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Watch Battery Life 18 Hours, Do you Agree?

At what percent does your Watch have at the end of the day?

  • 90% At End Of Day

    Votes: 7 0.6%

  • 80% At End Of Day

    Votes: 7 0.6%

  • 70% At End Of Day

    Votes: 31 2.8%

  • 60% At End Of Day

    Votes: 94 8.3%

  • 50% At End Of Day

    Votes: 178 15.8%

  • 40% At End Of Day

    Votes: 260 23.1%

  • 30% At End Of Day

    Votes: 251 22.3%

  • 20% At End Of Day

    Votes: 149 13.2%

  • 10% At End Of Day

    Votes: 62 5.5%

  • 5% At End Of Day

    Votes: 27 2.4%

  • Dead At End Of Day

    Votes: 60 5.3%
  • Total voters
    1,126
mattburley7 said:
battery life today not as great.. yesterday i was around 80% at this time and today its 52% :confused:
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I have found that rebooting helps when the battery seems to be draining too fast (unless there's a reason, like workout tracking, long phone call, etc).
 
Some updates on my side. I literally did nothing except checking the time and answering some messages. I have the watch on now for 14 hours and have 40% left. Now thats another story compared to the days before. Maybe I was really playing to much with it. :confused:
 
ataq said:
i tried everything, like turning off specific battery draining settings etc... and still not quite sure if the battery is normal on my 38mm because i only get maximum 12-14 hours even doing very little with the watch. i deleted the calendar and heartrate glances and disabled hey siri. its my 5th day with the watch. i dont know if i should return the watch for another.

can more people share their battery experience of an 38mm AW?
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ataq, did the 1.01 update help you out at all? Seems to have given my 38mm an extra 5-10% boost.
 
I cant see the usage in the companion app under settings anymore. I tried 2 full charges to wait if this changes but I dont get any information. Maybe my battery is somehow broken. :/

edit:

nevermind, i just called apple. getting mine replaced. to many issues with this. :)
 
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ataq said:
I cant see the usage in the companion app under settings anymore. I tried 2 full charges to wait if this changes but I dont get any information. Maybe my battery is somehow broken. :/

edit:

nevermind, i just called apple. getting mine replaced. to many issues with this. :)
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Good to hear ataq!!!! I'm happy for you and I just know you'll have better luck with the next one!!
 
Done all updates ... Had SS 38mm since 4/24 .... One day battery drained much faster than usual about a week ago ... A pic came in on watch tried to reply apparently program hung .. Anyway Support had me restart ... A bit of a hassle but been ok since .... Usually get to 12 hours with 65% left ... Usually charge overnight and use my Fitbit overnight ... Very pleased with AW
 
With moderate to heavy use from 8a-11p, i get to about 30%. Use watch for my workout, phone calls when I'm in my office, and messages.

My phone battery, on the other hand, takes a pretty big hit initially, then it usually evens out with the watch at the end of the day.
 
I use mine quite a bit for workouts. For example today, I tracked my workout for an hour walking the dog, and later a 40 minute elliptical trainer workout. So, after these 2 workouts and having been worn for 4 1/2 hours, I was down to 87 percent when I took it off and put it on the charger while I showered. After showering, it was back up to 98 percent, and 6 hours later is at 84 percent. When I go to bed in 5 hours, it should be around 65 percent.

I have a 42 SG Sport Watch.
 
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42SportWhite Put it on this morning at 8am and it's 7:33pm, 80%. I have been rather lazy today.
I'll try to get motivated tomorrow to see if more calories burned = more battery used.:p
 
42m sport. At 26 hours I had 14% left when I put it on the charger. Oops, make that 36 hours
 
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Today was the first full day I've used the Watch (received it yesterday) and after showing it to a few coworkers, sending texts etc over a 12 hour period, the battery was at around 33% when I got home. I have no doubt I could've gotten to around 16-17 with it.
 
Managed two days, well 8:00am Saturday till 10:00pm Sunday and had 14% left when putting it on the charger. Really impressed, as I'd taken a few calls and replied to a few messages and received a fair few notifications.
 
I take mine off the charger at around 6:30am, and it doesn't go back on until at least 22:30! Usually have around 40%+ battery left by the end of the day!

:apple: Watch SBSS 42MM
 
I find that the battery life of the SS SB 42MM watch is beyond what Apple conservatively estimate it at 18hrs. Mine goes almosts 2 days(about 37+ hrs) before I charge it up.
 
Anyone upped the brightness to 100% as a consequence of the better-than-advertised battery?

If so, any massive change in battery?
 
MrGimper said:
Anyone upped the brightness to 100% as a consequence of the better-than-advertised battery?

If so, any massive change in battery?
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I've had my 38mm brightness at 100% since day one. Also have Haptic level on high with prominent haptic on. On average I get 30-40 email notifications, about two dozen texts and average one short phone call per day. My watch comes of charge at 7am and goes back on at 11pm with 40-50% charge remaining.
 
Yesterday I was 'outdoor cycling' between 6-7pm so I was happy to see the watch show 30% at 9pm. I put my watch on charge last night at 9pm, by 11pm it was 100%. I checked this morning and the battery was at 90%.
 
I had been complaining about bad watch battery life up the thread. It just so happens that I accidentally smashed my iPhone and I had it replaced over the weekend via AppleCare Plus.

Since then, my watch battery life has been much better. I have reached 11 hours since taking it off the charger, and remaining percentage is over 60% whereas previously I would be lukcy to have 30% at this stage.

I wonder if the bluetooth in my previous iPhone was flakey requiring the watch to work harder to connect?

Also a side question: I understand that the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch use Bluetooth 4 which is much more energy efficient than Bluetooth 3. If I then connect wireless headphones to the iPhone which are Bluetooth 3, does this make all devices only use Bluetooth 3, hence battery drain on the watch will be higher?
 
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