Apple Watch battery draining fast after 6.2.1 update

Not sure on a 3 as I have the 4. I twice unpaired my watch from phone. Second time I reset the watch to delete all data and also to reset from backup rather then as a new watch- I did not back up watch but phone was good. Reset from a back up of another version other then the 6.2.1 first listed But once done the watch version was back to 6.2.1. I shut all notices off- deleted all apps and It holds battery now. Will slowly add in things I want one at a time to see if still holding. Hope this helps. It has with other folks above.

I have a Series 3 that was working perfectly until a week ago... I updated to 6.2.1 and now the battery drains in half a day... Tried to reboot, reset and hard-reset... Nothing works!! Like today at 2:30 I was at 20% left. Typically at the end of day I would be at 60-50%.

I powered off phone and then my watch. Then power phone then watch. That seemed to help my battery level, so far. I have a friend who owns Electronics repair store. He said that the new update is sometimes to powerful for the old models and your watch is running trying to operate on new updates. (If that makes since.

Thanks!

That worked for me as well.

apple watch 5, just 3 months old.

Charged to 100%, shut down for 15 minutes and restarted.

has been showing gradually decreasing battery percentage and is now 50% after 10 hours of usage

Mine is dead in 5 hours. Just talked with Apple support and they did a battery diagnostics test and it came back with no problems. Since I have apple care tho, they’re sending me a new one. They said it shouldn’t be draining that fast, especially after I did a factory reset on It.

I have a series 2 and since the update I am having same issues. I haven’t been able to use my watch for more than 2 hours. Previously with workouts, using apps, etc., my watch would last at least a day and a half. It turns itself off randomly and won’t turn in until I put back on charger. Then it turns on saying I have 100% battery. Take it off and put on, 1 hour later I’m at 20% then it turns off again. Other times I put on charger and it won’t charge past 65%. Before update it charged and worked great. I’m so frustrated. I was told I could send it in for $250. Really Apple!!!

I have tried everything suggested on all the different battery drain discussion threads and nothing has helped. Force Touch also hasn't worked since the drain issue appeared on my watch. Getting pretty frustrated. Apple Watch 3, latest OS.

Same here. I sent my watch back to Apple after phone diagnostics. Apple said nothing is wrong. I don’t have Apple care and recently purchased in January. I’m screwed. I have unpaired and reset numerous times. The last update really killed my watch.

Unfortunately my series 2 is still having issues. I did chat with support and they recommended I do a phone call next. The tech said it could be my battery. My watch was fine before the update. No issues with charging or draining until after the update. It was immediate difference. Now it’s worthless. I’m beyond frustrated. I bought a new charger like they recommended. The watch will say it’s 100% charged, but once I put it on my wrist, it’s dead 2 mins later.

Update**after the online and phone support. They stated it was my battery. I still don’t agree but I did pay $94 for battery replacement. That included shipping, part and labor. I was sent a replacement watch, apparently they don’t replace batteries. Now I could have used that money to upgrade but my watch has sentimental value (anniversary gift) and I have stainless steel version. Since getting the replacement I paired it with my phone, charged it but didn’t use it. Waiting for screen protectors. The replacement watch drained from 100% to 77% while sitting on my dresser while I was out for work. I was gone maybe 8 hours total. I did another chat because I didn’t understand why. I was told to unpair, shutdown, turn on and repair. I did do that. Today I left it at home again fully charged. I been gone 9 hours and battery is at 94% after returning. Regardless I still think the update did something to my watch to begin with. I went from being able to go almost 2 full days on a complete charge Pre-update to battery drain and charging issues immediately after update. I hope more people keep sharing their stories.

Also there was a video on YouTube about watches and when Apple says it’s a battery issue but might not be, look for it and try the steps if you’re considering repairing or replacing.

So far, since the update people have complained from series 2(me) through series 5 about the same issues after the update.

So after talking to Apple support they had me do a complete factory reset on both devices. I don’t know what it was, but it fixed whatever problem I had with my Series 4 watch. When I did the reset on the phone he told me to set it up as new and wait about 3 days before I added any apps back onto my phone. Just a little FYI.

Yeah, this thing has a way of returning in a couple of weeks. It would be great if in a month you can let us know how it's going! I have "fixed" this problem by resetting phone and watch a few times and it always comes back. I have not done a factory reset of both devices yet. I guess I'm incredulous that such a horribly destructive procedure is necessitated by a bug that Apple is not even acknowledging as real from what I can tell.

For sure I’ll keep you updated. So far I’m going on 2 weeks now and I haven’t seen any problems yet. Trust me it’s a total pain in the butt resetting everything and then reinstalling everything. I was to the point where I was just about done with my Apple Watch. I was so ******.

Thanks! Yeah, that's where I am too. I have a lot of apps that track a lot of things, and resetting my phone to factory and reinstalling everything from scratch would be a horror show. I will look into it, though. I'm getting tired of the old "recharge to 100%, turn off, wait 30 minutes, restart" trick that works reliably but is a short-term fix.