What AW activity uses a lot of battery power?

[Luba]

I used the AW for a few turn-by-turn walking directions and later in the day I get a notification from my AW that I need to be in Power Reserve mode! I probably had the AW giving me walking directions for a total of 30 minutes. Would you say using the AW to give walking directions is a battety hog?

Any other AW activities a battery hog?

 

[twinlight]

Activity tracking uses the most for me. Since the heart rate sensor is on the whole session.
Navigation is second place. It uses the screen and vibration alot. So a long walk with directions will deplete the battery.

 

[Stefan johansson]

The GPS is the worst power thief in the AW2,in earlier versions,it's the Bluetooth when you use navigation or GPS enabled activity functions.

 

[Julien]

I used the AW for a few turn-by-turn walking directions and later in the day I get a notification from my AW that I need to be in Power Reserve mode! I probably had the AW giving me walking directions for a total of 30 minutes. Would you say using the AW to give walking directions is a battety hog?

Any other AW activities a battery hog?

You have a Series 2 and didn't have your iPhone? Next time carry your iPhone and the Watch will use the iPhone's GPS. Also the biggest battery hog would likely be using a Series 2's Workout Outdoor app, without your iPhone. That is continuous GPS and HR monitoring.

 

[Stefan johansson]

Only seen that battery save mode message a few times,always when using navigation or GPS tracking. For my normal daily use,I have no battery problems at all. I got the AW2,use the standard activity tracker,and the music player remote a lot,and sometimes I use it for turn - by - turn navigation too. Other battery consumers for me is news feeds,email and messages.

 

[Ffosse]

GPS tracking and streaming music to your earphones at the same time is a battery hog; saying that, I've never had the low battery message yet.

In general use I'm very pleased with the battery on the AW2 - notifications don't seem to use up much power.

 

[Newtons Apple]

may not be considered an activity but the screen is likely one of the major battery users.

 

[Mlrollin91]

I used the AW for a few turn-by-turn walking directions and later in the day I get a notification from my AW that I need to be in Power Reserve mode! I probably had the AW giving me walking directions for a total of 30 minutes. Would you say using the AW to give walking directions is a battety hog?

Any other AW activities a battery hog?

What % was your battery at before you starting with GPS for the 30 minutes? Might be possible to narrow down why it dropped so quickly.

 

[Luba]

You have a Series 2 and didn't have your iPhone? Next time carry your iPhone and the Watch will use the iPhone's GPS. Also the biggest battery hog would likely be using a Series 2's Workout Outdoor app, without your iPhone. That is continuous GPS and HR monitoring.

Had iPhone with me, so supposedly the GPS navigation was from the iPhone.
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What % was your battery at before you starting with GPS for the 30 minutes? Might be possible to narrow down why it dropped so quickly.

Not sure … 50-60%? Normally, I re-charge AW every day and uses about 30%. I'd say about 20% was used up overnight and in the morning. Then, in the afternoon I used the AW for walking directions.