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Some Apple Watch Users Experiencing Charging Issues After Updating to watchOS 8.3

laptech said:
If people are going to make posts saying they have no issues then it would be prudent for those people to identify what charger block they are using (also lead if using a different lead) because not everyone uses the charger that came with the watch.
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I did. I said I was using the Apple Duo Charger and I’ve had no charging issues with my series seven
 
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I encountered this issue early on with my Series 7. I've been a huge fan of my Belkin 3-in-1 MagSafe charging stand, and the watch puck on that stand just would not play nicely with my S7 Watch. It would charge slowly, and "mess up" my S7 Watch's charging abilities. By that I mean that placing the S7 Watch on the official fast-charge puck that came with it, would charge it over hours and hours. There was a serious bug there. The only way to fix it would be to restart the S7 Watch.

Apparently they tried to fix it in an earlier patch, as this article talks about, but it didn't work for me. My solution was to basically just forget about ever charging my S7 Watch on a non-fast-charge puck. I only use the fast-charge puck and it's been great, although very annoying to have it sit next to my Belkin 3-in-1 MagSafe's puck, and see it go unused.
 
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Mine charges fine on Belkin charging stands, but the battery complication doesn’t update or updates slowly (complication will show 60% but swiping up to Control Center shows 100%). It will eventually update, but was confusing at first.
 
My Product RED Apple Watch 7 is pretty much dead in the water.

After the last update, no third party charger works. No non-rapid Apple charger works, and the rapid charger that came with it take over 24 hours to charge.
 
AgentOSX said:
After the last update, no third party charger works. No non-rapid Apple charger works, and the rapid charger that came with it take over 24 hours to charge.
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I hear you. I'm honestly scared to put my S7 on _anything_ non-fast-charge. At this point I feel like I might even brick my S7 just by putting it on a non-fast-charge puck.
 
dukee101 said:
I hear you. I'm honestly scared to put my S7 on _anything_ non-fast-charge. At this point I feel like I might even brick my S7 just by putting it on a non-fast-charge puck.
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I wore the dang watch exactly twice, including the first time that was just part of the setup. It was a waste of money so far.
 
More software engineers working from home with zero quality control. 15.2 is terrible too. freezing screen, battery drain, all documented. the horrible focus thing is awful
 
Thanks for posting this - I also have the exact same problem with my Series 4 since a few days ago. I honestly thought it was a hardware or a battery problem. I hope they publish a fix very soon.
 
I experienced quite a few time freezes since watchOS 8 (and entire OS at the same time) on my Series 6. Very embarrassing for a product whose core goal is to give time.
Is it the watch or watchOS ?
 
Mine charges fine. It’s everything else that doesn’t work now. Ever since 8.3 my watch is so buggy. Homekit works 50% of the time now. My system sound randomly stops working and I often have to restart. I’ve also had the watch face just freeze on me multiple times. I have a new Apple Watch 7 and it worked great before 8.3. Now it is a total mess. Avoid 8.3!!!
 
have a same issue since yesterday with series 6, I was using official charging cable with usb-a hub. It's stuck on green lightning icon but the charging % circle does not move at all
 
I have that issue, too, with my Series 6 and a third party 2-in-1 charging cable for the watch and iPhone, which I always use for travel.

So now I am at my parents house for Christmas and can charge the watch in increments of 2% before I need to disconnect and reconnect the charger for it to continue.

This was apparently a known issue in Beta and Apple still went with it for the 8.3 release. Sometimes they really screw up royally.
 
With watchOS 8.3 Apple managed to turn the charging issue that affected some S7 users, into a full blown charging issue that now affects older model AWs and charging accessories that had been working fine :(

I'm sticking with 8.1 until the dust settles!

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Standard issue for Apple’s software updates nowadays. Heck, my HomePods just got a software update and now my HomePods have no idea where they are geographically located and no amounts of resets will fix it.

Apple constantly breaks the most simple of functions with their constant software updates. I have always been an Apple lover, but that love has been fading fast over the last 5 or 6 years.
 
Bryan Bowler said:
Standard issue for Apple’s software updates nowadays. Heck, my HomePods just got a software update and now my HomePods have no idea where they are geographically located and no amounts of resets will fix it.

Apple constantly breaks the most simple of functions with their constant software updates. I have always been an Apple lover, but that love has been fading fast over the last 5 or 6 years.
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I had this too. Open the Home App on your iPhone and re-enable location Services for the HomePods. They updated the location services agreements which you have to re-affirm. Bad interface design for sure. The HomePod should tell you to open the Home App after the update and re-agree to the location privacy.
 
GDMcG said:
I had this too. Open the Home App on your iPhone and then click the Home icon in upper left hand corner > Tap Home Settings > then scroll down to Location Services and re-enable location Services. (You may even be prompted just as you open the Home app). They seem to have updated the location services agreements which you have to re-affirm. Bad interface design for sure. I asked my HomePod half a dozen times for the weather the other day and all it could respond was that it didn’t know where it was. The HomePod should tell you to open the Home App after the update and re-agree to the location privacy.
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Apple Watch S7 Nike on 8.3 here. I did notice one time taking the watch off the charger that it showed 61%, put it back on the charger and then it showed it was fully charged. Took it off again and then the watch showed the correct full charge. Hasn't happened again.
 
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