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WatchOS 11 Beta Thread
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Ohhh same here. I also charge it before bed and if I have to go to work the morning before. I also have been working out longer than usual due to the weather cooling down in the fall season, I had been doing lots of dancing/HIIT, last month with kickboxing and end my workouts with 20-45minutes yoga or Mindful Cooldown 10mins+ depending on the day. I do use the optimized charging limit only if it kicks in and I don’t have to charge it full, like I need it in a pinch 🤏 like getting more juice in it for a workout.
This is totally abnormal, man. Y’all with these Apple Watches for less than a year or newer batteries cannot degrade so much even if we take care of it properly. 10% decrease in battery health is a bug if we had these Apple Watch Ultra 2 models for only a month or two (with the black titanium case) or less than a year (natural titanium).
The way our Apple Watch calculates these things are quite off. Remember when we first discussed the big drops in battery life and draining in watchOS 11.1 developer beta, there are inconsistencies due to the logging that occurs in the background. I understand Apple Watch Ultra users in these betas feel left out from not having an advantage over charging sparingly by every other day, but if you have these huge struggles, I recommend turning off AOD if it distracts you, bringing a mini power pack and a charging cable for your Apple Watch in your MacBook bag, or minimizing use of cellular especially in workouts; always carry your iPhone with you.
The battery health of my Series 6 is down to 78%. I am pretty sure it was around 85% before.
I can not blame anybody because I use it everyday so it's normal the battery health decrease.
I wait for the new beta which should be released today or next week. I expect to see if there is a difference in battery health percentage.
Wow how often do you charge it and how long did you have the Apple Watch Series 6? Did you also submit feedback as well?
I bought the Series 6 at the release. I wear it 23 hours by day, the rest is the charging. I didn't submitted feedback, I wait for the new beta to compare.
There’s a new beta interesting to see if there’s any changes to battery health
What watch do you have? What beta did you have installed previously?
On my Series 6 the battery health is same on beta 3 than on beta 2
Maybe we need to wait some cycles to see improvements!
Same here on my Series 6. I didn't try to install it on my Ultra 2 and it seems like I made the correct decision.
Ohhh let’s see. Just curious is your Apple Watch Series 6 model the blue aluminum one or the red one? These colors look great and are exclusive to that series. There’s also introduction to graphite in leiu of space black, not too dark.
How on earth would it not install on Apple Watch Ultra 2 devices? Was it bricking like the 3rd watchOS 11.1 beta?