Latest WatchOS beta is working MUCH better for me than beta 2. It isn't the same battery life that I was getting on OS3 or even the first beta, but it is drastically improved. I'm losing battery at about 10% per hour now, which should give me 8-10 hours of use. Last beta I was getting 2 hours of use before needing to charge.
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watchOS 4 beta 2 Battery Life
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Latest WatchOS beta is working MUCH better for me than beta 2. It isn't the same battery life that I was getting on OS3 or even the first beta, but it is drastically improved. I'm losing battery at about 10% per hour now, which should give me 8-10 hours of use. Last beta I was getting 2 hours of use before needing to charge.
Important: if you previously re-paired your watch, you will have to reinstall the beta profile again.
Doing even better than yesterday now. Currently 2.5 hours standby and I'm at 92%.
Same, went from 7am to 2pm currently at 90% with 20-30 messages and 6000 steps.
I’m on beta six as well but still think the battery life is terrible compared to watchOS 3 on my S2 - going to bed with 20% today and haven’t used it an awful lot today specifically besides a 34 min bike ride (with iPhone in my pocket so gps off that)
Back in the day I could go to bed with over 50-60% almost daily - never since these new betas
Yes, that's the battery life I'm experiencing - approx 55-60% after about 14 hrs of use. I started from scratch with beta 4, removed all third party apps from the watch, and have slowly been installing third party apps, one at a time.
Sounds a lot like my old usage. Just hope they fix it. I really don’t have that many 3rd party apps on my watch
A local news app, Nike Run Club, Cardiogram and Carrot mainly