I don't think the battery that is used is like the older ones where the battery would worsen if you charged it at random times through the day. I do think that leaving it on the charger for days might hurt the battery though.
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Do you charge yours every night?
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I wear my watch all day and when I go to bed because I use the silent vibrate alarm. I then charge it in the morning when I'm getting ready.
Slightly off topic but I do charge mine irregularly; I'm wondering what's the easiest way to tell if it's fully charged. As far as I can tell it just says "Charging 100%" on the battery glance.
There's no "Charged" or change in the lightning icon?
There's no "Charged" or change in the lightning icon?
Switch to a watch face with battery set as a complication? It certainly isn't ideal but you're right. It doesn't say when it's charged.
I see a some people on here questioning whether or not to charge a partially depleted batter all night when it will be fully charged in an hour or so.
The best answer for the
watch is that it uses a smart charger. When the battery reaches 100% it no longer charges, and for the rest of the night it will only accept what charge it needs to stay at 100%. The battery is not damaged or weakened in any way by the practice of partial charging.
This is assuming you will be using the charger that came with your watch, or, when they come out, approved 3rd party chargers. Cheap knockoffs that will eventually found on Amazon or CL may indeed damage your watch.
The best answer for the
watch is that it uses a smart charger. When the battery reaches 100% it no longer charges, and for the rest of the night it will only accept what charge it needs to stay at 100%. The battery is not damaged or weakened in any way by the practice of partial charging. This is assuming you will be using the charger that came with your watch, or, when they come out,
approved 3rd party chargers. Cheap knockoffs that will eventually found on Amazon or CL may indeed damage your watch.
Every night I have a charging regimen where my iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch all charge on my nightstand. When I wake up, I get ready and dressed, I unplug my iPad and throw it into my bag, iPhone goes in my pocket, and Apple Watch on wrist.
Yeah, I don't want to worry about it or even think about it during the day so watch and phone get charged every night regardless of how much battery is left.
I can go 2 days between charges. As I type this, it has been off charge for 35 hours and I am at 26%.
Great to know that the battery life is better than Apple said it would be.
I realize that ymmv according to usage.
I realize that ymmv according to usage.
I was thinking of doing something like this when I get mine or maybe during my commute.
Apple has designed the thing for you to just plug it in each night. There's no need to be stressing about how much remaining charge is optimal, or any of that.
Is the alarm strong enough to wake you? I always found my fit bit ineffective. Maybe I'm just a deep sleeper but I'm hoping the watch will have a stronger vibration then the fitbit did?
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How do you find your iPhone battery performing now that you're using your watch? I'm getting really fed up of having no battery most days on my iPhone and that's even without me having started using the watch so very worried about that!
Honestly I haven't seen a significant difference in my phone battery level when I plug it in each night, maybe 5-10% less than usual. I've been consciously trying to rely more on the watch lately for lesser tasks rather than continue defaulting to using my phone, and so I like to think my phone usage is down which helps negate any extra battery drain from the constant pairing.
The big difference has been that I never used to have bluetooth on and now it's on all the time, so perhaps that has contributed more to the battery depleting faster too.
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People tend to forget its only an accessory not a stand alone. And for a stand alone 1st generation its really good and has different uses for different people.
It's not for everybody nor is it intended to be. And as an accessory its a convenience not something you would miss.
I charge my apple watch each morning when I wake up and pull it off the charger as I walk out the door and it is always at 100% by then. My watch has usually run down to about 20% by that time. Perfect really as wearing a watch during my morning routine isn't a good idea as I am usually feeding animals and opening cages.
Pretty awesome if you ask me. I have the SS BSB 42mm
Pretty awesome if you ask me. I have the SS BSB 42mm
Thanks, I agree the permanent Bluetooth does drain the iPhone but other than that, it hasn't changed the overall depletion too much. That said I used apple maps the other day to find a location I was walking to, and my watch was almost in hibernation by the time I got there! Can't have been more than 15 minutes of a walk and I'm sure I had 50% odd percent of battery before I started.
"Back in the day" no longer applies. Just use your watch and enjoy it and charge while you are sleeping. You will get so many opinions on this.
I wear mine at night. I've adopted a charging strategy that seems to work very well!
An hour or two before I go to bed, I stick it on the charger so it can charge fully. I take it off before I go to sleep; while I'm in bed, it generally falls to between 70-80. In the morning, I put it back on the charger while I wake up and get ready. By the time I'm done, it's back at 100! I wear it all day, rinse and repeat. It generally ends a full day when I put it on the charger in the evening around 40-50.
An hour or two before I go to bed, I stick it on the charger so it can charge fully. I take it off before I go to sleep; while I'm in bed, it generally falls to between 70-80. In the morning, I put it back on the charger while I wake up and get ready. By the time I'm done, it's back at 100! I wear it all day, rinse and repeat. It generally ends a full day when I put it on the charger in the evening around 40-50.