Apple Watch series 5 battery life

Mine is a series 4 and I am also experiencing the same issue as the Rdbgolf.

Mine use to last for 2 whole days with ~25% to spare but now it just finished 24 hours with 35% left huge difference from my watchOS 5. Thats after un-pairing and pairing, resetting and deleting all apps, turning off notifications, background refresh and everything that makes a smart watch smart. basically now I am having a regular watch on.

My bet is that something is wrong with watchOS 6 or iOS 13 which causing all these issues.

This I think is my issue - and my watch is on my arm, not doing anything. AOD is on, but I am not looking at the watch more than 2-3 times an hour. I did have a 40 min call, but that usage should be less than standby.

I have also something similar, my watch S4 is reporting better life it took 32 hours to reach 15%. Nothing changed i did the same things i do everyday.

yesterday i went to sleep with the watch at 65% and left it next to me and did not charge it. Today it lasted me till 2PM.

below is the charge and usage when I wore it this morning at 7am

This may sound strange, but here's what I noticed. Yesterday morning I started with a full charge. Just a few hours later I was down to 70%. I charged it again, and tightened the strap a little. The battery life is greatly improved. Today I've had it on for 7 hours and I'm at 85%. Maybe intermittent contact with the sensor drains it?

I am very disappointed in the S5 battery life compared to S4. I have been playing with different faces. It has been around 50% of what I normally get. Tomorrow, I am going to try to disable the always on feature and see if that is what the different is. Betting it is. If it is, then the only difference is a compass in the new hardware.

I always buy the latest hardware from Apple (sort of an addiction). To be honest, this is probably going to be the first apple product that I am going to send back and just stick with my Apple Watch Series 4.

I had the same with a fairly new series 4 where I’d be lucky to get 10 hours. It was my first so I didn’t have any expectations. Friends were getting 24 - 30 out of theirs on occasion so I contacted customer support, and told them it did not meet the expected behavior. They ran a set of tests remotely, then I asked for it to be sent in for repair.

They have replaced the watch. I bought a 5 in the meantime, and I get easily 24 - 30 hours with always on switched on, raise to wake, all background apps refreshing.

i recommend you open a support ticket and ask for a repair. You’ll probably get a replacement.

or if it’s within 30 days take it back to the retailer that sold it to you for a refund/ exchange

Here's where I'm at with mine (went from S3 to S5, both LTE)

I originally setup the watch with a restore

Was seeing about 1% drain every 4-6 minutes (not noise meter or compass enabled, but using an infograph face

reset the watch and setup as new with no apps

only installed the apps I wanted

Battery was still draining rather fast

Lost 20% during a 1 hour outdoor run (no music)

Turned off the AOD, and now it looks like it's going to last as long or longer than my S3

So basically, I have an S4.

Here's where I'm at

At 6:32pm watch was at 75%. I turned on the AOD. in 46 min it dropped to 70%. So more than 5% per hour. By Apple's estimate the watch should lose 5.5% per hour and that is assuming 1 hour of workout with LTE and GPS, 90 views of the watch, and like 45 min of apps. I literally did nothing for 46 min and lost 5%.

At 7:18 I turned AOD off. Lost 7% in 1 hour 43 min, and I took a call for about 3 min. That seems to be a battery drain way more in line with what is expected. 3-4% per hour when not really doing much.

Also important to keep in mind that I am on wifi this whole time connected to my phone. So I am not on cell service at all.

I'm going with AOD is not all it's cracked up to be.

I don’t use my watch that much. With series 4, I would go to bed with 55-60% left in the battery. Since series 5 I have 5-9% left.

tomorrow I am going to try turning off automatic on display and see what happens

nwxt after they is returning it and going back ton series 4, I can’t justify all this money for a compass.

Another update:

2 hours with AOD off, 8% (no real activity, but I did take a call)

46 min with AOD on, 7% lost (no activity)

I have about another hour of work. Have AOD back on.

I could care less about Noise meter or the compass. What I really cared about was AOD. So far it's a complete bust. If this doesn't live up to the hype, there's no reason for me to even switch from the series 3.

I guess I am not the only one w/ this question. I just read an article that says about 18 hours but that is with a lot of use. I get exactly 18 hours. Others with older versions said from 24 - 36 hours.

My Titanium Series 5 has the same problem. I’ve got a Series 2 that has better battery life! I’m contacting Apple support tomorrow and if they can’t resolve this I’m returning it as I’m not paying this much to be there R&D.

This morning I turned off the always on display and noise monitoring. Watch has been on battery for 90 mins and used work used workout app for a 45 minute outdoor walk. Just looked and watch is still at 100%. Yesterday I would have been at 85%.

let’s see if what today brings

tomorrow I may enable display and see if noise monitoring is the issue.

will decide on Friday if I am returning, especially if I have to turn off features.

So I just upgraded from a series 2 to a series 5. Yesterday was my first full day and about a hour and a half in I was shocked to see the battery at 84%. Today I turned off the noise measurement & after 6 hours, a trip to the gym it’s at 83%. Seems clear what feature is eating the battery.