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?
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watchOS 26 Beta Thread
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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!
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
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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.
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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
macrumors 6502
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.
rbart
macrumors 68000
Don't generalize one bad experience...
You can find similar feedback for every release (beta or final) since watchOS exists.
jonnyb098
macrumors 601
Does WatchOS 26.3 improve the laggy animations everywhere. Just holding down to switch watch faces results in MAYBE 5 FPS. It's terrrible how much lag there is and all these watches from the 7-11 have the exact same processor. (No matter what they name it)
I am not sure, I am abstaining from 26.3 beta. But on 26.2.1 no issue on watch faces
The Cockney Rebel
macrumors 601
Grayburn
macrumors 68030
I get the lag too on my AWU3, i then get a respring if i try and scroll fast through all my faces.
Hope 26.3 fixes it, havent got much hope though.
No resprings on watchOS 26.2.1 either. Apple Watch Series 6 40mm gold stainless steel. @The Cockney Rebel are you running the same version of watchOS like mine?
The Cockney Rebel
macrumors 601
What?! 😮 it deleted the cellular plan off your Apple Watch?! How strange. Did you reactivate it?
Phone your carrier if you need help getting it back.
How’s battery life like on your series 10 running it? I had about 12-13 hours on a full charge.
The Cockney Rebel
macrumors 601
Funny enough, when I put my watch on charge a little while ago, it was down to red.
That has hardly ever happened before.
Wishing you well, mate.
I have tried to reactivate the esim multiple times, not working. Just going to the status "not in use" every time. Im gonna call my carrier, but I suspect its a bug
What carrier do you use? Let me know if they are able to reactivate your plan on your watch.
I noticed in this version of watchOS- I had to charge my watch twice a day instead of once.
Some days it drops all the way to red.
watchOS 26.3- battery life is more stable, now its more than 14-15 hours on a single charge. This is on a public version.
BigMcGuire
macrumors G4
Carrot is that bad on the battery? I’ve always used it but wondered how much battery it uses. That’s a lot of usage you get back - 1 day.
eyespy03
macrumors 6502
It was the only change I made. And removing it from my watch gave me back at least a day. I have tried to narrow down my notifications as well, as they also eat up if you have a lot from a number of different sources. But to my surprise, Carrot must really pull the energy. Not sure why as it isn't getting temp reading any different from my phone.