I have not had this problem before, in fact I stayed up for New Year’s and it was at ~40% after use from 8:15AM to 12:00PM
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S10 Battery Life
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Have been using my Series 10 for a little over a month now. Very satisfied with the battery life. Can last around 1.5 to 2 days for me.
I just replaced my AW 9 with the 10 and for sure it is substantially better. using the exact same software, face etc I go from 24 to 48hours. I last charged to 100% on Monday at 5PM and now it is Wednesday at 4PM and I still have 8% so will safely say it can last 48 hours. Although I did no workout today but it definitely lasts a lot longer than 9. It has 90% battery left so reason I changed is I got a good deal through work and I liked the bigger watch display.
After updating to WatchOS 11.3 my battery died at about 4pm yesterday, and this morning I'm watching it sink like a stone after having it on charge overnight. Have restarted the watch but that seems to have no bearing on it. Presumably I won't be the only one affected by this, anyone else having an issue?
Usually right after a SW update the battery can drain more quickly. After few days it should go back to normal.
I’ve had my 46mm S10 2-3 weeks now, coming from the smaller S7. I don’t even have the battery life on the watch face anymore. I put the watch on roughly 11 hours ago, AOD is active and it’s at 80%. I typically do not wear it overnight. When I do, I charge it while I shower in the morning. I think the battery was around 60-70% at that time? Some days it would be at 100% when I was ready to put it on, other days in mid-high 90% range.
So I got up about an hour ago put watch on straight away and have been sitting here on my laptop. Watch has dropped to 96% already. Prior to 11.3 it was as you describe. Somethings definitely going on.
Have you done a full reset holding the power and side button down until the Apple logo appears?
^Yes multiple times.
I use the Strava and Yao Yao (Skipping) apps, most mornings. I know they weren't using that much battery for my workouts but this morning after my workouts I'm down to 72% at 9:27am (after taking the watch off charge at about 6AM). It's not a megadrain, but it's definitely faster than it was previously.
I use the Strava and Yao Yao (Skipping) apps, most mornings. I know they weren't using that much battery for my workouts but this morning after my workouts I'm down to 72% at 9:27am (after taking the watch off charge at about 6AM). It's not a megadrain, but it's definitely faster than it was previously.
With the context of the Apple Watch being something you charge once a day: it’s been 132 days since launch.
Apple claims the Watch will take 1000 cycles to reach 80% health. Let’s say your battery has seen 100 cycles in those 132 days. That’s 1/10 the rated cycles.
This averages about 0.76 cycles per day. You have 900 cycles before hitting 80% (theoretically): 900/0.76 =1184 days. You’ve already had it for 132 days. That’s 1316 days (~3.6yrs) at your current rate before hitting 80%.
This of course doesn’t account for factors like heat or some days where you might drain from 100-0 and go through a full cycle, yada yada.
I’d say that’s pretty great theoretically. Actually has me feeling good about my usage as well!
Enjoy your watch. Ultimately, batteries are consumable. Pay the $99 to get a new battery in 3yrs once you’re at 80%.
Hm hadn't actually tried that. Doing it now.
I've uninstalled as many third party apps as I can, just in case one of them is responsible. I've also just unsynced all the music I had on the watch (which I rarely used, but it was there) just in case that's causing a problem.
Look it's not the worst drain, but it's definitely noticeable after the update. Like I would get to bed time and still have at least 30/40% left even after using the watch for Strava or Yao Yao during the day. Last night my watch was flat by 8pm.
Next course of action is a complete reset/repair of the watch (which I hate doing, worst part is having to re-add all your debit/credit cards)
My AW10 is on 11.3 and is just fine, although for some reason it is on optimized charging by default
So a little update on this, my watch is back to normal. I'm almost certain that it was something to do with synced music, because it seemed to fix itself when I removed all the music. I haven't put any music back on, though have reinstalled most of the apps I uninstalled to try and fix this problem. Watch now mostly is still at 30/40% by bedtime, even with a lot of use during the day.