Battery life on series 4

[vintagekeys]

perhaps SIRI is listening for input, thinking you want to give her a command. you might have raised your arm enough so it triggered and jsut do nothing till you give it a command but in the back end connect to the internet etc?

 

[Newtons Apple]

I am coming home with 65-75% left on the battery on my AW4. Slightly better than my AW3.

Very happy! Just the slightly larger screen size and the clarity of the display made it worth getting the AW4.

 

[brentc133]

I think it is unrealistic to expect the LTE model is going to be a standalone phone with such a small battery. IMO it is a convenience feature if you are out for a walk or run. Maybe someone can design a super thin charging puck that can be worn between the watch and your wrist and have a cord that goes up your arm to a battery pack similar to what people have done for the Garmin watches. This would defeat the HRM though.
[doublepost=1538656852][/doublepost]At the same time I don’t know what Apple was thinking. With the new more efficient processor they had the opportunity to keep the same size battery and maybe increase the battery life by 20% but instead went for a smaller battery to allow the case to be slightly thinner. If their R&E folks spent any time on these forums they would realize people want more battery life.

 

[mikeyiphone]

In regards to the usage time, it seems its all over the map. I noticed a change for the worse when i updated to the iOS 12.1 Beta and I am on WatchOS 5.0.1.

It could be a combination of the iOS and/or beta version and the watch OS and/or beta version.

 

[brian3x]

One more update specifically for LTE usage.

I started out 100% full charge 6pm, drove 30 mins, played music on AirPods for 6hrs total of music from Watch, answered a couple text, couple security cam alerts, read NEWS...few breathes..drove home 30 mins. Total of 9 hours, battery was 15%. Slept in Airplane mode, Theatre Mode, DND (as always) w/AutoSleep and woke up 6 hrs later with battery at 7%.

Personally I find this very acceptable.

Approximately 9.5% battery drain per hour, solely on LTE while continually playing music over Bluetooth.

With iPhone present and normal usage I range from 1.5-2% an hour..average. Including 45 min workouts, sleeping everything so again, acceptable, IMO

 

[DeNachtwacht]

Hmm my battery is draining very fast (series 4, 40 mm here). The thing is; I see something is wrong because Usage and Stand-by are both 14 hours, 56 minutes. So something is constantly draining energy from the watch somehow. But how am I going to find out what? Changing the watch screen to a screen without any complications does not work. Background App Refresh is off. Anyone who knows what could cause this?

 

[Deguello]

Usage: 3 hours, 3 minutes
Standby: 12 hours, 7 minutes

51% battery remaining. Usage includes over an hour and a half of workouts while listening to music and three closed rings.

I don't have another watch to compare to, but I'm ok with that.

 

[vintagekeys]

I think it is unrealistic to expect the LTE model is going to be a standalone phone with such a small battery. IMO it is a convenience feature if you are out for a walk or run. Maybe someone can design a super thin charging puck that can be worn between the watch and your wrist and have a cord that goes up your arm to a battery pack similar to what people have done for the Garmin watches. This would defeat the HRM though.
[doublepost=1538656852][/doublepost]At the same time I don’t know what Apple was thinking. With the new more efficient processor they had the opportunity to keep the same size battery and maybe increase the battery life by 20% but instead went for a smaller battery to allow the case to be slightly thinner. If their R&E folks spent any time on these forums they would realize people want more battery life.

They do that for the AW5, you know every upgrade comes with a downgrade, so that downgrade can be the upgrade next year 😛
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One more update specifically for LTE usage.

I started out 100% full charge 6pm, drove 30 mins, played music on AirPods for 6hrs total of music from Watch, answered a couple text, couple security cam alerts, read NEWS...few breathes..drove home 30 mins. Total of 9 hours, battery was 15%. Slept in Airplane mode, Theatre Mode, DND (as always) w/AutoSleep and woke up 6 hrs later with battery at 7%.

Personally I find this very acceptable.

Approximately 9.5% battery drain per hour, solely on LTE while continually playing music over Bluetooth.

With iPhone present and normal usage I range from 1.5-2% an hour..average. Including 45 min workouts, sleeping everything so again, acceptable, IMO

Thats sick, really good if that was all from LTE, but did you brign your phone along? or only the watch? because if the phone was not paired its good! if the phone was paired then without the pair it might be alot worse.

 

[rdy0329]

I get to 65% when I get home with moderate 1 hour workout with no music
I get 45% when I get home with moderate 1 hour workout and AirPods.

Both by 8PM. Acceptable, but could be better. I use mine for sleep tracking as well.

EDIT: Sorry. Series 4 40MM SS Space Black LTE OFF.

 

[vintagekeys]

I get to 65% when I get home with moderate 1 hour workout with no music
I get 45% when I get home with moderate 1 hour workout and AirPods.

Both by 8PM. Acceptable, but could be better. I use mine for sleep tracking as well.

GPS? LTE? paired with phone? 40mm or 44mm?

I wish we put some specs in the posts for comparisons, its harder to see who get`s what battery life on what version AW.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[rdy0329]

GPS? LTE? paired with phone? 40mm or 44mm?

I wish we put some specs in the posts for comparisons, its harder to see who get`s what battery life on what version AW.

Thanks for sharing!

Sorry bout that. I have the stainless version in Space Black S4 40mm. My carrier doesn't support AWatch so the cellular is perpetually off.

Sleep tracking takes 5-10% overnight. I had a night where I woke up with 13% battery left (from 44%) which was weird.

 

[vintagekeys]

Sorry bout that. I have the stainless version in Space Black S4 40mm. My carrier doesn't support AWatch so the cellular is perpetually off.

Sleep tracking takes 5-10% overnight. I had a night where I woke up with 13% battery left (from 44%) which was weird.

Sweet thanks for sharing!!

 

[brian3x]

They do that for the AW5, you know every upgrade comes with a downgrade, so that downgrade can be the upgrade next year 😛
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Thats sick, really good if that was all from LTE, but did you brign your phone along? or only the watch? because if the phone was not paired its good! if the phone was paired then without the pair it might be alot worse.

My iPhone was left at home. LTE the entire time except for sleeping.

 

[vintagekeys]

My iPhone was left at home. LTE the entire time except for sleeping.

Nice! thats fantastic information!

 

[Mercenary]

Im doing my own little tests to see what impacts battery life the most and to dispell some of those false truths.

First test done and the results were that having Walkie talkie set to 'Available' has ZERO impact on battery life.

Next test is background app refresh.

 

[lsrggr]

Im doing my own little tests to see what impacts battery life the most and to dispell some of those false truths.

First test done and the results were that having Walkie talkie set to 'Available' has ZERO impact on battery life.

Next test is background app refresh.

I can confirm this; I have tried the same "toggle" over the last two days.

 

[rojocrandall]

44mm GPS LTE S4 SS Paired to iPhone:
Three hour test while sitting at my desk at work over two different days, with test period starting and ending at the same time each day, ALL 34 watch apps have BAR set ON, with minimal watch usage, no work out, no music, no calls, etc... but I did walk around, and put on about 3000 steps during the three hours both days:
1. Infograph face: start 100%, after two hours: down to 89%
2. Color face: start 100%, after two hours: down to 98% (which matched my S3 experience)
My opinion: it's "complicated" - the new faces with more complications use more of the battery, which makes sense.

 

[gatd]

battery is definitely not as good as my old series 3 SS
raise to speak siri on or off makes no difference.

 

[upnorth85]

Strangely my battery life is now increasing. I think in the initial period the watch might be doing much updates such as resetting the GPS by linking with the phone etc. I am hopeful the battery life may be better than my old series 2 in a week or more. I am happy with a full day life. Long term, I would prefer a week at least.

 

[i hate phones]

One more update specifically for LTE usage.

I started out 100% full charge 6pm, drove 30 mins, played music on AirPods for 6hrs total of music from Watch, answered a couple text, couple security cam alerts, read NEWS...few breathes..drove home 30 mins. Total of 9 hours, battery was 15%. Slept in Airplane mode, Theatre Mode, DND (as always) w/AutoSleep and woke up 6 hrs later with battery at 7%.

Personally I find this very acceptable.

Approximately 9.5% battery drain per hour, solely on LTE while continually playing music over Bluetooth.

With iPhone present and normal usage I range from 1.5-2% an hour..average. Including 45 min workouts, sleeping everything so again, acceptable, IMO

Was your music streamed or stored on the watch?

 

[TwiceNightly]

I’ve been tracking this thread without chiming in, until now. The battery life on my S4 is awesome. Draws down slowly and charges quickly. No problem.
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Mind if I ask which face you use?

I have a feeling that it's the Infograph face draining the battery as it has 8 complications refreshing themselves as opposed to around 3 on the other faces (like Explorer)

Also, do you have WiFi on?

 

[rwilliams]

Mind if I ask which face you use?

I have a feeling that it's the Infograph face draining the battery as it has 8 complications refreshing themselves as opposed to around 3 on the other faces (like Explorer)

That would be my guess as well. 8 complications refreshing in the background has to be a pretty big pull on the battery. Which makes the decision to go with a smaller battery even more puzzling, despite any gains they made with the chip.

 

[RedlegsFan]

So obviously the batter life is the Achilles heel of this device. How many more iterations do you think we will have to wait for 3-4 day battery life?

 

[Jason Honer]

My battery life seems pretty awesome.

 

[Mercenary]

My battery life seems pretty awesome.

Which watch face and complications do you use?
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44mm GPS LTE S4 SS Paired to iPhone:
Three hour test while sitting at my desk at work over two different days, with test period starting and ending at the same time each day, ALL 34 watch apps have BAR set ON, with minimal watch usage, no work out, no music, no calls, etc... but I did walk around, and put on about 3000 steps during the three hours both days:
1. Infograph face: start 100%, after two hours: down to 89%
2. Color face: start 100%, after two hours: down to 98% (which matched my S3 experience)
My opinion: it's "complicated" - the new faces with more complications use more of the battery, which makes sense.

It's increasingly looking like this is the culprit. How many of us got our shiny new watch and stayed on the same face?

As a test I've got the x-large face with no complications on it. I usually loose 1.6-2% per hour. With that face I've lost 1% in 2 hours.

I'll test over night as I've been doing to see what I can get.