Apple watch battery dying very quickly

I opened a chat with support, was escalated to dedicated watch rep, he recommended that I un-pair the watch from iPhone, then re-pair and monitor for 24 hours. I did that last night after getting both devices charged up above 50%, and my watch behaved MUCH better today. Will keep monitoring...

I finally did the “unpair and reset the watch to factory settings”. Once it re. -paired with the phone and ran the watch iSo 7.1 upgrade the battery is back to two days on the watch. Painful process resetting it up for a simple software upgrade.

I had the same excessive draining of my Series 5 watch. After trying all the Apple recommended "solutions" without success, I found what appears to be at least a partial solution. I turned off "HandWashing" and my watch now keeps its charge close to my previous performance. I still see about a 5% - 10% increase in the amount it drains. I am guessing that there are further issues with the Watch OS7 release. Hope this helps.

Un-pair and re-pair definitely solved my issue. I charged my watch up to 100% at 9am today, it is now 10pm and I am at 52% left - maybe better than before the upgrade!

Hi!

Tips from Apple: Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple

This started on my series 3 IMMEDIATELY after installing 7.0.3. Ever since, my “watch” has spent more time on the charger than my wrist. I’ve got it set to the bare minimum utility (no complications, no apps, no wifi, no background app, no screen wake on wrist rise, etc) and I’m still losing 10% / HOUR.

I have two Apple watches, a series 6 that I just got (and was just replaced by Apple trying to fix the battery), and a series 4. Since watch OS 7 and my new Apple Watch, they both are draining really quickly. My series 4, which before would end the day around 35%, died yesterday at 6:30 pm after being on for only 12 hours. My series 6 today dropped to 83% after only 2 hours. I have to imagine there is something with the software that is screwing this up. I’ve already gone to Apple once and they replaced the series 6, but I’m having the same problems.

Добрый день. После обновления 7.0.2 , проблемы с быстрой разрядкой, были решены!

I've had similar problems. After updating OS on my Apple Watch and MacBook Pro, the watch battery drains ridiculously fast. I am now having to charge the watch at least two times/day, usually three. Rather pointless to have a watch if one cannot actually use it.

I've reset the watch, unpaired and paired the watch to the iPhone (with an updated iOS) multiple times. No improvement.

Hours wasted in chat with Apple Support.

Lack of satisfaction is growing exponentially.

In case it returns, Apple has finally published this support document that fixes some of these problems: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865

Do note that restoring your iPhone and Apple Watch can result in some missing data, such as missing Watch data from the time that WatchOS 7 / iOS 14 was installed until now. And maybe missing apps that are no longer in the App Store. Also if you are connected to your work, you may need to link it back up to your work servers. And Apply Pay and Face/Touch ID will need to be setup anew (both were easy for me). It also resets your contact tracing database.

My Apple Watch charge has been running to zero in less than 10 hours. What’s going on? A watch that can’t even get me through the day is of limited value.

I did this and it is still dying by 10:30 am after being fully charged at 7:00 a.m.

An update:

I tried all of the recommended fixes suggested by Apple Support, Chat dialogue with an Apple Support rep, and in this forum: Unpairing/pairing, diagnostics, etc. No improvement. I submitted a repair request and sent my watch to Apple for repair. It was returned less than 24 hours after receipt by Apple (based on text and email notifications), with no repair. Since my battery is currently ‘functioning at 80%,’ Apple will not even look further and make any necessary repairs. I received the watch back with no improvement.

I’ve since upgraded to new iPhone and MacBook Pro, and I’ve paired my watch to my new iPhone. All OS upgrades have been conducted, and still, my watch charge drains in fewer than 7 hours. (Charge does last somewhat longer if I am not in proximity to my laptop and iPad, but still it does not make it through one full business day...)

This is completely unacceptable. A timepiece that needs to be charged/plugged in for the majority of the day is not a watch. It is a clock!!

Apple needs to acknowledge the problem and take immediate steps to make the fix available to current, loyal consumers.

Since I did the latest software update on my Apple Watch the battery has started dying very quickly. I can't get through half a day without having to charge my watch. Is this a software issue? I have checked the settings in the watch app and turned off background app refresh for almost all of my apps. I'm not sure what else I can do, doesn't make sense to have a watch that doesn't even last a day.

Та же проблема! После обновления, часы стали бесполезной игрушкой! А какой фитнес активности с ними можно говорить, если они до вечера, просто не доживают. До обновления часов, заряда хватало на целый день, с учетом тренировки! Правда, очень большое разочарование!!!