Can someone who seldom uses their Apple Watch S6 tell me what their battery life is? I currently have a Withings Steel HR watch and I use it to track my steps and sleep. I am thinking about getting an S6 for the reminder to move feature, ability to unlock my macbook, and the social aspect of competing with other apple watch users. I am just worried about battery life and having to charge the watch everyday. Notifications will be turned off. I do like the heart rate monitor for when I do exercise but I guess I won't be using the smart features in this smartwatch very often. I want a watch that is going to be reliable for the next 3 years and reminds me to move. So, I previous bought 2 apple watches (1st Gen, 2nd gen) and returned them within 14 days because I could not deal with the battery life being so short. I am looking to get 48 hours battery life but not sure if this is realistic or not. Thanks
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Battery Life for S6 with limited use?
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I have to charge it everyday. But I also train about 2 hours per day (in the weekend even longer) and have all features enabled with many apps installed.
Maybe if you do absolutely nothing with it, maybe you will be able to squeez 2 days of battery life out of it. But I don't see the point of using an Apple Watch this way.
Maybe if you do absolutely nothing with it, maybe you will be able to squeez 2 days of battery life out of it. But I don't see the point of using an Apple Watch this way.
I use it for first step counting and use the heart rate and oxygen sensor a few times per day. I get maybe two or three texts per day, and keep it on my wrist at night, not for sleep tracking, but that’s all and I get almost 2 days or just slightly less.
I came back today just to find some threads and post about how good I think the S6 battery life is. First of all, it’s certainly better than the S4 that it replaced.. even when new. While not a HEAVY user, I get about 25 texts, 15 alerts, 10-30 application alerts (things like stock trades and such) and usually get about 45-60 minutes of 1 workout in a day. A walk (with phone, so not solely onboard watch GPS use), or strength workout (utilizing a seperate Bluetooth sensor connected to the watch) and 2 days a week, I do both workouts, so 50 minutes strength training and 45-60 minutes walk. I also have the O2 sensor to take readings, the HR sensor on and I use the watch for sleep tracking with at least two apps.. pillow and sleepdwatch. I don’t know if they both simply access the same biometric date or if they are both doing something separate on the watch. I also have the AOD turned OFF.. With the new S6, I get JUST about 48 hours of usage between charging with the watch near about 2-4% remaining at the ~48 hour mark.
I think I could probably extend that a bit if I turned off some of the constant monitors, but all in all I’m totally pleased with the battery life.
I think I could probably extend that a bit if I turned off some of the constant monitors, but all in all I’m totally pleased with the battery life.
I use most of the features on Series 6 40 mm and run every day for about 45 minutes. If I have the always on display selected I get between 40 and 48 hours between charges. If I don’t use the always on display I get well over 48 hours and usually charge it around 60 hours when it’s at about 10%. It only takes just over an hour to fully charge. I’m used to Garmin watches and was sceptical when I bought the AW 6 with respect to battery life but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. It takes time to get used to but it’s a clever piece of kit and the display is just so good. If you get the 44mm you may get even more battery life but I can’t confirm that.