I read it somewhere but cannot recall exactly where. 35-75, 20-80, we're both in the same ballpark.
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Series 6 Battery Health
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I read it somewhere but cannot recall exactly where. 35-75, 20-80, we're both in the same ballpark.
My wife and I have release day 6 watches. We're both sitting at 95%. I've babied mine (40-80) most of the time. My wife lets hers run out and charges whenever.
I believe the battery for the series 3 is different than the series 6.
I wear my watch 21 - 22 hrs a day with lots of notifications and heart monitoring. I don't have time to baby it like some in this thread do. If I still have the watch in another year and the battery needs replacing, I will pay Apple $79 for a new battery.
~8 month old SE, 97% battery health. I don’t wear the watch while sleeping and typically power it down — normally allows it to last two days.
Yes, keeping your Apple Watch battery between 20 and 80% is good advice. This is why Apple tries to time its top-off-charge to just before you actually need it (e.g. early in the morning, so it doesn't sit all night at 100%). 35-75 might be a bit better, but that's a considerably narrower range on a device that doesn't have long battery life.
My issue with my Series 5 is a little different. Until about a month ago, I never had an issue with battery life. Then all of a sudden it started hitting the 10% battery warning before noon or 1pm. I tried restarting it, wiping and re-pairing it, keeping cellular turned off, etc. The strange thing is that this doesn't happen every day. Some days I still have more than 50% left when I go to bed. It doesn't seem to make a difference if I'm away from my home WiFi network, whether or not I'm using GPS during activity tracking, etc. I can't figure out the pattern, and Apple doesn't want to replace the battery under AppleCare because it's not unhealthy enough (87% on the heath meter). I put the watch on an hour ago and I've been sitting at my desk, but it's already down to 81%.
My issue with my Series 5 is a little different. Until about a month ago, I never had an issue with battery life. Then all of a sudden it started hitting the 10% battery warning before noon or 1pm. I tried restarting it, wiping and re-pairing it, keeping cellular turned off, etc. The strange thing is that this doesn't happen every day. Some days I still have more than 50% left when I go to bed. It doesn't seem to make a difference if I'm away from my home WiFi network, whether or not I'm using GPS during activity tracking, etc. I can't figure out the pattern, and Apple doesn't want to replace the battery under AppleCare because it's not unhealthy enough (87% on the heath meter). I put the watch on an hour ago and I've been sitting at my desk, but it's already down to 81%.
My S6 is still at 100% battery health for now.
I have been curious if anyone else sees erratic behavior from time to time like I do though? On a typical day, I'll get up at 5 AM and do a 60 minute workout with music, then go about my day with around 20-30 notifications and end around 55% or so at 9 PM where it goes on the charger overnight.
Then I'll have a Saturday and or Sunday where I get up at 7:30, literally do nothing for most of the day aside from the same amount of notifications, but end the day around 50%. Logically, I would expect to see a much lighter load on a day like that.
I wonder if it somehow learns our schedules? I know that's absurd but I can't help but wonder. I've seen this kind of behavior now for the last 3 months so it's definitely not just a one off.
I have been curious if anyone else sees erratic behavior from time to time like I do though? On a typical day, I'll get up at 5 AM and do a 60 minute workout with music, then go about my day with around 20-30 notifications and end around 55% or so at 9 PM where it goes on the charger overnight.
Then I'll have a Saturday and or Sunday where I get up at 7:30, literally do nothing for most of the day aside from the same amount of notifications, but end the day around 50%. Logically, I would expect to see a much lighter load on a day like that.
I wonder if it somehow learns our schedules? I know that's absurd but I can't help but wonder. I've seen this kind of behavior now for the last 3 months so it's definitely not just a one off.
Mine....
S4 - 100%
S5 - 96%
S6 -100%
In general I charge them at around 20-30% until they're full and then remove them from the charger.
S4 - 100%
S5 - 96%
S6 -100%
In general I charge them at around 20-30% until they're full and then remove them from the charger.
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My series 6 which was replaced last month by AppleCare, is now at 99% which for only being a month old is crazy to me.
My Series 6 from the first week of January is having a similar battery run-down. I’m at 94% already with 6 months usage.
Like you, I’m a heavy watch user. I stream music via cellular while I run without my iPhone. And I’m broadcasting Bluetooth podcasts to my AirPods all day and when I go walking.
I regularly finish my day at 10% battery left when I put it on the nightstand at 10:30pm. Those of us who go through more battery in a day run through our 500 cycles quicker.
My series 6 from launch day had dropped to 88% despite a once daily charge, no different than previous generations. Had apple replace it with one that arrived at 100% capacity and within 1 month it's down to 96% which boggles my mind. They replaced it again for me fortunately, waiting for the replacement to arrive.
Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular / Purchased 11/02/2017
OK...
This is the first time I ever checked battery health on my watch.
Settings > Battery > Battery Health
MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 100%
I wear it everyday, charge it every night.
Seems a little suspect to me... 🤷♂️
OK...
This is the first time I ever checked battery health on my watch.
Settings > Battery > Battery Health
MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 100%
I wear it everyday, charge it every night.
Seems a little suspect to me... 🤷♂️
Some batteries come way over 100% capacity from the factory. I had an iPhone 6+ that was like 110%+ of design capacity from factory. Granted, most are at 100% or slightly under. But that's the only thing I can think of that would cause this.
My Series 3 had insane battery. Family still using it today (no idea health).
My Series 6 is at 95% and has OK battery life. I wear it everyday and charge it every morning as well.
Series 6 bought in October, I use it a lot and I honestly don’t care about charging it properly because I will replace it for the series 7. It’s at 92 % capacity.
My SS S5 bought at time of release is at 83% and it shows in the daily pattern. It is under extended AppleCare and I am waiting for it to drop below 80%.
I have a series 5 that I bought new in April of 2020. It dropped to 86% suddenly. Along with this the "flights climbed" has gone berserk. I have cleaned the watch, and gone through everything except re paring it. I tried to reset the calibration, but when I do that nothing seems to happen My iPone 12+ just goes back to the screen where the Reset Calibratin option appears. shouldn't there be something that tells you your watch his recalibrating?
This advice applies to the gross capacity of rechargeable batteries in general. Apple however - like many other companies - hides the gross capacity and instead provides a net capacity to the user, which already considers the recommended safety margins for rechargeable batteries.
So while you of course can further optimize by keeping the net SOC (state of charge) in an even narrower window, the effect should be significantly lower and much less crucial than keeping the battery in the proper SOC window for the gross capacity.