That is far from what I'm experiencing. It did get somewhat better since 13.1.1 - from about 13%/hr to 9%/hr. But that doesn't really help me getting through the day …
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Terrible battery life
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Doubt you'll see much improvement in that -- turning on cellular and starting a workout both are high draw. 20% in an hour is on par with what we've seen in prior generations of watch and watchOS.
The issue folks are seeing is more the non-workout battery drain.
Twice today mine went from 50-0. In the last 8 mins, sat on the sofa, it’s gone from 100-95%
this is messed up. My AW4 had no issues
this is messed up. My AW4 had no issues
Re-pair restore from backup or set up as new?Un-pairing ad re-paring the watch brought the battery life back to where it was before the 6.0 update
Thanks, I'm a first time AW user so that's good to know. I usually workout late in the day so will probably need to give it a bit of a charge to make sure I make it through.
That likely won't be necessary once they get battery life sorted out.
For example with my S4 today, just doing some stuff around the house, I'm showing 88% battery at 1:30pm having taken it off the charger at 8am. Showing 1h 1m Usage and 5h 29m Standby.
Got my watch today and so far the battery has been shocking. Didn’t put it on until midday at 100% now 8 hours on its 10%. Haven’t even been using it heavily either.
Been using the infograph modular face with heart rate and compass complications which live updates information, so I’m guessing this is what’s draining it?
Been using the infograph modular face with heart rate and compass complications which live updates information, so I’m guessing this is what’s draining it?
13% battery usage for 10.5 hours without the screen being on at all isn’t all that great. Plus, what was it doing for that 1 hour of use...? Do you have a sleep tracking app running?
Lots of reports that 6.1 is better.Trying an unpair and pair again. Could be going back to AW4
Crossing fingers.
This is a bit discouraging. So many people have told me how wonderful the Apple Watch (and Apple in general) is but all these complaints seem to contradict their comments. Perhaps keeping my non-Apple watch and not spending 500 Euros for this item is best for now. Glad I read this thread.
I’m genuinely thinking of returning mine. £500 refund and I‘lol buy it again when they iron out the issues
Mine was ok but today it died twice and it’s bloody useless. Only change was updating my phone os
Good idea. They should give you an additional 50 for messing you about. This item is not fit for purpose.
Lol. Not likely. But as you said. Not fit for purpose. I upgraded to a cellular one and it just has nothing in the tank. What a poor product launch
A company drowning in cash, the ability to hire as many talented people as they wish to, yet they mangle software releases and hardware releases. Where does the fault lie?