I updated my series 4 Apple Watch to WatchOS 7 today. I use my watch all day and usually have about 30% battery left when I go to bed and start changing. Today my phone got to 10% by 2:30 pm! Why is this drawing so quickly?
I had the same issue on my Apple Watch Series 4 after updating to iOS7. I tried shutting down background app refresh, and ensured sleep app and hand washing apps were off.
This didn't fix issue so I read on some other forums about repairing to your iPhone. So I did a reset on my watch. I restored using the same backup I just reset and today the problem seems to be gone. After a 2hour walk I have only went down 13% which is normal level. When I was running out of battery my watch was showing a 35% drop after my walk.
if restoring from the backup didn't work I was going to try setting up as new watch but obviously I didn't have to go that far.
Same here, I have a series 4, 44mm w/att cell service. Updated to watchOS 7, 100% at 12pm and by 6:30pm...DEAD! Only reason I knew it was about to die, the 10% battery alert chimed. Seemed like a few minutes later, it just died.
Same here. I havr series 5, 4 months old. Before update to OS7 I use to have all day hiking workout with gps tracking for several hours and around 20 km long trip, no problem and gave watches on charger around midnight with battery over 15-20%. Today after 11 km and 3hrs tracking it came dead! Apple wake up and fix it immediately!
I have dug around to read that this is not too unusual after a major update. Behind the scenes apparently things are still going on even though you think the update is finished. A suggestion is a hard reset. I am trying that and will see what happens.
I have a Series 4 LTE (cellular disabled), purchased in November, same issue.
I've attempted to shut off all services I don't use, yet my drain is far more severe than OS6 (100 > 86% in two hours sitting at my desk). It previously was at 94-95% over the same period.
Others have noted activity - walking, hiking, etc. - which has an obvious greater impact, but what baffles me is that sitting still would indicate a core OS function type thing.
Also handwashing was off by default on mine. I did turn sleep tracking on, but haven't used it through the night.
There is a fix without repairing that I have found works so far and I have been through all the betas (this started with beta 5). Go to your Watch and go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health and disable "Optimized Battery Charging". This is a new feature by Apple and clearly not working out. You will notice a significant change in battery drain (although I say the battery life is worse overall). Also forget using Always on Display. It has be off until they fix this.
Hope this helps!
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Update. I have changed most of the settings in "Background App refresh" ( under "General" ). To being OFF! Then I have unpaired the watch in the watch app on the iPhone. then repaired it. Took about 30 mins in total. This seems to have sorted the battery drain issue. The watch 4 is now using about 5-6% an hour compared to 10-12% an hour when it was draining horrendously fast after updating to ios14. hope this helps a few people! 🤗👍🏻🕸
UPDATE -> I just turned off all music, podcasts, and photo (mirroring) and disabled sleep. To contradict my comments below.. I am going to reset/repair, and will report back in 1-2 days (obviously doing sooner wouldn't have enough data).
Again I have a S4 Nike LTE, with cellular off, purchased 11/2019 (although it was kind of a new/old stock situation)
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I'm leery to unpair/repair (I've done this a ton of times with S2, S3, S4, and now S5) and it rarely solves *battery* issues.
Especially for "well established" watches.
I often lose watch faces, complications go haywire, settings reset, or it loves to reinstall Nike and/or other crapware I don't use.
So... here's holding out hope for 7.0.1... or... most likely, Apple is doing this on purpose to drive "planned obsolescence"
final comment -> thinking of buying a Watch SE, then comparing its battery life (with a backup) to my S4 to see how close it is. In that case, it's malicious.
FOUND IT (I think - sorry if I'm wrong).
Both my iPhone 11 Pro Max ***AND*** Watch enabled "optimized battery charging" upon update to iOS 14 and watchOS 7.
This would make sense - worse daily battery life is absolutely a result of the stupid optimized charging feature (i.e. iPhone dropped to 80% when it previously wasn't below 92%). And the battery life of my Watch shows 100% (of new), which also makes sense, since I don't use it a lot.
Also - after resetting, I was prompted for - and agreed to - reduce motion. I think this also could have a positive effect.
Hi,
My Apple Watch S4 battery has been a joke since WatchOS7 install.
I have followed advice of others on hear, I have un-paired the watch. Then setup as a new device.
I was loosing over 10% battery per hour before the un-pair. Since completing the fix I have lost 10% in 3 hours. So fingers crossed it’s worked.
You should not have to do this, Apple need to resolve before release. But I hope this helps everyone having issues.
It took about 30min to complete the fix. 👍
Same issue for me on my Watch Series 4, which I‘ve updated today. Usually after 24h I am on somewhere between 50-60% also while doing sleep tracking (AutoSleep App). Since this morning 9am where the Watch was on 100%, it was already down to 27% at 7pm and had to recharge to bring it through the upcoming night.
Please get this fixed ASAP! My new series 6 watch arrives in about a week.
I also experience this battery drain on my series 4. I usually could do about 1,5 days without charging. Some days 3I could even make it 2 days. But since watchOS7 it is terrible. I don’t even make it through one whole day and that is without a workout. When I use a workout like a run or a walk, I can not even make it through half a day.
I've "... escalated many issues to Apple"... including keyboard, battery, and now AirPods... and they've "been aware".... but don't do anything until the press (or firms) catch wind and take action.
True.
Especially if it's forcing planned obsolescence of old devices.
True.
It has been over 72 hours for me and I have restarted multiple times. I am on a chat session with them now so there is a data point. Not really expecting a resolution today, but maybe if we all contact Apple there will be sufficient numbers for an OS revision.
Same problem as everyone else here, Series 4. Updated when WatchOS 7 came out a few days ago - was hoping things would improve after a few days when the background tasks quieted down after the update but no such luck. I typically would end my day with around 60% battery remaining, never had to even check the battery. Since WatchOS 7 I'm down to about 30% by about 3PM, same activity as prior. I'm really hoping this gets fixed ASAP.
I've had four chats with Apple but nothing other than an Apple employee cyberstalking me. This is right after my chat. Scary.
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