How long does it take to charge your watch?

[NovemberWhiskey]

I got an Apple Watch around launch date, which did a full charge in ~2.5 hrs or less. I sold that one, and then bought another recently, and the recent one can take well over 4 hours to do a full charge now. It seems like it gets to 90 percent in 2 hours, and then every percentage from 90-100 takes at least an hour. Is this a new feature to slow charge it as it approaches a full charge?

 

[Gav2k]

Never seen my watch at 1% so couldn't tell you if I'm honest.

 

[NovemberWhiskey]

Never seen my watch at 1% so couldn't tell you if I'm honest.

Approximately?

 

[Newtons Apple]

I would take it back immediately and tell them how slowly it charges.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

It seems like it gets to 90 percent in 2 hours, and then every percentage from 90-100 takes at least an hour. Is this a new feature to slow charge it as it approaches a full charge?

I can't comment on the total time as I don't really pay attention, but their slowing down as they approach a full charge is nothing new. We see this with all iDevices.

 

[Rok73]

I never went below 40% even when wearing it for a very long time (24 hours) with lots of interaction. I put on my stand when I go to bed, read a bit and it's mostly fully charged again when I turn off the light.

In other words: it charges very quickly. I'd recommend having it checked/exchanged.

 

[zetaplus93]

How long does it take to get to 90% or so?

Sounds defective to me. Usually takes about 1.5 hours to charge mine from 30-40%.

 

[Tom G.]

I was going to put down "All Night" as that is how long it is in its charger, however about 2 hours would be the correct answer. The other day my watch got down to about 5% because I didn't charge it at night and by 2:00PM it was down that much. I put it in the charger to put just enough charge on it to go for a run, and in half and hour it was up to 52%, and I was able to do my run. In fact I didn't have to charge it again until I went to bed about 10:00PM when it was down to about 10%. I think that is quite substantial, I am well pleased with the battery performance.

 

[Julien]

I got an Apple Watch around launch date, which did a full charge in ~2.5 hrs or less. I sold that one, and then bought another recently, and the recent one can take well over 4 hours to do a full charge now. It seems like it gets to 90 percent in 2 hours, and then every percentage from 90-100 takes at least an hour. Is this a new feature to slow charge it as it approaches a full charge?

This sounds like it could be a calibration issue and not the battery. Try the following and see what happens.

1. Run the Watch dead (until it shuts off/avoid Power Saving mode)
2. Charge it fully (overnight)
3. Run down to about 40%-50%
4. Charge to 90%
5. Repeat if possible 2 or more times (is also the best charge cycle for prolonging Lit-ion life)
6. Go for a full charge and see if it's not reduced in time

 

[GaryNoine]

Guess I'm not the only one who can use the watch constantly for the whole day and only get down to about 40%. Takes about 2 hours to get back to 100%. I'm quite surprised at the battery quality on the watch so far