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Ultra Battery life
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Got my watch Friday, charged to 100% I began wearing it at 4pm friday.
Ran a 1/2 marathon trail run on Saturday ( my first). I was listening to an Audible book on my AirPod 2 the entire run. I had 69% left once I finished my run of 2hrs 28 min at 11:57am.
Sunday (rest day) at 430pm, I had 21% and put it in the charger.
Pretty good for me. I’m sure it will get better after it finishes indexing.
Ran a 1/2 marathon trail run on Saturday ( my first). I was listening to an Audible book on my AirPod 2 the entire run. I had 69% left once I finished my run of 2hrs 28 min at 11:57am.
Sunday (rest day) at 430pm, I had 21% and put it in the charger.
Pretty good for me. I’m sure it will get better after it finishes indexing.
I charged for maybe an hour since I bought it, never to 100%. Got it on friday around noon. GPS workout tracking for 30 min/a day, used cellular only for one walk streaming music to airpods with GPS, sleep tracking each night. Currently at 45%.
My S7 would be at around 25% at the end of an average day (With no sleep tracking.) With the ultra I seem to be running at about 3 days battery, with sleep tracking. I will finally charge it to 100% today to get a better picture...but basically with the Ultra I'm fine with just plugging it in at my desk for an hour every few days it seems.
My S7 would be at around 25% at the end of an average day (With no sleep tracking.) With the ultra I seem to be running at about 3 days battery, with sleep tracking. I will finally charge it to 100% today to get a better picture...but basically with the Ultra I'm fine with just plugging it in at my desk for an hour every few days it seems.
Is it correct that it doesn’t matter if you have iPhone with you or not, the Ultra will not piggy back off of the iPhone for GPS like previous models?
What about using cellular. Does it use iPhone or is it the same as GPS?
What about using cellular. Does it use iPhone or is it the same as GPS?
Last night before going to bed, my Ultra was at 80%. I put it in low power mode and let it sit on the night table. I wore my SBTI AW 7 for sleep tracking and woke up and my Ultra was down to 73%. 7% overnight is definitely not bad.
After 48 straight hours Watch is at 29%. Could probably stretch it to 72 hours for a full three days if I tried. Regardless, it's impressed me.
Settings
- I use a boring watch face. Two tone. Nothing fancy.
- Screen is not always on. I look at my watch maybe 10 total minutes an hour, I don't need it on 24/7.
- Cellular/GPS service on.
- Brightness & sound on default. Vibration on high.
Use
- Emailed/Texted about 20-25 over the weekend. My weekdays will have significant more use.
- Streamed music for an hour.
- Took four calls. Average call time was 4-6 minutes using Watch speaker.
- Checked ESPN app for sports scores.
- Used the flashlight app several times.
- Downloaded a few new apps: WatchTube, Lens, etc.
- Use Tesla app to control my Tesla 2-3 times per day.
- Sleep tracking.
I used to wear the Series 6 but never at night. Charged it every night before bed. With the longer battery life I decided to wear it throughout the night. Sleep tracking is interesting to view. I can easily see this watch lasting three full days of 72 hours if i skipped the music, flashlight, and messing around with the new apps. Three days is what I was aiming for, as often I'll head out of town for the weekend. Even if you don't need the additional ruggedness of the Ultra, the battery life itself makes it attractive. I also road bike 100 mile century events, but my last one was two weekends ago. Didn't have a chance to test it.
Settings
- I use a boring watch face. Two tone. Nothing fancy.
- Screen is not always on. I look at my watch maybe 10 total minutes an hour, I don't need it on 24/7.
- Cellular/GPS service on.
- Brightness & sound on default. Vibration on high.
Use
- Emailed/Texted about 20-25 over the weekend. My weekdays will have significant more use.
- Streamed music for an hour.
- Took four calls. Average call time was 4-6 minutes using Watch speaker.
- Checked ESPN app for sports scores.
- Used the flashlight app several times.
- Downloaded a few new apps: WatchTube, Lens, etc.
- Use Tesla app to control my Tesla 2-3 times per day.
- Sleep tracking.
I used to wear the Series 6 but never at night. Charged it every night before bed. With the longer battery life I decided to wear it throughout the night. Sleep tracking is interesting to view. I can easily see this watch lasting three full days of 72 hours if i skipped the music, flashlight, and messing around with the new apps. Three days is what I was aiming for, as often I'll head out of town for the weekend. Even if you don't need the additional ruggedness of the Ultra, the battery life itself makes it attractive. I also road bike 100 mile century events, but my last one was two weekends ago. Didn't have a chance to test it.
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This battery life is absolutely amazing. Received the watch Friday. Late night, I installed the update, charged it to full, and haven’t put it back on the charger. It is now 11:42 on Monday, over 57 hours later with no power save activated and I’m at 22%. That will likely last me through when I get home from work and a little beyond.
Now this is just normal everyday usage, I’ve played with faces, setting things up, notifications, timers, sending receiving texts, sports scores, listened to some music. Haven’t used it yet for fitness activities yet, I’m sure GPS or cellular will eat into that at some point, but for simple daily use, this battery life is beyond what I expected.
Now this is just normal everyday usage, I’ve played with faces, setting things up, notifications, timers, sending receiving texts, sports scores, listened to some music. Haven’t used it yet for fitness activities yet, I’m sure GPS or cellular will eat into that at some point, but for simple daily use, this battery life is beyond what I expected.
same. Friday noon, now 2pm Monday - battery still shows 23%. (no activities or apps, just trying to see how long it lasts)
Just put my watch on my charger today for the first time. 90 to 15 (40 hrs). This is what I always wanted in an apple watch, i just wanted to not think about putting it on a charger just so it can last through my sleep. Now, i can just do a quick top and know that will last me almost a full day.
Yeah I think we can pretty much all agree on the fact that the battery life is insane.
I’m on my second charge. 22 hours since I fully charged it, 68% of battery left. Slept with it (theater mode to have the screen off while sleeping), had a 40 min workout. No cellular activated, background refresh on, max brightness.
I’m on my second charge. 22 hours since I fully charged it, 68% of battery left. Slept with it (theater mode to have the screen off while sleeping), had a 40 min workout. No cellular activated, background refresh on, max brightness.
Last seven years, I used to charge my Series 0-7 watches every morning as a part of my morning routine. Apple Watch Ultra has finally changed that, phenomenal battery life.
I set it up (did not restore from a backup), activated cellular, installed the latest PB while on charger, did a soft reset on both my iPhone and Watch after the installation and took the Watch off the charger right around noon on Friday.
My settings have been the same since the introduction of AOD:
I set it up (did not restore from a backup), activated cellular, installed the latest PB while on charger, did a soft reset on both my iPhone and Watch after the installation and took the Watch off the charger right around noon on Friday.
My settings have been the same since the introduction of AOD:
- Background refresh: On
- Installed apps: Only a few that I care about having on my Watch
- AOD: Off except workouts
- Wake on Wrist Raise: Off
- Wake on Crown Up: Off
- Wake Duration: 15 seconds
- Chimes: On, hourly.
- Listen for "Hey Siri": Off
- Raise to Speak: Off
- Haptic Alerts: On
- Theatre Mode: On except workouts
- Overnight/tracking my sleep: Sleep/DND mode whichever kicks in first.
22% after 46 hours.
- 2, 30-minute indoor walks
- 2 nights of sleep tracking
- AOD on
- Morning alarm set
- Background app refresh on
Pretty impressed so far!
Now, here's a question for the group. If we're not having to charge as much, will this affect the battery health? I would think fewer discharge/charge cycles would have some effect. I'm no expert on battery chemistry, so I'll leave that for those who are.
- 2, 30-minute indoor walks
- 2 nights of sleep tracking
- AOD on
- Morning alarm set
- Background app refresh on
Pretty impressed so far!
Now, here's a question for the group. If we're not having to charge as much, will this affect the battery health? I would think fewer discharge/charge cycles would have some effect. I'm no expert on battery chemistry, so I'll leave that for those who are.
Loving the battery life on the Ultra so far even from the Series 7 45mm. Been in use for 46 hours so far from a 100% charge and I still have 28% left, should be able to squeeze close to another 24hrs out of that. My usual use is text messages, email, get quite a few notifications daily, package tracking, using the timer if cooking and controlling my home with the home app so nothing really demanding.
- Background refresh: On (all apps and I have quite a few 3rd party ones)
- AOD: On
- Wake on Wrist Raise: On
- Wake on Crown Up: On
- Listen for "Hey Siri": On
- Raise to Speak: On
- Haptic Alerts: On
- Background noise detection: On
- Sleep tracking: On
- Display brightness: 2nd bar
- Haptics: Prominent (max setting)
- Cellular: Activated and always on, but my watch is in range of the phone 99% of the time.
I am 89% with 8 hours and 12 minutes off charger. I have had cellular disabled today, but still, this thing is amazing. I believe Apple is way underrating the battery life. Even yesterday when I had cellular activated, logged 2 separate 30 minute workouts, I was able to end the day with 69% with over 13 hours on wrist.
Yeah this thing is a BEAST as far as Apple Watch goes. I have had mine since Friday and it’s been a conversation starter. I recommend to anyone who wants a solid all around smartwatch/sport watch.
Even with my Series 7 45mm with my type of usage I could get between 1 day to 1.5 days out of that battery before it would be completely dead, so with the Ultra I was pretty sure I could get 2 to 3 days out of it and it's definitely living up to my expectations 
Being able to charge the watch far less often should increase the battery health pretty significantly.
Being able to charge the watch far less often should increase the battery health pretty significantly.
Read a review pointing out that the promised 36-hour battery life is only when the ultra is connected to a phone, which handles the GPS activities etc. If you are using it alone, the battery life take a big hit (according to the review).
www.wsj.com
Apple Watch Ultra Review: Better Battery Life, but Not Quite Extreme
Apple’s newest wearable is for endurance athletes and outdoorsy types, with multiday battery life and a rugged build. So how does it fare against reigning champ Garmin?
www.wsj.com