 12 hours without recharging either.
Did anyone mention how the original iPod had 10 hours of battery? It's pretty damn impressive that a watch, streaming music over cellular, connected to your wireless headphones, last 7 hours.
SE’s are A9 devices so a series ahead of the A8’s in the 6 models. OP will be fine for at least another upgrade cycle.
My Series 3 has used only 20% of battery for 1:20 of workout. Apple is being EXTREMELY conservative with these battery life expectations for the Apple Watch.
I’m a triathlete and have been using an Apple watch since 4/24/15.
I recently used a series 2 during a half iron distance event.
Though in fairness a workout with GPS and HR both running it won’t last more than 5 hours.
Is that 2 hours working out with HR on? If so how much if a hit does the 2 hours take on the battery life
Yes, 2 hours with a workout active (HR on) while listening to music with my AirPods. I do change and shower and dress in those 2 hours, so maybe more like 1 hr 40 minutes. My battery seems to go down about 15%.
Thanks. That makes sense. I wonder if just Apple Music does this or if other non-live streaming apps also cache data for battery efficiency?
Well, the Bose QC35 1 / 2 lasts 20 hours without a recharge over BT, and the latest Sony 1000 series lasts 30 hours over BT.
I’ve been streaming music from it since I got it before the update, it lets you select a station... dunno why this update says it’s finally here? I’ve gotten around 7 hours streaming.