Unless Apple comes up with a battery life like the Garmin Fenix you won't make it through a day and into the night. I'm not complaining but Apple Watch seems to have one of the worst battery lives of any watch out there. I'm sure Apple can do better just don't know why.
On another note I tracked my sleep on my Garmin and it was not really necessary. I'm more interested in the physical output I do in a day.
Maybe it’s just me but I’ve never found sleep tracking to be much use for anything anyway. I am a very heavy sleeper and the few times I have tried sleep tracking devices, they tell me I’m in a deep sleep within 10 mins of my head hitting the pillow and that doesn’t stop until my alarm brings me out of it in the morning.
I also find wearing a watch overnight causes me to wake with a dead arm and discolouration in my hand due to a lack of circulation even though it is always loose on my wrist through the night.
Just looked it up, it takes 1.5H to charge it 80%. That's a long shower.![]()
I guess I’ll charge mine in the morning while showering. When I get home from work it has about 30% battery. If you have the S5 the screen turns off in ‘sleep mode’ so should be enough battery.
Then the hours charge again should be enough to get it through most of the day
This is the kind of feature that will be more useful when the next generation of Apple Watch inevitably has better battery life. It's tough like people have said getting ready in the morning/showering is a good time to charge it but that likely isn't enough time for the current watches. So you'll need to charge it for a longer period of time sometime during the day every other day or so. I don't really want to take off my watch at all during the day so that's not ideal. Maybe in the evening before bed?
Agree 100%. You become the slave of your watch if you always have to think forward about charging.You say easy....but surely like me when I’m getting ready for work I will be using my watch rather than the phone because I’m in different rooms prepping for leaving the house.....I want leave my phone on the side until I’m ready to leave I don’t want to be messing about with a phone 📱 while brushing my teeth and looking for something to wear, that’s the whole point of a watch on your wrist, so you can check the the time and receive notifications and reminders.
I’ve not quite had 3% an hour drain in my normal usage so far.I don't own an AW at this point but I didn't see anything in OS7 that would make me buy one. Seriously, hand-washing? An app for something that already has a good app (autosleep).
The problem is still battery life. I don't need the theoretical 21/24 days I get on my Fenix, which is actually under a week with music, GPS, HRM and Stryd for 3-4 running workouts / week. The AW is more efficient with music and I wouldn't need a HRM with it but it just chews 3% / hour of battery in normal use and that's just not good enough. It means dedicated charging time most days beyond being in the shower.
Give me a reliable 2-days and I'd give it some thought.
Try a Sport Loop band. When I wear that band, I don't know my Watch is even on my wrist.I just might buy an Oura Ring for sleep tracking purposes. The website says the battery can last up to 7 days.
I cannot sleep with a watch on my wrist, but a ring would be fine.
Try a Sport Loop band. When I wear that band, I don't know my Watch is even on my wrist.