watchOS 26 Beta Thread

[goldmac2006]

I only removed Carrot. from mine and I did get an extra day out of the charge. I am also looking at the Background Activity to see what is active and what I can turn off. I **think** I have it as minimized as I can.

I’ll do the same thing as I don’t even access carrot on my Apple Watch as much. Will report back with the results.

Y’all on watchOS 26.3, how are you guys doing with it? Battery life good or bad?

 

[gforce216]

I’ll do the same thing as I don’t even access carrot on my Apple Watch as much. Will report back with the results.

Y’all on watchOS 26.3, how are you guys doing with it? Battery life good or bad?

26.3 beta has been HORRENDOUS for me. Can barely get 8-10 hours on a charge. 26.2 was better and that was awful already. Take me back to watchOS 11!

 

[goldmac2006]

26.3 beta has been HORRENDOUS for me. Can barely get 8-10 hours on a charge. 26.2 was better and that was awful already. Take me back to watchOS 11!

thank goodness I stayed away from updating to it. I still get 12-13 hr on average and had a few days of once a day of charging my watch.

 

[eyespy03]

26.3 beta has been HORRENDOUS for me. Can barely get 8-10 hours on a charge. 26.2 was better and that was awful already. Take me back to watchOS 11!

Since removing Carrot - I am getting 3+ days on one charge. I use every sensor for health, use it for workouts and walking. I was getting 2 days before that.

 

[goldmac2006]

Since removing Carrot - I am getting 3+ days on one charge. I use every sensor for health, use it for workouts and walking. I was getting 2 days before that.

Same I felt it normalised on watchOS 26.2 on the series 6. Back to 15 hours per single charge.

I do use my Apple Watch for sensors and walking, too.

I’ll do the 26.2.1 watchOS public update today.

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

watchOS 26.3 beta 3 has killed my battery.. Used to end the day with about 50-60% on my first gen AWU. Now I’m at 20-30% at the end of the day.

 

[goldmac2006]

watchOS 26.3 beta 3 has killed my battery.. Used to end the day with about 50-60% on my first gen AWU. Now I’m at 20-30% at the end of the day.

No long lasting battery on ultra then…. Thank goodness I didn’t touch this beta.

 

[eyespy03]

No long lasting battery on ultra then…. Thank goodness I didn’t touch this beta.

26.3 beta 3 has been no better or worse than the other betas or even 26.2. I might say on mine it has been better than the previous release.

 

[goldmac2006]

26.3 beta 3 has been no better or worse than the other betas or even 26.2. I might say on mine it has been better than the previous release.

On 26.2.1? I had a day I only had to charge one time.

 

[rbart]

No long lasting battery on ultra then…. Thank goodness I didn’t touch this beta.

Don't generalize one bad experience...
You can find similar feedback for every release (beta or final) since watchOS exists.

 

[goldmac2006]

Don't generalize one bad experience...
You can find similar feedback for every release (beta or final) since watchOS exists.

True. Even some builds have these battery life problems too !