On WatchOS 1.0.1 I would get about a 1.5 days of use with 25-33% charge left before I'd charge it.
On WatchOS 2.0 Beta 2 I'm getting around 15 hours of use until I put it on the charger around 33% battery left.
I have never used power saving mode.
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On WatchOS 1.0.1 I would get about a 1.5 days of use with 25-33% charge left before I'd charge it.
On WatchOS 2.0 Beta 2 I'm getting around 15 hours of use until I put it on the charger around 33% battery left.
I have never used power saving mode.
BS.
How does changing it to only check every 10 minutes help and ONLY when you are NOT moving your arm?
The HR function is about as bad as it gets. My $250 Fitbit Surge does HR constantly even when worn loose on the wrist.
Checking every 10 minutes can probably be chalked up to a concession for battery life. Checking only when the arm is stationary is clearly a measure to measure a true resting heart rate. In fitness and heart health settings, a true resting heart rate is necessary to quantify changes. If the watch keeps taking measurements when you're walking and averaging it with the other readings, it alters the actual resting heart rate average.
I'm on my 5th day with the 38mm SS. The past 4 days my battery was completely drained after 15 to 16 hours with normal usage (time checking, a message here and there) and a 20 minute workout per day.
What are other 38mm users's experiences? I'm seriously thinking of upgrading to 42mm for this.
What are other 38mm users's experiences? I'm seriously thinking of upgrading to 42mm for this.
You seem to be stuck on the "resting HR". When I excercising I need something to track my HR all the times not every 10 minutes and not when I am still but I want it when I am running or walking and doing aerobics.
The Apple Watch falls WAY short on this but if you wish to protect and defend it huge short comings, that is also a choice of yours but no one I am able to forgive it for. Apple pushed the AW for all of it health capabilities and I am not the only one that was disappointed.
What are you talking about? It reads your heart rate every 10 _seconds_ while you are exercising (if you start an exercise on the watch). Mine does perfectly fine at reading my heart rate during exercise and numerous professional reviewers have said the same thing.
if yours isn't reading your hear rate while you have activated an exercise then it's defective. Take it into an Apple Store.
Stating well documented facts is neither protecting nor defending what you perceive as huge short comings. The fact is the device operates differently than the way you believe it does, and that is not my fault.
My 38mm watch lasted through a 37 hour power outage.
Took it off the charger Tuesday at 6:00 am. Power went out at 3:00 pm and stayed out until until Thursday 4:00 am. It had 15% power when I put it on the charger Wednesday evening. Woke up Thursday to a fully charged watch.
(Being optimistic that the power might be restored over night, I put my watch on the charger each night.)
Took it off the charger Tuesday at 6:00 am. Power went out at 3:00 pm and stayed out until until Thursday 4:00 am. It had 15% power when I put it on the charger Wednesday evening. Woke up Thursday to a fully charged watch.
(Being optimistic that the power might be restored over night, I put my watch on the charger each night.)
I have a 42mm sport and have had 15% left after THREE days. That's being used maybe 1.5hrs walking activity each day as well as general usage (no phone calls or audio though).
My boss gets about 8hrs on his 42SS, and it has overheated whilst not being used and showed the thermometer symbol. He's taking it into Apple next week.
My boss gets about 8hrs on his 42SS, and it has overheated whilst not being used and showed the thermometer symbol. He's taking it into Apple next week.
You must practice selective reading in this forum as I am not the only one who is greatly disappointed in the well advertised health aspects of the AW. I bet you stand up every hours when you AW tells you to! LOL!
I am super happy with mine, Friday I took it off the charger at 7:15am had a normal day, played hockey at 9:00 pm got home around 11:45pm and I was at 20% when I put it on the charger before bed.
So you're disappointed in the health-related features of the AW, but at the same time it's laughable for anyone to use the Stand health reminders to get themselves more active?
Sounds like you've missed some articles, which may prove helpful:
Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it.
Includes: "when you're using the Workout app, Apple Watch measures your heart rate continuously during the workout"
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204666
Measure your heart rate with your Apple Watch.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204511
Use the Workout app on Apple Watch.
The last section here (Get the best measurement) has info on pairing with a chest strap or other external monitor for more accurate measurement.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204523
I don't think that folks outside of Apple's secret walls know whether either of these statements are true. Did Apple claim to kill the HR feature for battery? At least from the anecdotal post evidence here, battery life did not materially change before and after the update. And, competing products that measure HR continuously have battery lives measured in weeks, so HR measurement alone probably is not a major battery drain.
Second, taking a HR while your arm is not moving is not a resting HR. It is just a HR measurement when your arm is not in motion and nothing more. A wearer could have spent 9 minutes walking up stairs and happen to pause just at the time when the watch decided to do its HR check. The HR would be high, so the AW would get a bogus reading if it was assuming a resting HR.
The third defense of this change has been accuracy. But the watch HR measurement seems to be very accurate with arm in motion, in my experience. I run with my AW, and its HR matches my chest strap HRM perfectly. I do not tighten it or place it any differently on my wrist than for regular wear. It is accurate for others as well. But, then there are users who are inaccurate no matter what.
This change just seems to make no sense at all. I just chalk this change up to insanity. I would love for Apple to honestly tell us why they did it, and try to defend it with a straight face.
Back to the OP's original question. I have a 42mm sport, and my battery was down to around 45% at the end of the day for the first few days of use. After a few days of me getting used to it, the AW would be in the 60% range at the end of the day. So, it seems like your battery usage is not normal compared to mine and other posts here.
I finally killed mine yesterday. I've had my watch for a month and I've never come close to the end of the battery until yesterday.
How did I do it? I was playing "tour guide" for my father who was visiting the new city I'm living in. We walked about 5 miles through the city in about 4 hours.... and I left my watch in an "Outdoor walk" workout the whole time. I also used it a lot for directions, email, messages, etc. during the day.
Late last night it got to 10% and I put it in power save mode.
So it IS possible to run down the Watch battery... but I had to go to great lengths to do it
How did I do it? I was playing "tour guide" for my father who was visiting the new city I'm living in. We walked about 5 miles through the city in about 4 hours.... and I left my watch in an "Outdoor walk" workout the whole time. I also used it a lot for directions, email, messages, etc. during the day.
Late last night it got to 10% and I put it in power save mode.
So it IS possible to run down the Watch battery... but I had to go to great lengths to do it
Same here.
Not even doing something out of the ordinary with it. Just checking notifications, a few glances, answering a phone call or two(which i take over on my iphone within 20 seconds), a 30 minute workout and thats it. Maybe there's a difference between batteries?
Here is an observation that I've had in the 2.5 weeks of ownership. I generally don't carry my phone around at home or at work. I do, however, get a similar amount of notifications on a daily basis.
What I've found is that if you disconnect from your phone often (likely due to being out of range), it has a significant drain on battery life.
What I've found is that if you disconnect from your phone often (likely due to being out of range), it has a significant drain on battery life.
It had been great at lasting around 18-20 hours. During the past 2 weeks I'm getting around 10-11 hours of total use. I've tried restoring to factory settings twice and it hasn't made a difference. really weird. 42mm sport bought first day it came out.
