So it’s the widgets? I thought mine was back to normal then it was worse yesterday and horrendous today. I’ll try deleting the widgets, which is unfortunate because they are helpful.
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I may have spoke too soon. It dropped 2% just sitting here for the last 30 min. I didn't even look at the watch in that time. Still last few days prior though it was under 100% by the time I got to work. So removing the widgets may have helped. So before my AW would be down to 79%-80% by the time I get home from work. Usually around 1830-1900. Last few days it's been down to 69%-60%. That's anywhere between 12% and 25% difference from before.
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I saw this post about deleting all widgets. I removed all of the widgets on my Ultra last night and charged the watch to 100%. It has been almost 13 hours and I am at 87%, which is what I was experiencing prior to WatchOS 10. Granted, I was sleeping for 7 of those 13 hours and had my devices in Focus mode. It is still early, but the workaround seemed to work. While I found some of the widgets to be nice, battery life is more important. Thank you @dturner123!
series 5 here, watchOS 10 was draining my battery very quickly after updating, about 10% every hour. however after settling for a day mine is back to normal. took it off the charger at 11am and it’s now at 54% at 11:35pm.
My Ultra II is now on 60 Hours and down to 23% battery, with another 45 min training. Amazing
First thing I notice after update to 10.0.2 was, that the icon that show the temperatur is actually now showing the temp instead of the 2 lines.
Ultra 2 installed as new. 17 hours in, 74% battery. didnt workout yet but have been playing with it and sending siri texts for a little bit.
my temperature shows up accurately. when I tap on the temperature it takes a sec or two to update but the modular screen shows the updated temp wihtout the need to tap. I didnt have to do any tricks. the update fixed it I guess.
going form Apple Watch to the ultra 2 is a nice upgrade. Lost interest in the regular watch. Best upgrade is the modular screen with all info in front of you.
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It’s a new feature called Optimized Charge Limit (not to be confused with the existing feature called Optimized Battery Charging). See the second half of this page:
About Optimized Battery Charging on Apple Watch - Apple Support
With Optimized Battery Charging, your Apple Watch learns from your daily charging habits to improve the lifespan of your battery. And supported Apple Watch models offer additional battery charge optimizations with Optimized Charge Limit.
Watch OS 10.1 beta has just been released and I’m installing it right now. let’s see and hope they’ve fixed the battery drain and weather app problems
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There's a watchOS 10.1 developer beta out. I think I'm gonna install to see if the weather app is fixed.
For those that keep speculating the issue, it's confirmed to be with Weather app as a whole, not just the widgets. There's various workarounds, with manually setting your weather location on the watch itself in both Settings>Weather and selecting the same location from within the Weather app itself will resolve majority of people's issues.
For those that keep speculating the issue, it's confirmed to be with Weather app as a whole, not just the widgets. There's various workarounds, with manually setting your weather location on the watch itself in both Settings>Weather and selecting the same location from within the Weather app itself will resolve majority of people's issues.
Took my AW6 off the charger this morning at 6:55 am at 100% and it just hit 80% now, which is amazing battery life for me, TBH.
I still think I'm getting abnormally large battery discharge when I'm tracking workouts, but having deleted all the widgets appears to have significantly improved.
I still think I'm getting abnormally large battery discharge when I'm tracking workouts, but having deleted all the widgets appears to have significantly improved.
My series 8 battery has settled over the last couple of days. Took it off the charger at 11am, on my wrist for 12 hours, theatre mode on for couple of hours while I was in the cinema, no workouts and was at 48% at 23:30. Fingers crossed watchos 10.1 fixes the remaining bugs for everyone
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When I read that it was very likely the weather app a couple days ago I went ahead and deleted the weather app from my phone, but the problem still persists and my Ultra is still draining faster than watchOS 9.
Deleting the Weather app from your phone will only worsen the issue. You need to keep Weather installed on your phone and go into the Watch itself. Go to Settings>Weather and manually select your location. Then go into the Weather app itself, and make sure you select that same location you set in Settings.
There's a new watchOS Dev beta out right now. I am, at present, downloading and installing it to see if the battery drain issue is fixed and will report back when I can confirm.
WATCHOS 10.1 BETA RESOLVES ISSUE!!!
I REPEAT, THE BETA FIXES THE ISSUE!
Do NOT update if you do not feel comfortable running experimental software. There is no way to downgrade other than wait for the next public release (10.1 non-beta) so proceed at your own risk.
To update, on your iPhone, go to Settings>General>Software Update. Tap on Beta, and select the Developer channel to update. Let it do its thing. Once done, change your settings back to Current Location everywhere (if you changed it) and everything should work normally again.
I REPEAT, THE BETA FIXES THE ISSUE!
Do NOT update if you do not feel comfortable running experimental software. There is no way to downgrade other than wait for the next public release (10.1 non-beta) so proceed at your own risk.
To update, on your iPhone, go to Settings>General>Software Update. Tap on Beta, and select the Developer channel to update. Let it do its thing. Once done, change your settings back to Current Location everywhere (if you changed it) and everything should work normally again.
That's good news st90ar. Not sure how you determined it in only 15 minutes. About to put my SE (watchOS 9.6.2) on the charger for the night, but I am really chomping at the bit to get the new Cycling Workout in 10 so I can have it display on my iPhone when I do my rides. I've done the betas many times on my iPhones with no problems, so might take a chance. I wonder when the non-beta 10.1 will be released.
Logic and technical aptitude is how. We as a community identified the broken core functionality that was the root of the issue. This beta brings back normal, and expected, functioning of those issues we identified. Battery life may still take a minor hit from it being non-optimized software, but it will be minor in comparison to the up to 80% degradation in battery life the community has been experiencing.
10.1 should be released publicly within the next 2-3 weeks at minimum. If Apple is intending 10.1 to introduce the finger tap gesture as a separate setting, then it won't be available for another month. However, we could see a 10.0.x release that resolves the issue too.
Thanks for this. I've tried so many methods but continue to drain my Ultra1 battery like 10% every hour. After trying your method, now it's draining 1% every hour.
Charged to 100% 19 hours ago and now it's still has 81% with sleep tracking.
I have to say that I’m not having any problems with weather location or battery drain on my ultra 2 but I’m playing it safe and following your advice so I created a dummy city and left it on there and I’ve just gone with my home town as a default until I hear reports that this mess is sorted out