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Series 6 Battery Life - How long does your S6 last?
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Still shouldn’t have used any battery. All complications are a scheduled timeline. There is no reason to schedule a high frequency for a water reminder app.
Edit: Just looked at some complication sample code on Apple’s developer website. That might be the problem. Their example, which is a caffeine tracker is updated every 5 minutes which is a bit much since I doubt you drink more coffee or soda that frequently. It seems that every 20 or 30 minutes would be sufficient. Not sure if a 5 minute interval would cause a high battery drain or not without experimenting (which I might do if I get a spare hour or so.)
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I've updated the first post my results on the SS model. I was expecting the following may cause a difference:
1) LTE - although no data plan, I was thinking having a modem would cause a slight additional draw
2) Stabilization - Presumably, some battery stabilization would need to take place as this is a 'new' watch
However, neither of these seems to have happened! The watch is on track to achieve about the same result as the previous GPS model, ~40 hours.
1) LTE - although no data plan, I was thinking having a modem would cause a slight additional draw
2) Stabilization - Presumably, some battery stabilization would need to take place as this is a 'new' watch
However, neither of these seems to have happened! The watch is on track to achieve about the same result as the previous GPS model, ~40 hours.
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Can you post the screenshot of your battery life that shows the usage since last full charge? I'm just a little skeptical that you are getting that long of battery life. I'd love to see some actual usage data from the watch
Settings - General - Usage
This is readily available from within the watch app.
Settings - General - Usage
This is readily available from within the watch app.
Happy to, unfortunately that screen just shows two lines of info without any explanation so I don't know how helpful it will be...I'll try to remember to do that next time, now it just shows "1 minute".
That said, if you read the thread from the start, the long battery life has been corroborated by multiple people here.
You can take it any time during the day. I would just like to see your usage and standby time exceeding 30 hours at any point during the day. Thanks!
I'll aim for one that shows 40 hours 😄
However, I'll only be able to do that 30+ hours from now since I just ended a cycle. Maybe others can post theirs?
That one is on. I forgot to turn that off. I’ll see if I notice anything with that. I work at home so, lol. Thanks for the question. Totally forgot about that. On my S5 I didn’t notice much.
So I charged my watch night before last, ran it all day, went on a 40 min run (waddle), and ended the day at >58%.
Imo, this is amazing... battery life - better than my S5. I don't have any background apps turned off, and besides Siri, Handoff, and AOD - not much else is off. Not really seeing a battery hit from handwashing, etc.
Imo, this is amazing... battery life - better than my S5. I don't have any background apps turned off, and besides Siri, Handoff, and AOD - not much else is off. Not really seeing a battery hit from handwashing, etc.
Those that get to over 40hrs amazing I got to 34 hrs on a Series 6 GPS cellular with 8% left. I do one run per day. Send one or two iMessages. Scroll through different faces two to five times. No hand-washing reminders, Siri is on. AoD is off. Bold text not sure if that matters. Background refresh apps that are on are Activity, Blood Oxygen, ECG, Heart Rate, Wallet, Weather, Workout and Zones app. Not sure if I can go over 40hrs but that would be amazing.
So I went on a hike today with my GF. She has still waterminder installed. We started at 8:15 am. My Gf had theater mode on while we drove to the destination. My AoD was on. After 90 min I had 99 left , she 100%. After a 5:30h hike I had 53% battery left and my GF 66%. I have to say I rubbed workoutdoors and she the normal workout app. On the way up I checked every few minutes the downloaded map in workoutdoors if we were still on the trail. In that 5:30h I got about 10-25 messages (idk) and she had ok don’t disturb. She checked way less her AW just when I asked her about her battery percentage lol. We both had similar watch faces (I have the weather complication for the next hours).
I’m kinda happy I really checked often the watch and Apple claims 11h without gps or cellular. Without checkin every minutes I would have gotten around 12h or more. Like I said my GF had 66% after 5:30h (idk if her watch not calibrated)
on the drive home (2h with stop at the grocery) it drained from 53% to 46%. Kinda high but ok. Now at 7 pm 41 % left.
I’m kinda happy I really checked often the watch and Apple claims 11h without gps or cellular. Without checkin every minutes I would have gotten around 12h or more. Like I said my GF had 66% after 5:30h (idk if her watch not calibrated)
on the drive home (2h with stop at the grocery) it drained from 53% to 46%. Kinda high but ok. Now at 7 pm 41 % left.
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I was for a walk 2 times per day for 30 min with activity on I have the watch reminder on but my ss watch kept only 12 hours. Should I return it back ? I install it as new.
This lines up with what I would call normal battery life and not the supernatural battery life with "everything on" and "multiple workouts" throughout the day that other people are claiming.
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The most I have gotten with everything turned on using a Typograpgh face was 36 hrs with 7% left when I put back on the charger. I posted a pic earlier in the thread. That test didn’t involve any workout. Otherwise, the battery life would have been much lower.
Yeah, workouts are what ends up killing the battery. I hate being that guy, but I don't buy the "100+ minute workout with everything on and ECG and Blood 02 measurements being taken and I got 40 hours."
Apple would be touting a massive battery life improvement instead of saying it has the same 18 hour battery life of the Series 5.
I forgot the OP made that claim. I think it is right to question that, as it seems impossible if the workout included GPS and heart rate monitoring, with everything turned on as well.
The OP seems like a good guy. I think he may have made an honest mistake and got his days / hour count wrong.
3hrs use, 35 standby.
S6 40mm. AOD and bar are on. I turn off bar on things like breath, photos and other stuff I rarely use but I keep it on for everything else.
I don’t have walkie talkie on at all. I use carrot complications. No measures taken to save battery and turn it into a Casio. I setup from new.
1 workout. 1 sleep track. Lots of o2 measures taken by demand and in background.
check messages, email in spark. Fall detection is on, sound measurements are off (no need for them). Wifi on.
brightness is set to min. Not to save battery, just like it that way.
Handoff, dictation, Siri all on. Hey Siri is on but raise is off (that just doesn’t work).
S6 40mm. AOD and bar are on. I turn off bar on things like breath, photos and other stuff I rarely use but I keep it on for everything else.
I don’t have walkie talkie on at all. I use carrot complications. No measures taken to save battery and turn it into a Casio. I setup from new.
1 workout. 1 sleep track. Lots of o2 measures taken by demand and in background.
check messages, email in spark. Fall detection is on, sound measurements are off (no need for them). Wifi on.
brightness is set to min. Not to save battery, just like it that way.
Handoff, dictation, Siri all on. Hey Siri is on but raise is off (that just doesn’t work).