Watch Battery Life 18 Hours, Do you Agree?

[Zune55]

Battery life is too good

I charged Apple watch overnight on Thursday night April 30 around 11:30pm. Then start using it from Friday 9:30 AM and used until Saturday May 02 evening 4:45 pm with 9% remaining. I am in Est zone. I have SS 42mm Classic buckle. Brightness was full, power reserve not on. Receiving cluster of emails and messages, making phone calls over watch. My first impression about battery life it's longer than 18 hours. My first use gave 19 hours with 9% left and then I recharging it again.

 

[DC Wallaby]

I'm currently at 2 hours, 7 minutes of use time, 10 hours, 55 minutes of standby, and 66% battery on my 42mm Sport. However, today has been a light day in terms of usage for me. I've received a few notifications, used it to control music and take a brief phone call, but that's about it.

I gotta say, though, I'm majorly impressed with the Apple Watch's battery performance. I have yet to finish a day below 30%.

 

[CjonesHouston]

I have the 42mm SS BSB . My day starts at 5:000am. Ends at 4 ,5 or 6 pm. Battery is always over 40 percent. When I get home.

 

[Sarahheartie]

ok so Friday was basically my first full day of using the Apple watch, from 9am until night (about 11pm) and I used it somewhat often throughout the day, as I would probably on a normal day, with the odd checking notifications and frequently checking time. Had a somewhat active day, ultimately logging 20k steps/1172 calories (see pics).

So today (saturday) I worked, which is in retail/customer service where I would normally not carry a phone, so I just wore my watch but on airplane mode/do not disturb/silent mode, just checking the time once in awhile. I thought that having the watch disconnected from the phone and supposedly doing nothing but checking time and tracking my activity the battery would last, especially compared to friday when it was connected to the phone and being used? But by the end of my 8hour shift I only had about 20% left!! And activity just logged like 300cal/5k steps.

So any Ideas on what might have caused the battery to drain so fast when the watch wasn't even being used or connected to iPhone? Any apps or something that may be running in the background taking up battery? I'm very confused right now haha. Also I know there is a battery reserve feature, but I do wish to continue tracking my activity while i'm working, and if I understand correctly battery/power reserve function would not track any activity?

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

 

[chriscameron]

42mm sport

Battery left: 42%
Usage: 2 hours, 15 mins (answering phone calls using watch to speak)
Standby: 1 Day, 2 Hours

Much better than I thought really

 

[Black Belt]

Battery life is fantastic. Went all day the first day on 30% usage and that seems pretty consistent that I have over 70% left going to bed.

 

[maliu]

3 hours use, 20 hours standby 27% left.

 

[Picapau21]

Like most people I'm pretty impressed with the battery life as well!

I only charge mine for an hour in the morning as I like to sleep with my watch on and now use the watch alarm rather than the phone alarm to wake me up.

I've not had it run out of juice yet...and i'm still in the novelty period of "lets keep trying it out and showing people demonstrations"

I can easily see it lasting two days without a charge!

 

[supertomtom]

Very happy with the battery life. Always have some left before I hit the bed.

Having said that, I noticed that I had more battery left after I turned off the passcode feature. No concrete numbers to show, just an observation. Maybe the passcode feature activates the sensor feature much more frequently to detect wrist contact?

 

[nebo1ss]

ok so Friday was basically my first full day of using the Apple watch, from 9am until night (about 11pm) and I used it somewhat often throughout the day, as I would probably on a normal day, with the odd checking notifications and frequently checking time. Had a somewhat active day, ultimately logging 20k steps/1172 calories (see pics).

So today (saturday) I worked, which is in retail/customer service where I would normally not carry a phone, so I just wore my watch but on airplane mode/do not disturb/silent mode, just checking the time once in awhile. I thought that having the watch disconnected from the phone and supposedly doing nothing but checking time and tracking my activity the battery would last, especially compared to friday when it was connected to the phone and being used? But by the end of my 8hour shift I only had about 20% left!! And activity just logged like 300cal/5k steps.

So any Ideas on what might have caused the battery to drain so fast when the watch wasn't even being used or connected to iPhone? Any apps or something that may be running in the background taking up battery? I'm very confused right now haha. Also I know there is a battery reserve feature, but I do wish to continue tracking my activity while i'm working, and if I understand correctly battery/power reserve function would not track any activity?

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

It was probably constantly searching for the phone. Felt a bit lonely.

 

[Jandmtv]

Very happy with the battery life. Always have some left before I hit the bed.

Having said that, I noticed that I had more battery left after I turned off the passcode feature. No concrete numbers to show, just an observation. Maybe the passcode feature activates the sensor feature much more frequently to detect wrist contact?

Makes sense. But I'm going to keep it on. If I lose it, I want it to be nothing more than a paperweight for whoever finds it.

 

[powerslave65]

1st day started 11:30 am end 2:30 am 37% battery left. If you use it the way you would a watch with extra features it will last and last. If you play with it all day long it won't.

 

[SgtPepper23]

I've got the 42, taking it off the charger around 7:4ish every morning, with sporadic use all day. Replying to messages, dismissing notifications, often taking quick calls, etc., so to use OPs scale for interactions, i'd say an 8. and my day usually ends around midnight and by then i still have a superb 15-30 percent. i'm extremely please with the length of time the battery has been lasting me.

 

[kdog0126]

Battery life has been impeccable...even my wife can't complain. I consistently have 40%+ remaining at the end of the day. For ***** and giggles I almost made it tow whole days before for going into power reserve mode.

 

[techiegirl]

Has anybody noticed if the 42 has better battery life than the 38?

 

[Taftemilia]

I have absolutely no problems in terms of battery usage. My 38mm Sport is usually at 30% when I put it back on its charger after wearing it for at least 18h. As the 42mm is supposed to have even better battery life I am looking forward to receive my 42mm Space Black SS.

 

[Cory Bauer]

Has anybody noticed if the 42 has better battery life than the 38?

Based on my experience with the 38mm compared to the battery life reports here (and from reviewers) with the 42mm, I would say the 42mm undeniably has considerably better battery life. So much in fact that I'm likely returning my 38mm and going to the back of the line for a 42mm.

 

[Cory Bauer]

I have absolutely no problems in terms of battery usage. My 38mm Sport is usually at 30% when I put it back on its charger after wearing it for at least 18h.

I've seen my 38mm have 30% remaining after 14hrs, but that's been limited to days where my usage is light and I don't use the Fitness app at all. If I use it lightly (a handful of notifications, little to no app usage) throughout the day combined with 60-75 minutes of Fitness, I get between 14-15 hours of battery. If I use the watch moderately throughout the day (a few dozen notifications, a few minutes in apps here and there) combined with 60-75 minutes, then my battery is dead at 12 hours.

 

[DavidLynch]

Over a week now and I still haven't gone through a day with the watch dropping below 65%.

 

[hippo206]

Battery performance for me has exceeded my expectations. So far, I have never once had a day where I was in threat of running out of power. I didn't document it, but I believe I have never fallen below 30% at the end of a 19 hour day.

I do go on a couple of work trips later this month. I am curious how the watch will perform.

 

[Tsuchiya]

Removed mine from its charger yesterday morning about 7:30am at 100%.

Had it on until 11:30pm and it was still around 43%.

In between, I'd gone for a run and used it to occasionally check on notifications throughout the day and control music on the go.

Pretty good. Then again, I'd be surprised if it was nearly dead considering I didn't actually play around with it too much. I just kind of check in on it when I have to, like any other watch I've owned.

 

[techiegirl]

Based on my experience with the 38mm compared to the battery life reports here (and from reviewers) with the 42mm, I would say the 42mm undeniably has considerably better battery life. So much in fact that I'm likely returning my 38mm and going to the back of the line for a 42mm.

My husband starts the day before I do and at the end of the day, he has consistently higher battery remaining than I do. He has the 42 and I have the 38. He says it's because I use my watch more than he does.

 

[spikerules]

Off charger since 6am, but didn't put it on until 9am and it had already lost 4% at that time.

So far I have 45% left at 19:22 with 3hrs & 5mins usage and 13hrs & 44mins standby. I did a 40 minutes workout earlier and have made a total of 5 phone calls lasting no more than 2 minutes each. I also used the maps feature whilst in Reading to find the local Primark. Yes I know I did say Primark, but they do good quality cheap clothes for our holiday at the end of the month to the Cayman Islands

Overall I think the battery is acceptable, but I do not know what the 5 people that voted 90% are doing with their phone, but I'm guessing it's nothing at all! Probably in power save mode

 

[pcall1128]

I've been wondering how the watch measures usage and standby. Right now I'm at 5 hours, 34 mins usage and 10 hours standby. My battery is at 52 %. Seems like some people have a different percentage of usage(I saw someone with a 1 day standby and 3 hour usage %). What could be making this much of a difference? Does the watch count background health monitoring/app running as actual usage? Or maybe I just have a faulty battery?

 

[Cory Bauer]

I've been wondering how the watch measures usage and standby. Right now I'm at 5 hours, 34 mins usage and 10 hours standby. My battery is at 52 %. Seems like some people have a different percentage of usage(I saw someone with a 1 day standby and 3 hour usage %). What could be making this much of a difference? Does the watch count background health monitoring/app running as actual usage? Or maybe I just have a faulty battery?

The usage numbers make little to no sense. I can only assume the Watch app on the phone is very liberal in it's reporting; every glance and notification must count for multiple minutes, as does every time the watch refreshes information in the background or checks heart rate. By the way, I've never made it to 5 hours or more in Usage before my battery has been depleted entirely, and meanwhile you've got 50% remaining