Charge watch overnight

[UKapple73]

Ok so I have a series 5, how many of you charge overnight every night? I’m sure this can’t be good for the battery long term, as it will be charging at near 100% a lot.
Why haven’t Apple implemented the optimised charging for watch OS?? Seems the perfect application for it, as I presume lots of people charge overnight, more than iPhones anyway

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I charge mine every night. Had every generation of watch and never did any of them any harm. The battery life on my one year old S4 is amazing. I always end up with 70% after 13 hours of very light use.
At 80% the battery switches to a trickle charge and I think that once the batteries reach 100%, the software switches off the charging and just trickle charges to keep it at 100% when needed.

 

[UKapple73]

I charge mine every night. Had every generation of watch and never did any of them any harm. The battery life on my one year old S4 is amazing. I always end up with 70% after 13 hours of very light use.
At 80% the battery switches to a trickle charge and I think that once the batteries reach 100%, the software switches off the charging and just trickle charges to keep it at 100% when needed.

Yes, the trickle charge happens with all iOS devices, however Apple still did the optimised charging in ios13 and I just wondered why not in the watch

 

[marmiteturkey]

I think the watch manages charge smartly to minimise damage to the battery - I have always charged my watch overnight. My S0 started to suffer after 3-4 years, though I think that was as much the OS updates making it work too hard. My S3’s battery was as good after 2 yrs as it was on day 1, if not better.

 

[The Game 161]

Mine seems to charge to 100% then stops as I woke up to it on 93%

 

[deeddawg]

Why haven’t Apple implemented the optimised charging for watch OS??

What makes you think they haven’t?

 

[Pseudo-Fed]

The link below includes the language quoted below. Apple assumes an overnight charge. And in fact I think the battery scale should be better calibrated to give a slower but linear discharge rate. Many of us see 100% battery level even a couple hours off charger. I think then as calibrated the watch really achieves 110% or some other level. I would rather see a steady decline rate off 100%.

"Apple Watch is so capable you’ll want to wear it all day long. So we made sure we gave it a battery that lasts all day, too. Our goal for battery life is 18 hours after an overnight charge,..."

Apple Watch - Battery

Find out more about the battery life of Apple Watch. Learn about charge time, power reserve, and other battery metrics, too.

www.apple.com

 

[xraydoc]

Charging solely at night every night since the first model came out. Has yet to present a problem.
My S0 was problem-free until it was replaced with an S3.
S3 was problem-free for just shy of two years until it too was replaced.

 

[Easttime]

I charged my S0 overnight every night for 4.5 years before I replaced it with an S5. No problems. My wife took the S0 and used it daily same way.