Series 10 - extreme battery drain after 11.4

[Cyberius11]

I've had the Series 10, titanium 46mm since it was released. I've had excellent battery life with it, usually only down to 50% after wearing it an entire day (6am to 11pm or so). After updating to 11.4, now it drains 10% or so per hour. It's dead well before I go to bed.

Any ideas?

 

[jz0309]

I've had the Series 10, titanium 46mm since it was released. I've had excellent battery life with it, usually only down to 50% after wearing it an entire day (6am to 11pm or so). After updating to 11.4, now it drains 10% or so per hour. It's dead well before I go to bed.

Any ideas?

The usual first steps are to reboot both watch and phone, that solves the problem most of the time

 

[Cyberius11]

The usual first steps are to reboot both watch and phone, that solves the problem most of the time

Already did that. Good suggestion though.

 

[jz0309]

Already did that. Good suggestion though.

Ok, without having further details about your usage, do this:
Disable live activities
Remove all 3rd party apps
Reboot

You got to give it a couple days to see improvements

If that doesn’t work, un-pair and re-pair and set up as new, do not restore from backup.

 

[DGGoingUphill]

I came to Macrumors to see if anyone is having this issue. Standard S10, which has had amazing battery life until the latest iOS update.

 

[Big_D]

My 10 46mm is on 11.5 and it suddenly started to drain quickly yesterday. Normally, when I get home from work it is at around 54-70%, yesterday it was at 27% and I had to charge it after walking the dog.

This morning, I charged it back to 100% whilst drinking my coffee. Usually the ride to work has it drop to 99%, it was at 93% this morning. I turned it off at around 08:00, with 92% left, 2 hours of sitting at my desk later and it is already down to 82%.

I did also reboot the iPhone about an hour ago.

Edit: Hmm, the reboot helped somewhat, but still about 15% down on normal by then end of the working day...

 

[BigMcGuire]

If it helps any, I’m noticing less battery life on my Ultra Watch 2 with the latest iOS. It is maybe in the arena of 10-15% more drain than usual. No amount of restarting has fixed it.

 

[Big_D]

Hmm, it is back to normal today. It is lunch time, so 6 hours since the Watch was on the charger and it is still at 87%.

Whatever caused it to suddenly use a lot of battery is now working normally again.

 

[Jackbequickly]

always reboot your watch or phone after an update.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Can someone else try this ? Settings —> Gestures — Turn off Double Tap.

This seems to have returned my battery life to what it was before this update.