Streaming playlists or playing from Apple Watch

[deeside81]

I’ve just purchased the Apple Watch series 3 cellular. With recording 30mins run via work out app, not recording walk back from run so totalling around 1.5 hours activity and all the while listening to music with my solo 3 beats, battery life dropped around 40%. So to improve battery life I called Apple support to ask a specific question but they weren’t really sure. I have synced my playlists to the Apple Watch. If I were to ask Siri to play my recently added playlist will this stream it from the server or from Apple Watch? I kind of assumed if I ask Siri to play a song that was already on my watch it would play from watch and not stream.

Also does AutoSleep drain battery significantly?

Thanks.

 

[cwanja]

My understanding is that by asking Siri, it will only play it from Apple Music even with synced music on the watch. I did some research for a friend and we found out that she only could access Apple Music from her Apple Watch.

 

[matrix07]

I’ve just purchased the Apple Watch series 3 cellular. With recording 30mins run via work out app, not recording walk back from run so totalling around 1.5 hours activity and all the while listening to music with my solo 3 beats, battery life dropped around 40%. So to improve battery life I called Apple support to ask a specific question but they weren’t really sure. I have synced my playlists to the Apple Watch. If I were to ask Siri to play my recently added playlist will this stream it from the server or from Apple Watch? I kind of assumed if I ask Siri to play a song that was already on my watch it would play from watch and not stream.

Also does AutoSleep drain battery significantly?

Thanks.

This is strange. I have run 8 km. (52 mins) + 1.5 km. walking to the park & my battery has 70+% left. (listening to music all the way on my LTE. I’m using AirPods though but it shouldn’t matter)

For AutoSleep it should be around 7% overnight.

 

[deeside81]

This is strange. I have run 8 km. (52 mins) + 1.5 km. walking to the park & my battery has 70+% left. (listening to music all the way on my LTE. I’m using AirPods though but it shouldn’t matter)

For AutoSleep it should be around 7% overnight.

Hmm strange. Watch battery dropped 17 % over night from full charge.

listened to lte for 15 mins or so as those songs weren’t downloaded onto my watch and the rest from my watch if that’s how it works. Still unsure if using Siri to play my playlists plays from watch or streams.

 

[matrix07]

Hmm strange. Watch battery dropped 17 % over night from full charge.

I'll do a test for you tonight.

 

[matrix07]

It’s 11% with AutoSleep and Sleep Watch running. (from 20:30 pm to 7:00 am)

 

[deeside81]

It’s 11% with AutoSleep and Sleep Watch running. (from 20:30 pm to 7:00 am)

Thanks for that. I did a hard restart so
will keep an eye on it.

For using Siri to play music that is also stored on my watch I think is playing from my watch. The music app shows the song in the playlist but if steaming from lte it shows the radio. Well from one song I tested.

Ta.

 

[deeside81]

Ok battery life is pretty shoddy. Again I went out for a recorded 30 min run , unrecorded walk and all whilst listening to music and it went down 45%. If I work out each day and listen to music I have to charge my watch twice a day if I want to wear it and track my sleep. Really disappointing. Also the work out app seems to be laggy and sometimes unresponsive nearly every time I go to use it. I have to spend 10 mins or so waiting for it to do what I want each time I want to work out. Is this just the case with the Apple Watch? I called Apple and they said it passed the diagnostics.

 

[matrix07]

Ok battery life is pretty shoddy. Again I went out for a recorded 30 min run , unrecorded walk and all whilst listening to music and it went down 45%. If I work out each day and listen to music I have to charge my watch twice a day if I want to wear it and track my sleep. Really disappointing. Also the work out app seems to be laggy and sometimes unresponsive nearly every time I go to use it. I have to spend 10 mins or so waiting for it to do what I want each time I want to work out. Is this just the case with the Apple Watch? I called Apple and they said it passed the diagnostics.

For battery, what 3rd party apps you’re having on your watch?

For Workouts, yes it’s happening to me too which is annoying (started to happen on 4.2). Not as annoying as you (10 mins) but never have it regularly hangs like this before. People said it’s 4’s bug and 5 will solve it but it only happens to my S3 LTE, didn’t happen on my original watch. Go figures.
(My guess is it’s a bug from putting Now Playing & Workouts together so you can swipe from right to access Now Playing when you’re working out)

 

[steveh552]

I have found using LTE drops the battery quite a bit. When I go for a walk and use Runtastic app on just my watch it drops about 20% in an hour and even more if I leave my phone home and connect to
LTE

 

[macophile90]

I just got my Series 3 Nike+ Cellular and im thinking about purchasing an eSim for it. I would use it to stream Music over LTE for 1-2 hours in the gym or just walking around the neighborhood without my phone. So, how is the battery drain for 1-2 hours of streaming Music over LTE if you started with 100%?

Sorry if this is the wrong thread, im a newbie :S

 

[matrix07]

I just got my Series 3 Nike+ Cellular and im thinking about purchasing an eSim for it. I would use it to stream Music over LTE for 1-2 hours in the gym or just walking around the neighborhood without my phone. So, how is the battery drain for 1-2 hours of streaming Music over LTE if you started with 100%?

Sorry if this is the wrong thread, im a newbie :S

In the gym? No GPS involved then.. I’d say 2 hours of indoor exercise & listening music your battery might be around 70-75%?

 

[macophile90]

In the gym? No GPS involved then.. I’d say 2 hours of indoor exercise & listening music your battery might be around 70-75%?

2 hours of streaming over LTE and just 30% batttery drain?! That's impressive! Or do you mean listening to music which was downloaded before on the watch?

 

[matrix07]

2 hours of streaming over LTE and just 30% batttery drain?! That's impressive! Or do you mean listening to music which was downloaded before on the watch?

LTE.

It is guesstimate though. I haven’t used LTE indoor before. I just guess this number from my outdoor runs which involves an extra drain from GPS.

 

[macophile90]

Of course. Thank you for your answers. I didn't expect the watch to have such a good battery life on LTE. By just reading articles to the S3 with LTE you get the impression that the watch doesn't last long regarding the device is that small.