Why does battery drain when I am not wearing it?

[ringgit]

S7 here. I wear my Watch during the day and then take it off before bed. Yesterday night, when I take it off, battery was around 50%. This morning when I wear it, battery is around 30%. What is the Watch doing throughout the night which will drain 20% battery? There are no heart beat sensor nor activity tracking. If only Apple will make the Watch 'sleep' or 'standby' when we take it off. That would have preserve the battery for the next day.

 

[mfram]

The Watch is always attached to your phone, wirelessly (BT or Wifi), whether you are wearing it or not. That's what it is doing. If you aren't wearing it, you should put it on the charger. If you don't want to do that, you need to manually put it in Power Save mode. Then it won't burn battery as quickly.

 

[ringgit]

The Watch is always attached to your phone, wirelessly (BT or Wifi), whether you are wearing it or not. That's what it is doing. If you aren't wearing it, you should put it on the charger. If you don't want to do that, you need to manually put it in Power Save mode. Then it won't burn battery as quickly.

It needn't do that once the Watch is off the hand. That's what I am saying. There is no reason to have it always attaching to the phone. If there are notification, I am not going to see it.

 

[Graham4723]

Wether it “needs to “ or not is irrelevant !
Fact is it IS always attached, hence it drains. The watch will continue to check for and display notifications throughout the night.

 

[Kottu]

Apple watch should have an option to go to battery saver mode automatically if you are not wearing it. I have noticed that if the watch is not on my wrist, it still lit up the sensors. Why the watch must do that?
When I am away from home a couple of days I switch off my Ultra at night so that I don't need to carry the charger with me.

 

[ringgit]

Wether it “needs to “ or not is irrelevant !
Fact is it IS always attached, hence it drains. The watch will continue to check for and display notifications throughout the night.

I disagree. Apple should change that behaviour. There is no reason for it to always attach. To accept is to accept mediocrity or thoughtless design. Apple is not that type of company.

 

[belfong]

I tested this tonight and put both Watch and iPhone on a Do Not Disturb focus mode. That means no notifications allowed. In the morning, the Watch battery was reduced by 10%. 10% battery drained for just staying dark, unused on the shelf. There’s something wrong about power management here.