Howard2k
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It’s frustrating, but that’s probably a touch dramatic. They’re the largest company in the world, there is obviously a lot of stuff they’re doing right.
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watchOS Update Coming Soon With Fix for Apple Watch Battery Drain
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It’s frustrating, but that’s probably a touch dramatic. They’re the largest company in the world, there is obviously a lot of stuff they’re doing right.
I don't have the complications problem, nor bad battery life with my U2, but I do have the too dim problem in darkened rooms. I really wish they'd fix that. So far they wont even acknowledge it. I can read the watch in total darkness, but just have a little bit of light in the room, and I might as well not be wearing a watch at all it's so useful. And forget about night mode, that is never seeable except in fully lit rooms.
This is what happens when you make secrecy your number one value and push everyone to release at the same time. No one can have in-depth discussions (secrecy) and everyone is stretched too thin to check even fundamental components (release at the same time).
EugW
macrumors P6
10.x was the first time I had battery complaints with my Watch. I didn't have it with previous versions of WatchOS, including WatchOS 9 just before I upgraded. Ironically, I generally don't have problems with my iOS updates either.
I've also had a few weird bugs with 10.x, like an unresponsive black screen for short periods.
Steve Ballmer
macrumors 6502
I agree, all software should be 100% perfect and never need any updates, ever.
Of course, to achieve that, nothing would ever get released.
OnePieceIsReal
macrumors regular
Can they just release a firmware without causing so much issues literally what’s the point of dev and public beta if it never gets fixed
Just look at their recent track records going back to several years. Blindly defending them doesn't help anyone.
DIRSGT
macrumors regular
Glad to know it is not just me. I am on the Apple Watch 9. Also, the weather card blanks out routinely.
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Glideslope
macrumors G3
Same here except on my Series 6 it’s the Blood Oximetry. Still there but invisible. Battery drain is worse as well.
XboxEvolved
macrumors 65816
This is for my series 6 with 80% capacity. This doesn’t seem terrible but I do seem to have random times where I’m doing little with the watch and it drains itself. When I’m doing something (as I was in the time before charge) seems more normal.
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tomtad
macrumors 68040
Is it just me that wishes Apple focused on stuff like this rather than TV shows?
My AWU is still on 9.6.3 and the battery drains much faster after I upgraded from my 12 Pro Max (on iOS 16) to a 15 Pro Max. Before I used to get almost 3 days worth of battery, now its maybe 1.5 days. I definitely need to charge every night now where as before I could go without charging for 2 nights.
Steve Ballmer
macrumors 6502
I'm not blindly defending them. I'm saying there is no world that exists where it's possible to release perfect software that never needs updates. No matter how much testing you do, there is always an edge case that exists where something goes wrong. If you want to release software as stable and perfect as possible, it's not getting released for a very long time.
If we still lived in the days when you needed to get physical media every time an update was released, that'd be one thing. Nowadays you install an update and the specific issue is fixed. I'd rather have software that exists imperfectly than no software at all.
Steve Ballmer
macrumors 6502
In the days before Apple did TV shows, they still released software that was buggy, slow, and needed updates.
mentaluproar
macrumors 68000
When I ask my watch to call a local business, and it asks if it found the right now, I press yes and then it googles the word yes. fix that.
I tell it to call my mother, saved as Birthgiver in my phone. It calls a local hospital birthing unit instead. fix that.
I tell it to do literally anything and it interprets me in the dumbest way possible. Siri has gotten dumber with each update. I'm seriously looking at jumping ship next update.
I tell it to call my mother, saved as Birthgiver in my phone. It calls a local hospital birthing unit instead. fix that.
I tell it to do literally anything and it interprets me in the dumbest way possible. Siri has gotten dumber with each update. I'm seriously looking at jumping ship next update.
Sleep focus mode (manually turned on and off by me each night) does not work reliably anymore. I’ve had several nights with nothing tracked. I’ve never had this problem before, only with watchOS 10.
k1121j
macrumors 68020
My home pods (all 6 of them) started with a horrible delay in reaction to requests about 3- 4 months ago. I bet a new one will be out soon. 🙄