Ever since I downloaded the new update on my Apple Watch the battery is draining fast. I took it to the Apple Store they sent it away. I got it back today and it’s still doing the same thing. I literally turned everything off, rebooted and set it up as a new watch and I still have the same problem. Does anyone else have this problem?
Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 5
The same thing happened to me. Series 4. A month or so after I got 5.2, my battery started draining super quickly. After normal use, I used to get 60% or so leftover battery at the end of the day. After the drain started, it drained and turned off on its own by 7-8pm.
I took it to the store, they of course ran 2 minute diagnostic and they said the physical hardware is fine. They gave me the standard battery saving "tips", even though my usage patterns did not change before and after the issue started.
I tried a complete wipe and reset as new, didn't help. I wiped again and did not install any third party apps, I turned off background refresh, I kept it in airplane mode, I did not set up cellular, nothing helped. I upgraded to 5.2.1 when it came out, same deal.
I took it to the store again, they ran the same diagnostic, the person assisting me said "I see something in the background is draining your battery". The person assisting me gave me the same stale tips about apps and background refresh. I insisted that those did not help me, and then they shipped it off to the repair center. Less than 24 hours after they got it, they sent it back to the store with "couldn't replicate issue". I assume they ran the same superficial diagnostic instead of wearing it for a couple of hours to see the battery drop dead in front of their eyes.
I'm about to go pick it up from the store today, and I am not happy at all with how it was handled.
For me too, the latest watchOS update, plus the latest IOS update appear to have solved my watch battery draining problem. (fingers crossed). One thing I noticed on IOS13 (previous update) under settings > battery was that the Music app was using a lot of cpu time. As It happened, I had not opened or used the Music app at all for a few weeks. After the latest IOS update, this has stopped. This may have nothing to do with watchOS, but since the watch is closely tied to the iPhone, it can't be ignored.
The update seemed to have kind of fixed everything too. Watch battery would reach 30-50% at the end of 12 hour work day which is very good.
However, last Friday night, on the commute home my music app stopped again and I took my phone out of my pocket to discover it overheating. It got so bad I couldn't even open my music app. I would tap on the icon and it would dim to show I did tap it, but it would not open.
Today is Monday and just now I put music on while as my desk doing some work and halfway through the first song I played the music stopped and my phone went really hot again. Instantly my watch battery dropped about 10% in the space of 5 minutes.
Perhaps it is the use of bluetooth to listen? I am using the first gen AirPods so maybe that is contributing. I no longer own any wired ones to test this theory out as it seems to be a very inconsistent bug that doesn't occur every music listening session (two commutes a day plus occasion desk work where I'll play some music).
This also happens when I play music on Spotify but so far has not occurred for podcasts on Spotify... But early days, maybe I'll wake up tomorrow to a hot phone regardless of what I listen to...
Usually a reset takes care of the problem, but you have tried that without success. You don't say which watch series you have. If it's an old watch you might need to replace the battery.
I wonder what recourse we have. Very discouraging. I have always been an Apple fan but after I see how I’ve been treated I’m beginning to wonder.
Well, you could try to whip up a pitchfork mob. Or you could try gathering some solid and provable facts as I suggested above.
Same here, did the reset, unpair/pair etc. Barely holding a charge.
went by the apple store. AW3 which is leas than 4 months old. They said nothing wrong with it of course. They will send it for further diagnosis. I am pretty sure it wont come back with a fix.
Usually a reset by pressing in the crown and side button until you see the Apple logo, then releasing both buttons...takes care of this problem.
They sent me replacement- that has been working ok so far. I need to test out another one that I had purchased at the same time. I am sure something is not right- they are not acknowledging it.
I’m having the exact same experience since with my series 3 Apple Watch since the recent upgrade!! This is awful. Android watch is looking better all the time.
NickEnzo can you describe what you did exactly? Siri on the watch or in your phone settings? Thnx
My watch battery seems to be fine today. But I do notice this seems to happen everytime there is an update. Makes me wonder if the update is resetting something?
It must be! I’ll be glad when iOS 13 is released so that Apple support have to help with this! Could be all fixed with Watch OS6 🤞🏻
Same
The Siri solution works for me!! I have turned off her access to all apps except Apple apps. It has resolved the problem for my XS phone (running the latest iOS 13 beta) and V4 watch...
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apple watch battery draining after update
