I have not had this problem before, in fact I stayed up for New Year’s and it was at ~40% after use from 8:15AM to 12:00PM
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S10 Battery Life
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Have been using my Series 10 for a little over a month now. Very satisfied with the battery life. Can last around 1.5 to 2 days for me.
I just replaced my AW 9 with the 10 and for sure it is substantially better. using the exact same software, face etc I go from 24 to 48hours. I last charged to 100% on Monday at 5PM and now it is Wednesday at 4PM and I still have 8% so will safely say it can last 48 hours. Although I did no workout today but it definitely lasts a lot longer than 9. It has 90% battery left so reason I changed is I got a good deal through work and I liked the bigger watch display.
After updating to WatchOS 11.3 my battery died at about 4pm yesterday, and this morning I'm watching it sink like a stone after having it on charge overnight. Have restarted the watch but that seems to have no bearing on it. Presumably I won't be the only one affected by this, anyone else having an issue?
Usually right after a SW update the battery can drain more quickly. After few days it should go back to normal.
I’ve had my 46mm S10 2-3 weeks now, coming from the smaller S7. I don’t even have the battery life on the watch face anymore. I put the watch on roughly 11 hours ago, AOD is active and it’s at 80%. I typically do not wear it overnight. When I do, I charge it while I shower in the morning. I think the battery was around 60-70% at that time? Some days it would be at 100% when I was ready to put it on, other days in mid-high 90% range.
So I got up about an hour ago put watch on straight away and have been sitting here on my laptop. Watch has dropped to 96% already. Prior to 11.3 it was as you describe. Somethings definitely going on.
Have you done a full reset holding the power and side button down until the Apple logo appears?
^Yes multiple times.
I use the Strava and Yao Yao (Skipping) apps, most mornings. I know they weren't using that much battery for my workouts but this morning after my workouts I'm down to 72% at 9:27am (after taking the watch off charge at about 6AM). It's not a megadrain, but it's definitely faster than it was previously.
I use the Strava and Yao Yao (Skipping) apps, most mornings. I know they weren't using that much battery for my workouts but this morning after my workouts I'm down to 72% at 9:27am (after taking the watch off charge at about 6AM). It's not a megadrain, but it's definitely faster than it was previously.
With the context of the Apple Watch being something you charge once a day: it’s been 132 days since launch.
Apple claims the Watch will take 1000 cycles to reach 80% health. Let’s say your battery has seen 100 cycles in those 132 days. That’s 1/10 the rated cycles.
This averages about 0.76 cycles per day. You have 900 cycles before hitting 80% (theoretically): 900/0.76 =1184 days. You’ve already had it for 132 days. That’s 1316 days (~3.6yrs) at your current rate before hitting 80%.
This of course doesn’t account for factors like heat or some days where you might drain from 100-0 and go through a full cycle, yada yada.
I’d say that’s pretty great theoretically. Actually has me feeling good about my usage as well!
Enjoy your watch. Ultimately, batteries are consumable. Pay the $99 to get a new battery in 3yrs once you’re at 80%.
Hm hadn't actually tried that. Doing it now.
I've uninstalled as many third party apps as I can, just in case one of them is responsible. I've also just unsynced all the music I had on the watch (which I rarely used, but it was there) just in case that's causing a problem.
Look it's not the worst drain, but it's definitely noticeable after the update. Like I would get to bed time and still have at least 30/40% left even after using the watch for Strava or Yao Yao during the day. Last night my watch was flat by 8pm.
Next course of action is a complete reset/repair of the watch (which I hate doing, worst part is having to re-add all your debit/credit cards)
My AW10 is on 11.3 and is just fine, although for some reason it is on optimized charging by default
So a little update on this, my watch is back to normal. I'm almost certain that it was something to do with synced music, because it seemed to fix itself when I removed all the music. I haven't put any music back on, though have reinstalled most of the apps I uninstalled to try and fix this problem. Watch now mostly is still at 30/40% by bedtime, even with a lot of use during the day.
I've my S10 now for ~2 weeks, and I'm impressed with its battery life! I typically wear it for 15 to 16 hr per day (not during sleep), and at the end of the day the battery is still at 70% to 75%.
For comparison, my S6 was typically down to 30% to 40% at the end of the day after 4.5 years of daily use.
For comparison, my S6 was typically down to 30% to 40% at the end of the day after 4.5 years of daily use.
AW10 42mm on LTE i max last a day including sleep tracking, i recharge every 23 hours~ when its between 25~30% daily.
Out of box experience, not fiddling with it hole day.
I only have a few apps installed, either use it half a hour to a hour listening music in standalone when skating or tracking my gym exercises for a hour or so.
Like with my previous AWs sleep tracking cost me on average 15% battery per day overnight.
Perhaps a tat worse then my AW4 LTE and SE2 LTE, my Ultra was off course better but still recharged daily.
If i did not have fast charging i would consider my AW10 battery life unacceptably bad, considering my AW4 LTE 6 year prior gave me better battery life.
The problem is they cram more and more sensors, AOD, and stuff in the AW without any significant improvements to lower power consumption, better battery life. That is problematic.
Out of box experience, not fiddling with it hole day.
I only have a few apps installed, either use it half a hour to a hour listening music in standalone when skating or tracking my gym exercises for a hour or so.
Like with my previous AWs sleep tracking cost me on average 15% battery per day overnight.
Perhaps a tat worse then my AW4 LTE and SE2 LTE, my Ultra was off course better but still recharged daily.
If i did not have fast charging i would consider my AW10 battery life unacceptably bad, considering my AW4 LTE 6 year prior gave me better battery life.
The problem is they cram more and more sensors, AOD, and stuff in the AW without any significant improvements to lower power consumption, better battery life. That is problematic.
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At this point might as well just start wearing a 10 dollar casio watch....
Nah 90% you mentioned is not doing anything till you start those services on your watch and it will increase the battery consumption, you wear it like a casio to get those battery numbers, i been there. IT renders the smart out of the watch.
You do not get 2 days out of a AW doing all that stuff.
I tried everything with 4 different AWs since the AW4.
You can save a ton of battery in a dumb watch mode that is true.
You can list a whole bunch of stuff but as soon as you start using those battery life drops to average again. Its misleading and dishonest at best, it falls in line with your personality and calling other people ignorant. Shivers.
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Hey,
Does anyone know how long the S10's battery (non-cellular) would last when navigating on a bicycle using a .gpx file? Ideally the screen would be on the whole time, but tapping it to wake would be fine too.
I've never owned an Apple Watch so I don't even know which app I should use to do this so, I can't help with that.
Does anyone know how long the S10's battery (non-cellular) would last when navigating on a bicycle using a .gpx file? Ideally the screen would be on the whole time, but tapping it to wake would be fine too.
I've never owned an Apple Watch so I don't even know which app I should use to do this so, I can't help with that.