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Extra 10% overnight battery drain with watchOS 9
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After software update: Watch drained to 0% battery before end of day with limited use. Used to have 30% at end of day easily. Disappointed.
Oh, another thing. I've noticed that when I take off my watch from charger, it can sometimes be extremely hot. Sort of like overheating on an iPhone?
And I charge my watch to 95%-98%, it's not like I forget it on the charger.
And I charge my watch to 95%-98%, it's not like I forget it on the charger.
Back to normal performance today after updating my phone to iOS 16.0.2
Just woke up with 91% battery on my watch. Hopefully this keeps up.
Just woke up with 91% battery on my watch. Hopefully this keeps up.
Same. From 79% last week to 92% this morning after 16.0.2
Mine has dropped drastically win the past few days. It was actually fine after the update. Last night (I do sleep tracking) it dropped from 61% to <10%, and it is really becomes unusable.
Does anyone know when we can expect the new watchOS update?
Does anyone know when we can expect the new watchOS update?
I noticed less battery life on my S7 prior to OS9 after a couple more recent updates. I noticed simple by the fact that I was barley making it to the end of the day and I just put it on the charger when I slept because it would not longer last the day and through the night with a morning charge while getting ready.
I found myself more frequently charging during the day to tip it off and even then I would still be down to 10-15% usage and would let it charge overnight. Battery charge definitely went down over the year of use any updates. It was annoying because I updated my 6 ti the 7 for a little better battery and larger screen.
I don’t know how people deal th with S0-5 battery life that’s why I waited for the 6 to ever get one. This and the terrible faces is why I had a gear 2 for a year or so then just stopped using a smart watch altogether and waited for an acceptable battery equipped AW.
Is apple playing shenanigans again to get people to buy a new phone/watch? I mean they were already sued for this once.
I found myself more frequently charging during the day to tip it off and even then I would still be down to 10-15% usage and would let it charge overnight. Battery charge definitely went down over the year of use any updates. It was annoying because I updated my 6 ti the 7 for a little better battery and larger screen.
I don’t know how people deal th with S0-5 battery life that’s why I waited for the 6 to ever get one. This and the terrible faces is why I had a gear 2 for a year or so then just stopped using a smart watch altogether and waited for an acceptable battery equipped AW.
Is apple playing shenanigans again to get people to buy a new phone/watch? I mean they were already sued for this once.
Mine in rubbish, thought 16.0.2 fixed it but no. A 5k run this morn, less than 30 mins, fully charged battery, came home 82%, usually that would be about 93. I’m returning home from work around 49%, usually it would be about 70, I’ve gave up on sleep tracking as it killed battery too much. New SE thinking of returning
Thankfully mine is still improved. Not quite what it was before watchOS 9, but close.
My guess is that the watch is taking more measurements throughout the night for sleep tracking.
Sadly, the “Sleep Stages” feature looks really off. I use Auto Sleep and it’s Sleep Analysis matches what I feel my night actually was much more closely than Apple’s Sleep Stages feature.
My guess is that the watch is taking more measurements throughout the night for sleep tracking.
Sadly, the “Sleep Stages” feature looks really off. I use Auto Sleep and it’s Sleep Analysis matches what I feel my night actually was much more closely than Apple’s Sleep Stages feature.
Not to discount your experience with the battery drain but I will tell you that my series 7 with 16.0.2 is not seeing such large discharge rates. The first couple of days with iOS 16.0 it was down about an extra 15% by the end of the day but now it is only a little lower than with 15.x. The point is to not give up. You may be able to get back to a more normal battery life eventually.
Have you restarted your phone? Sometimes after an update a background process can get stuck and burn through a charge. I’ve also always limited the notifications coming to my phone. Not off, but carefully limited.
Yes, I turn off both my watch and phone at night. It could be the battery drain issues still persisting in older models. It has been a week since the upgrade to 16.0.2. Did not observe any improvement yet.
Poor experience with Apple support. Wasted 6 hours with their genii and still no resolution. Battery draining, touchscreen intermittently working on watchOS 9 series 4 and iPhone 13 mini 16.0.2.
Having similar issues as everyone else. Running iOS 6.0.2 on an iPhone 14 Pro watchis series 6 running 9.0.
Just charged the watch fully three hours ago and just sitting on the couch for three hours and battery down to 87%.
Never had an issue getting a full day out of a full charge until the new OS.
Never had issues with ANY iOS or watch os causing battery drain in the past.
Just charged the watch fully three hours ago and just sitting on the couch for three hours and battery down to 87%.
Never had an issue getting a full day out of a full charge until the new OS.
Never had issues with ANY iOS or watch os causing battery drain in the past.
I doubt that there is much that they could do so far. I suspect that this is going to require a software patch. Hopefully it is in the next OS update.
If you can reliably reproduce this, go to an apple store and ask for a replacement.
They were useless. Wasted my time. It was two separate visits with different opinions between them. Have written an email to their head office.
If this issue only affects the older model (Series 4, 5), then likely they will not do much about it....