Apple watch draining iPhone battery via Bluetooth

[jlseattle]

Hi, I got my Apple Watch yesterday and now that I have my bluetooth enabled on my phone the battery seems to drain really quickly. I watch my phone go from 79% battery life to 75% in just 1/2 hour. Is there something I have turned on that is syncing between the Apple Watch and my phone that would cause this draining?

 

[Armen]

Hi, I got my Apple Watch yesterday and now that I have my bluetooth enabled on my phone the battery seems to drain really quickly. I watch my phone go from 79% battery life to 75% in just 1/2 hour. Is there something I have turned on that is syncing between the Apple Watch and my phone that would cause this draining?

There is no syncing to be turned on/off. The watch is always connected to your phone over Low Energy Bluetooth which takes up very little battery power.

What does the battery usage on your phone say?

 

[Newtons Apple]

Hi, I got my Apple Watch yesterday and now that I have my bluetooth enabled on my phone the battery seems to drain really quickly. I watch my phone go from 79% battery life to 75% in just 1/2 hour. Is there something I have turned on that is syncing between the Apple Watch and my phone that would cause this draining?

That is only 8% an hour which is not so bad. Give it a few days. My 6+ comes home with more battery left than ever due to using the watch. Used to be 40-50% remaining but is now around 70% remaining and the watch is using about half of it's battery.

 

[jlseattle]

It looks like the Apple Watch was using 10% of my phone battery. Safari was using the most at 38%. I closed all the browser windows to help conserve battery life.

 

[Randman]

It eats the heck out of my iPhone 6 Plus even with few glances or notifications.

 

[Gjwilly]

Notifications sent to the watch don't show up on the phone so I'd expect you'd want more notifications if you're trying to prolong phone battery.

 

[Armen]

It eats the heck out of my iPhone 6 Plus even with few glances or notifications.

Is this your perception or reality? My 6+ lasts even longer now since I use my watch more for simple things and my phone less.

 

[Randman]

Reality. I used to get almost 2 days on a full charge on the Plus. Now since getting the Watch, I'm usually around 50% battery by the end of the work day. Worse if I also use my Jaybirds. No other changes in usage.