Monika SA

Q: battery life

My Applewatch runs out of battery before the end of an event even if charged fully. Can I change the settings so that eg less frequent heart rate is measured in order to save some battery life? What to do?

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Posted on Sep 16, 2016 9:12 AM

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  • by kman477,Solvedanswer

    kman477 kman477 Sep 28, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Monika SA
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Monika SA

    Hi Monika,

     

    There are several ways that you can conserve battery life on the Apple Watch with watchOS 3. Although you can't make the watch take less frequent heart rate readings, you can disable the heart rate sensor during workouts. This can be done by going into the My Watch app on your iPhone, Select workout and turn on Power Saving mode. You can also turn off the Raise to Wake feature so that the watch face won't turn on every time you raise your wrist.

    If you want to see specifically what app/activity on your Watch uses the most energy, you can go into the My Watch app on your iPhone, select General, then Usage. This will outline the apps and tasks that use the most energy on your Apple Watch. Refer to this article for more information on battery saving on Apple Watch (and other Apple Devices):

     

    http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/

     

    Hope this helps.

  • by Monika SA,

    Monika SA Monika SA Sep 28, 2016 11:07 AM in response to kman477
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:07 AM in response to kman477

    Thanks kman477! Much appreciated.

  • by xb12scg,

    xb12scg xb12scg Sep 28, 2016 12:53 PM in response to Monika SA
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    Sep 28, 2016 12:53 PM in response to Monika SA

    i have the same problem. At the last day's i tested something.

     

    1. Watch reset / Configured as new watch (no backup install)

    2. The Battery works the first Day perfekt.

    3. The second day, the Battery drains to about ~8% in one hour

    4. The Third Day i take the watch at the morning with (100 % after load) AND do a hard reset on watch/iphone -

        THE Battery works this day perfect !

    5. At the next day without a hard reboot at the morning.... same drain ~8% per hour .....

         on this day i made the airplane mode at the watch on ... but the drain go on ....

     

    I think something in watchos3 is buggy ....