watchOS 7 Battery Drain

Same here on a Series 5. Been looking around and it rumour has it that it is caused by the handwashing feature. This rings true with me as I didn't;t turn that on on day one and only after I did, did I notice a problem.

I'l turn it off and report back here.

So I think I’m zeroing in on something here:

Apple just had a service outage that lasted for a bit. During that time my battery drain was significantly SLOWER than when it was restored. Now that my battery is draining super fast and I did the whole:

• unpair
• set up as new
• power off phone
• power off watch
• power both back up

When I look at Battery on my watch, you can see the slope of the power drain changed during the outage and started to drop off again. I think this is tied to some apple services.

I fixed my Apple Watch battery drain issue with the unpair - re-pair process. Obviously doesn’t work for everyone tho. I’m afraid to update to watchOS 7.0.1 because I’m worried it will unfix what I fixed. I’m waiting for apple to release 7.1.

There is a cure for this which has worked for me and others and it was posted in this forum. I claim no ownership of it and it is replicated below and thank the originator for it. You may find that rebooting your iMac is needed after you have done this.

Apple Watch - Computer Unlock

1. Open "Keychain Access"
2. In "View", enable "Show Invisible Items"
3. Search for "Auto Unlock"
4. You should see a whole bunch of application passwords for "Auto Unlock: XXXX's ..."
5. Select all records and delete (this will reset/disable auto unlock on other Macs if you use multiple Macs)
6. Whilst still in "Keychain Access", search for "AutoUnlock" (no space)
7. There should be 4 entries for "tlk" "tlk-nonsync" "classA" "classC"
8. Select 4 records and delete (don't worry if they re-appear, the system repairs this automatically)
9. Open "Finder" and navigate to "~/Library/Sharing/AutoUnlock"
10. There should be two files "ltk.plist" and "pairing-records.plist"
11. Delete both files
12. Open "System Preferences" and try enabling auto unlock. You may need to enable it twice, the first attempt will fail.

For my AW4 the unpairing/repairing/restoring watch from backup and then powering iPhone off then watch seemed to do the trick I guess - I mean should I pat my head and rub my stomach in a circle at the same time too??? No noticeable battery degradation with new 7.0.2 update so far.

However, the CONTACTS have been removed for my Complications on the Infograph watch face so that's LAME. Apple fixes one thing and then screws up another. Honestly, are they for real??? Is there a team of monkeys working around the clock on this stuff???

Yosemite1937 I did keep complaining to Apple here in Australia and eventually my Series 5 was replaced a couple of months ago and this new one is soooo much better. So keep complaining and insist they replace your watch.

Apple Watch 5 same problem, since last update, battery draining fast, no gps maps logged in activity tracker when you do a run or cycle, run or walk work out, I did the unpair and restore from back up on phone and watch, it fixed the map logging in the activity tracker when you use the Apple workout app but I used to get 2 days from the battery, now I get about two thirds of a day out of the battery.

if you use the Nike app to do a run, it no longer displays the gps map route to the activity app, you can only see it in the Nike app.

i notice the Bluetooth from watch to ear buds is also no longer as reliable as it once was, often drops mid jog now where it never did before.

Hi there I've posted before. The specific problem I've had is that the watch will run for between 30 mins and an hour during a workout and then shut down and restart showing only reserve power, and after a protracted saga with Apple support staff and the watch going back twice and them agreeing that the battery itself is fine I finally connected with a fourth senior adviser who tackled the case and arranged a straightforward replacement (under warranty).

The problem I described above has been reported by a number of other people, and seems to be different from the general problem of rapid battery drain, but was made worse when OS 7 was installed.

People also say that unpairing and re-pairing helps, and that waiting a few days for the watch to settle down helps.

People also say that regarding the problem I described they have even had replacement watches and experienced the same problem

And a number of people reckon the problem is to do with both the watch and the paired phone, and may even go wider than that, that they are all interconnected and there's some deep bug

So I just received my replacement watch (and if you're having trouble with the Apple customer advisers, persist. I've found they vary from not at all helpful and obstructive to very helpful)

I've taken on board the suggestion that the problems can be to do with both the watch and the paired phone, so I've completely wiped my 6S phone and restored it from backup. it's on OS 14.2. I did this before attempting to pair with the watch.

Now I've paired it with the new replacement watch (running OS 7.1, which it came installed with).

I'm expecting the battery drain to be high for a couple of days from what others have said as the watch configures itself.

And then I'll go for a long run and see if it works any better . . . and report back on what happens!

I did have the same issue, but now a couple of days later it doesn’t seem anywhere near as bad? I deleted a sleep tracker I had and fixed the tile pro issue. Maybe it was one of those for me?

Well here’s news:

I did a restart via hold down both buttons 7-8 seconds.

put onto charger ... it took a charge!!!

Now at 100%

Unpairing and restoring worked for me as well. Feels even better than before I did the update. Thanks for the tip!

Pairing and unpairing my AW 4 worked for me as well. Back to normal battery drain. 7 hours since it was fully charged and I still have 75% left.

Today appeared an OS Watch update 7.0.1

I will try if helps to the battery problem

Just piling on here. Series 5 Cellular, I wear my watch 22/7, charging in the morning when I first wake up to 100% and then going all day and thru the night until the next morning. I would usually have around 20% left in the morning. Never had an issue until WatchOS 7 install. Yesterday and today my watch was completely dead and shut down by 3pm. No AOD and today I tried turning off hand washing to see if that helped, made no difference. Clearly an issue.

My Series 6 should arrive tomorrow, will be curious to see if the problem persists with the new one!?!

Same issue here with my apple watch series 4. I thought can be an issue with the hand washing reminder and tracker so switched it off today morning. The battery drain is approx 15% or higher per hour which hasnt been ever noticed with any previous updates.