iPhone Excessive Battery Drain Apple Watch since iOS 13 Beta 5

[oMc]

So, quick update, I upgraded to watchOS 6 beta 5 and now the battery usage is back to normal, the watch actually had some real standby time now.

The watch went down from 100% to 89% in 6 hours, which is very good I think. Previously, on watchOS 5.3 it was using 4-5% per hour under iOS 13.

 

[Dwood1970]

I saw mine drop 2% in 1 minute this morning.

 

[boxermansr]

So, quick update, I upgraded to watchOS 6 beta 5 and now the battery usage is back to normal, the watch actually had some real standby time now.

The watch went down from 100% to 89% in 6 hours, which is very good I think. Previously, on watchOS 5.3 it was using 4-5% per hour under iOS 13.

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If there was a non having to get Apple involved way to downgrade Watch OS, this would be a great fix, problem is, the next Watch OS beta could break something, at which point you'd have to give up your watch for a few days to get Apple to restore it. I tried WatchOS Beta 1 and had extreme problems, and had to send mine back to get downgraded (was gone less than 48 hours, so pretty fast), but am a bit weary now when it comes to Watch OS betas. Glad to hear it fixed the issue however.

 

[Dwood1970]

Hopefully everyone is report this they the feedback app

 

[PezRadar]

At 52% at 6pm and I took it off the charger at around 9:15am.

 

[KeanosMagicHat]

Standby 7 hrs 51 mins
Usage 6 hrs 24 mins

Definitely something keeping the Watch active in the background.

I was a little sceptical, I confess, until I saw this statistic.

Very wary of a move to WatchOS Beta though as my Watch is not a test device.

(Watch Series 4 on 5.3 and iPhone XR on latest iOS 13 Beta and feedback submitted to Apple)

 

[groovyf]

Series 4 Watch running WatchOS 5.3 and iPhone X with iOS 13 PB4 - terrible battery drain - 10% gone since I took it off the charger this morning (about 70 mins ago).
the Watch app is stating since Last Full Charge:
Usage: 2 hours, 0 minutes
Standby: 2 hours, 21 minutes

I kind of surprised those figures don't match the time it's been off the charger!

 

[Dwood1970]

Went to bed last night at 11:30 at 98% in movie theater mode and on DND, woke up at 6:30 at 66%.

 

[Gator5000e]

As Dwood1970 said above, everyone experiencing this please report it with the Feedbck app. I did last evening. There are selections in the Feedback app for watch/battery issues.

 

[danipersing]

Went to bed last night with 100% charge. Woke up with 46%. This was my usage. Reported in the feedback app.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

Getting all the same issues as those above me. Have reported via feedback app.

 

[Donnation]

Yeah watch drain was brutal. It actually compelled me to remove the beta (that and a couple of other issues). I think I’m done with the betas at this point. Watch was dead at 5pm today and that's just not going to work for me.

 

[BriceApp]

Appears this is a series 4 issue as my series 2 on watchOS 5.3 is fine with iOS 13 beta 5.

 

[Shirasaki]

Guess watchOS 6 beta is the way to go. Here is my data. Apple Watch series 4.

 

[Toonartist]

Same here. Reported via feedback under battery issues with full description.

 

[mikejd1]

Reported via feedback as well. Same issue

 

[atmc]

I reported via feedback app as well when the PB was launched but had no response yet. I'm probably just downgrading iOS beta to iOS 12.

 

[KeanosMagicHat]

Good to see so many using the Feedback app to report this.

 

[reycat]

I think my problem was not the same as the rest of you, because I still had bad battery drain on iOS13 + watchOS6.

I read in Reddit a possible fix: disabling location services for the Weather app on the iPhone.

Settings (on the iPhone) -> Privacy Services -> Set Weather to Never.

After restarting the AW, it’s working for me.

 

[hamstation]

Same issue as your overnite.Overnite NOT wearing watch has same amount of drain.However during they day wearing watch 4 dont have this issue.

Went to bed last night with 100% charge. Woke up with 46%. This was my usage. Reported in the feedback app.

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[bigboy29]

I think my problem was not the same as the rest of you, because I still had bad battery drain on iOS13 + watchOS6.

I read in Reddit a possible fix: disabling location services for the Weather app on the iPhone.

Settings (on the iPhone) -> Privacy Services -> Set Weather to Never.

After restarting the AW, it’s working for me.

Hmmm... I never use Weather app so my location was already set to Never for Weather on the phone... and yet I still get faster than normal battery drain on my watch (Series 4). I used to be able to end the day with about 45% of battery. Now, around 10PM, I get a 10% warning.

 

[crackarack]

I think my problem was not the same as the rest of you, because I still had bad battery drain on iOS13 + watchOS6.

I read in Reddit a possible fix: disabling location services for the Weather app on the iPhone.

Settings (on the iPhone) -> Privacy Services -> Set Weather to Never.

After restarting the AW, it’s working for me.

Gonna try this out and report back. Thank for the tip.

 

[IslesFan]

Gonna try this out and report back. Thank for the tip.

Didn’t work for me. Still draining at 3-5% per hour.

 

[M5RahuL]

Crazy drain here as well.. Never had to charge my AW4 twice in a day!

Have turned off a bunch of notifications (weather app and raise to wake still on ), and background refreshes, and fully charged it again.

Lets see how this fares now!

 

[M5RahuL]

So, it's been an hour and the watch is already at 96%, and with no activity from my side.