Does anybody know what a ”normal” battery health reduction should be?
I’ve had my Apple Watch series 5 since March and its already down at 93%
I’ve had my Apple Watch series 5 since March and its already down at 93%
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Apple Watch Battery Health
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I have had my S5 for 13 months and it is at 91% battery health.
Which seems a bit disappointing since I do not use the battery heavily, and seldom finish the day with less than 40% charge remaining.
Which seems a bit disappointing since I do not use the battery heavily, and seldom finish the day with less than 40% charge remaining.
The Series 5 I got in Nov 2019 is down to 88% so I'd say your battery's degradation rate is more or less standard.
My now 27 months old AW4 is at 87%, for the first year and a half I charged every other day, now daily and it’s between 35-45% typically...
There’s a long thread about watchOS 7 and battery life, if you’re interested search if that and get some more info...
There’s a long thread about watchOS 7 and battery life, if you’re interested search if that and get some more info...
My Series 3 just over 3 years old still 100%.
Using every day, charging every 2 days as always.
Using every day, charging every 2 days as always.
I got a 44mm series 5, Titanium, and it was on 99% a month or so ago. I checked it yesterday, and to my surprise it's on 89% That put me in some serious depression today. you pay all this money and its just a timer ticking down and then it won't work.
Same here. My 3 most recent AW's, S3, S4 and S5 are all 3 still showing 100% battery life.
no electronic device that gets charged every 2nd day (or daily, or every 3 day) and is used on a daily basis will have a "battery health" of 100% after 2 or 3 years. I am NOT saying that you guys who report this are not telling the truth, but if your device displays that now, don't be surprised if you see a sudden 10% or more drop ...
Li-based rechargeable batteries age, ongoing chemical reactions during dis-charge and charge will lead to that.
Li-based rechargeable batteries age, ongoing chemical reactions during dis-charge and charge will lead to that.
Agreed. That’s a bug with the Series 3 or 4. The battery health meter isn’t working. It’s like a car where you fill the tank and after driving 100 miles it still shows full. The problem is the meter.
I don’t think the battery health meter works very well on anything prior to the Series 5. My theory is that the meter is calibrated for the Series 5 and up. Even though it shows on older watches, I don’t think Apple has calibrated them properly yet. Or maybe never will since that feature didn’t exist when those watches were introduced.
Yea, I’m not sure either, all I can report that on my S4 it reported 90% when I first tried it and now it reads 87%, both realistic imho... but Apple is always a little on the “brighter” side as evidenced on Mac when compared to coconutbattery. Would be nice to have such a tool for the watch...
My daughter has a three year old Series 3 that still shows 100%. I know that’s not right. I don’t think the battery health meter works as well with older watches that have a different sized battery or different discharge rates from the newer watches. The Series 3 has a battery that is almost 20% larger than the Series 4. And the Series 4 doesn’t have an always-on-display which affects battery discharge. It looks to me like Battery Health isn’t accurate with older watches. Maybe never will be.
Right, I make an effort to keep it in that range
Previously, I didn't sleep with it on, so it would often be at 100% (every morning). Now I charge it while I'm working at my desk and might take it off the charger when it's 75%, maybe 90%, just depends.