Is it Just Me, or is the Apple Watch Battery Horrible on watchOS 9?

[gank41]

I'm glad to see others are having horrible battery life, too. I'm on watchOS 9.4 (20T253) and I'm having to charge twice a day now! My S7 Apple Watch used to easily make it a full day, down to maybe 20% or so in time for bed where I'd charge it overnight. Now I'm dropping down to 10% or less(!) before lunch, and then again down to that or so by bedtime. I've even tried a restore on both my Watch and iPhone 14 Pro Max.. Still having the same horrid battery life. Terrible.

 

[spiderman0616]

I'm glad to see others are having horrible battery life, too. I'm on watchOS 9.4 (20T253) and I'm having to charge twice a day now! My S7 Apple Watch used to easily make it a full day, down to maybe 20% or so in time for bed where I'd charge it overnight. Now I'm dropping down to 10% or less(!) before lunch, and then again down to that or so by bedtime. I've even tried a restore on both my Watch and iPhone 14 Pro Max.. Still having the same horrid battery life. Terrible.

Not normal. My wife's cellular S7 that she's had since launch lasts her into the next day easily on a single charge before she has to charge it, and that's even the smaller model. Since you've already done your own due diligence and restored it to try to fix the issue, I would try having Apple look at it. There's no way they're going to claim that having to charge it twice a day is normal expected behavior.

 

[gank41]

Not normal. My wife's cellular S7 that she's had since launch lasts her into the next day easily on a single charge before she has to charge it, and that's even the smaller model. Since you've already done your own due diligence and restored it to try to fix the issue, I would try having Apple look at it. There's no way they're going to claim that having to charge it twice a day is normal expected behavior.

That’s what I’d expect! I was easily getting close to a day and a half on one charge. Now having to charge twice a day, even after restoring it. I’m at a loss.