For comparison purposes, on WatchOS 2, with similar time frame for usage, I'm at 39%. So I'd say you're doing pretty well!!!Well since people seem to be sharing battery life, I'll throw mine out there too. Right now it's about 9PM where I am and I put my watch on at about... Let's say 6:50AM or so. I have 7 apps in my dock and have been doing some light usage. Checked the weather a few times, used the now playing controls once or twice, and otherwise just used it as a time piece as normal. And right now I just hit 59%. So not too bad. I still think that overall battery seems to drain a little bit faster than before but what with keeping apps frozen in the background that's to be expected. And if I can get to 9PM with over half the battery left, I'm good with that easily!
I will say that on Beta 1 doing an hour workout in the morning drained probably about 20% so that's a hard hit. Haven't tested workout tracking yet on Beta 2, hopefully it isn't as rough.
So there you go, hopefully that's a good sign! At least a couple of us seem to be getting pretty good battery life so hopefully we can look forward to that being what we should see at the final.
Doing nothing at all on watch, I lose 10% per hour. On OS2, I would go all day with 40-60 mins workout and end the day at 40%~50%.
Yeah, I'm sure the few people who have mentioned this issue have done similar. I was determined to find an alternative to starting from scratch.
Not sure if mentioned yet, but there are new watch face colours in Beta 2. Not sure if my translations are correct, but there is apricot, mint, and violet... There's two violet colors now. Not sure if it's translation issue, or naming issue. The new violet is more like sky blue. And the other colours are light colours too.
I have noticed this as well. Quite annoying.Is it just me, but when I hold both side buttons to reset the watch, I lose my watch face and what comes up is the activity watch face. My custom utility watch face gets reset to the stock watch face.
Noticed this as well. How do you mean not using the passcode? Disabling the passcode on the Watch? Or disabling password on Mac?I have noticed this as well. Quite annoying.
I also found that using the unlock my Mac feature drains the battery rather quickly (even after unpairing and not restoring a back-up). Simply not using the passcode so the Watch doesn't search for the Mac resolves the issue.
Disabling the passcode on the Watch causes the "Unlock my Mac with Apple Watch" to deactivate. Unchecking the box on your Mac is not enough.Noticed this as well. How do you mean not using the passcode? Disabling the passcode on the Watch? Or disabling password on Mac?
Is the "unlock my Mac" feature enabled?Disabling Breathing and SOS and rebooting seems to have fixed the extreme battery drain for me. Before it used 10% an hour... now it's gone almost two hours with about 4% each hour.
I started my day at 4am watch on at 5am. I use Watch OS 3 beta 2, new analog watch face three apps in dock. I had to work until 12:30 am and had 20% on watch. 19hr day wasn't bad for watch battery. Granted from 4pm -12:30am I didn't touch the watch but only to see the time. I'll take that. SOS off, passcode off, breath off.For comparison purposes, on WatchOS 2, with similar time frame for usage, I'm at 39%. So I'd say you're doing pretty well!!!
Hard resetting brings back your stored faces.Beta 2 for the iPhone was a step forward, but in my opinion, Beta 2 for the watch was a step backward. Normally I would burn about 10-12% per hour during a workout, but with beta 2 it has been pretty consistent at 20% or slightly more. Yesterday during golf, the two hour workout recorded the entire workout, but it recorded it as a 30 minute exercise and 350 calories. It acted as if I didn't set the workout, but it recorded normally and had two hours of workout time and heart rate readings. It also showed 3 miles for the distance. The little route map was there that could be expanded and had the entire layout of the golf course though I brought my phone along.
Shutting down the watch and powering back on again removed all my watch faces and had the generic faces. In the watch app, all my custom faces were there but you couldn't use them and had to delete and start over.
There have been some nice improvements, but it is definitely a step backwards.
Interesting. I'll have to try that the next time. Thanks. Bottom line is this beta version is probably a step back. Maybe one step forward and a few steps back. Some great improvements, but more oddities.Hard resetting brings back your stored faces.
Out of interest, how many watch faces you have? And what are they?Shutting down the watch and powering back on again removed all my watch faces and had the generic faces. In the watch app, all my custom faces were there but you couldn't use them and had to delete and start over.
Does anyone know if the Do Not Disturb glitch (which has been here since OS 1) is still present? Basically, if you enable it for a group conversation on iPhone, you still get notified of new messages on your watch.
Before you ask, yes I made sure everything that needed to be enabled is enabled. Messages are still going trough!
I typically have about 8 faces but only three varieties. The same three you mention. Just specific faces for work and exercise and sleep and a few other weekend choices.Out of interest, how many watch faces you have? And what are they?
I have three (Analog Activity, Numerals, Modular) and I haven't had this happen to me once, even though I have rebooted my watch few times during Beta 2.