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Battery life on my launch day series 0 on 3.2.3 is amazing!
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I completely agree. Been 5 hours since I've unplugged it. Still at 100%. Usually down to about 85% by now. Being that this is probably the last watchOS 3 update, hopefully 4.0 doesn't kill the battery
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I'm going to give it a week or 2 to see how it pans out for more folks before I take the plunge lol.
Being such a small update, there is very little risk in anything going "wrong". These final updates are just for stability and bug fixes. This will probably be the final watchOS 3 update till the fall.
Updated last night. Watch has been off the charger for 13 hours. Battery is at 80%! Best battery life Ive had with my series 2
I do an hour workout a day. I usually have 50-60% at the end of the day. I'm at 68% today. So definitely an improvement.
Well you just made me check for myself, nice, I'm at 95% and my 8th hour. I do NOT have raise to wake enabled.
Yes it is correct. Mine drains just as usual, just slower, meaning I am getting better battery life.
My battery is draining much faster after upgrading too. I haven't changed any other settings.
My first full day using my watch and I thought something was wrong, because after 5 hours it only dropped 2 percent. By the end of my day and 12 hours off the charger with around 100 notification, I am at 90%. That's 10x better than anything I ever got with my Android Wear or Samsung Gear smartwatches.
This is some sort of magic?!?
This is some sort of magic?!?
I'm having different results than the rest of you on my Series 0. I installed the update on Sunday, and Monday had terrible battery performance... died before my day was over. So I un-paired and re-paired last night, and I'm waiting to see how it does today.
I did the first day after the update. I did a re-pair, and it's been good since. I'm a couple hours into my day, and still at 100%. The first day, before the re-pair, I was probably at 85% by this time.
My 38mm AWS hit the 2 year mark a week or so ago. The battery life is still as good as, if not better than, it was when I first got it. Mileage varies a little depending on how long of a workout I do (If I do a workout at all), but I usually have no trouble with battery. I wear the watch to bed for sleep tracing, so I usually charge it before I go to bed. I usually top it off in the morning while I get ready for work, but it's not totally necessary. If I don't top it off in the morning I will hit 10% by 6 or 7pm, but as long as I top it off I will have between 10 and 30 % when I charge it in the evening.
Most devices with internal batteries start to hold less of a charge after two years of use, but perhaps Watch OS has gotten more efficient so I haven't noticed? Overall I'm impressed that two year old gadget works better in terms of performance than it did when it was new.
Sean
Most devices with internal batteries start to hold less of a charge after two years of use, but perhaps Watch OS has gotten more efficient so I haven't noticed? Overall I'm impressed that two year old gadget works better in terms of performance than it did when it was new.
Sean
Yeah, I'm burning through about 7% an hour since the update. I've rebooted, repaired, disabled just about everything and still just terrible battery life. Before the update I'd end up with about 40% left by the time I went to bed. Now I'm lucky if the watch stays on until dinner time.
22 hours into my day i am down to 20% left---everything was purring along with adequate (18 hours +/- ) battery from the update until yesterday... something is wrong and i dn know what.or how to fix... pairing and unpairing does not change anything.... another ideas???