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Apple Watch Series 4 and 5 Will Recalibrate Maximum Battery Capacity With watchOS 9
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Oh dear! It'll mess up battery life for sure, forcing customers to upgrade...
My launch day s3 still lasts all day, even with recording an hour or two of exercises
I still easily get a full day from my series 4. No plans to upgrade it.
I'm sure Apple will see to it that watchOS 9 will hobble it in some way...
I'm sure Apple will see to it that watchOS 9 will hobble it in some way...
did you battery health percentage change>?
4 and 5 only.
Has anyone with a Series 4 or 5, noticed a change?
In this post, the health went from 78% to 81%
watchOS 9 Will Recalibrate Battery Capacity of Apple Watch Series 4 and 5
Apple's upcoming watchOS 9 software update will recalibrate the maximum battery capacity of the Apple Watch Series 4 and the Apple Watch Series 5.
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I got my series 5 when it first came out and I’ve always had the always on display on. I usually charge it at night when I go to bed but forgot last night so it’s been on for 22 hours and still alive 🤷🏻♂️
I'm still on a series 4. I installed OS 9 a few days ago. Not sure what my battery percentage was before, but now I'm at 79% capacity. I'll see what the new watch has to offer and then decide whether to upgrade or send off for a new battery. It still lasts pretty well, but if I do multiple workouts during the day, it will reach low battery at night.
Honestly, I don’t know what it was before. Not something I bother checking unless there was a battery issue. It is at 83% now.
Ok, but its still to be expected. It's feedback from Beta testing that shapes the final release after all.
So many people don't provide any feedback then wonder why issues they experience are not fixed.
I’m amazed at the series 4 and 5 owners that still have 80-90% capacity. I replaced my series 5 earlier this year when I could barely get through a day with 76% battery capacity. I charged it every night using optimized charging. My series 7 I’ve been trying to keep the charge no higher than 80% or so by charging it during the day at times or using a smart plug at night that turns the charger off. Hoping that keeps the battery life better.
Looking forward to seeing how much the maximum capacity will change on my Series 5 after the update. Currently it is at 89%.
Latest version of the watch has smart chargeing on. I manage to get 19 to 20 hours of activity because of being a bad sleeper. Still have over 50% battery life most days. I think the smart charging helps battery life.
Anyone who has updated an S4 or S5, pop on your before and after battery health!
Mines at 83% (waiting for public beta and I will update and feedback).
Mines at 83% (waiting for public beta and I will update and feedback).
Since they made that update for the iPhone, my 11 Pro’s maximum capacity has been parked at 81%. It makes absolutely zero sense that capacity wouldn’t change over an entire year. Meanwhile I can tell myself it’s been going down.
Whatever they did to fix this seems like it only broke it even more.
Whatever they did to fix this seems like it only broke it even more.
My series 4 is still going strong but is in the 20-10% range by bed time. I want a newer one anyway so next spring I'll likely upgrade
I charged my S4 last night to 100% and woke up this morning at exactly 4am and put my Watch on at then.
It’s currently 2pm and am at 57% battery remaining. I’ll report back to see how it’s doing by the end of the day.
As for battery health percentage it’s at 76%.
It’s currently 2pm and am at 57% battery remaining. I’ll report back to see how it’s doing by the end of the day.
As for battery health percentage it’s at 76%.
My series 4 cellular is at
My series 4 which, I purchased the first day they were available, battery health is at 87% and I can get through a day with 20-30% left on days I don't workout. On days I do workout - and by that I mean take a run - I have to throw it on a charger for 30 - 60 minutes at some point to make it to the end of a day. In all fairness, I am asking a lot of the watch during a run as that's all I take with me. The watch provides GPS, Heart Rate, bluetooth audio, and cell service for typically 45-60 minutes. I haven't felt the need to upgrade yet due to performance or additional features. I'm kind of hoping the next version pushed me to upgrade due to some amazing feature.
Watch 5 here, and it works just fine for day to day living and walking around the city when traveling to places like New York. Unfortunately, as a cyclist, the battery life SUCKS, and I'm not sure it's because of the age of my watch or the inefficiencies of GPS tracking my cycle workouts, but I have NOT been able to get the watch to last through a century (100 mile) ride, it always dies.. In fact most of the time it's dead even on 80 mile rides usually 60 is the sweet spot.
So, I've reverted to just using my Garmin on the bike for tracking my workouts. I'm sure the GPS in Strava is a huge battery drain on the watch and probably the culprit, although likely if I turned on the cycling workout in the watch app it would do the same thing.
So, I've reverted to just using my Garmin on the bike for tracking my workouts. I'm sure the GPS in Strava is a huge battery drain on the watch and probably the culprit, although likely if I turned on the cycling workout in the watch app it would do the same thing.
An iPhone can easily last 4 years but 4 years for the Apple Watch seems to be pushing it.