watchOS 6 breaks third party charging

Wrong - The only people here are the hosts that monitor the system and make sure the rules are followed and some Apple employees that answer questions that go unanswered for a 12 - 24 hour period with cites from the knowledge base. Neither class of employee has anything to do with what you are asking. For what you want go here: Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple

Keep in mind if you are not using a certified Made for iDevice cable or power adapter they won't do anything. And it has never been possible to revert and iDevice OS, not on the iPhone, Apple TV, iPad, iPod or Watch. But the Watch is even more problematic to do so and even developers must send in their test Watch if they run into an issue.

I'm not sure how the title of your thread proves that Apple routinely monitors these. The deletion from my post proves the hosts are being diligent and doing their job but that is not the same thing. If you are using an MFi 3rd party charger do use the link I provided.

What programs are you refering to and does this not rather negate the benefits of the Watch? After all few of us bought our Apple Watch to use primarily as a watch.

What programs (apps) are you suggesting are causing the problems?

Thanks and I thought as much, but the two devices that I have from third parties that worked flawlessly with my Series 2 Watch have stopped working with my Series 5 (WatchOS6) watch; displaying the charge logo for about 5-10 seconds then resetting. I am worried this might cause damage to the battery in the watch but also seems to drain the battery rather than charge it.

I am having the same problem. This is ridiculous.

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Not true. I have multiple 3 in 1 chargers, mfi certified and otherwise, however, none of them work with Apple Watch series 5 running wos6. They all work with my series 3 running wos6. Apple messed something up because if you check the recent reviews for the $140 3 in 1 charger Apple sells on the official store you’ll see that it doesn’t even work...

Yep. Might be a bit, but hopefully just a problem in the OS instead of hardware. There is also an issue with IOS 13.1 which appears to have disabled quick charging on some iPhone 11’s by only allowing 5w instead of the necessary 7.5w for QC.

No, I’m using a licensed third party charger and it doesn’t work after the update. Raised the issue with Apple and they said it might be fixed in a future update. Until they, Apple bricked my charger.

I have a licensed third-party charger and the Series 4 no longer charges on it after the update. Did all troubleshooting with Apple. They established the issue might be resolved in a future update but offered no workaround.

That’s not good news, surely it has to be in Apples interest to sort this out as a priority a number of its third party manufacturers who have paid to produce licenced products to work with apple stuff will be a bit put out!

When I called Apple Support, they implied that others were having the problem and they anticipated a fix with a future update. I’m not hopeful - I’m returning my charger to Amazon and getting a different one.

You cannot fall back to previous operating versions, especially on the Watch. Are you saying your Watch doesn't charge with your Apple charger? Is the 3rd party charger you are using MFi certified?

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Wrong - Apple staff routinely monitor discussion threads. Read the title of the thread. I'm stating like many that my 3rd party chargers no longer work after updating. The inability to revert to a previous OS is ridiculous.

I just discovered this problem this morning. I charge my watch every night, but when I put it on this morning, I noticed it was already down to 10% charge. I headed into work and tried charging with my normally reliable Anker 40W IQ charger and a 3rd-party magnetic cable. No dice. Will not charge. Not being able to supplement my Apple hardware with 3rd-party cords, chargers, etc is not exactly how Apple burnishes their reputation. Most people need multiple chargers for travel, work, etc. Having to buy only Apple products changes the math considerably.

You're right, it would be a really bad move. Would the watch be able to tell a licensed charger from a cheap, non-licensed one, though? I don't know if that kind of verification is possible, and if Apple would use it to "brick" non-licensed chargers...

Well the proof would appear to be that third party chargers have problems and the Apple supplied Ones don’t. I use an old series two charger as well as the one that came with my series 5 and both work flawlessly. My licences third party charges don’t.