WatchOS 7.5 battery drain

Only if Apple refunds me 50% for a critical feature.

I’m not inclined toward performing trouble shooting for Apple.

I took my watch off the charger at 7am est. Right now, it's sitting 25%. Makes me sad as well.

Absolutely - something got messed up in the update destroying battery life. Apple is in denial.

Exactly, turning off features is not fixing.

I have noticed that too. I think they will fix it in next update.

watch 7.6.1 released but nothing changed, no fix for this issue

Posted here in error.

this watch is getting useless after 7.6.1 update. In the evening I am on the power reserve. Did restarts, unpaired etc

You are lucky to still have a warranty. For my Apple Watch 4 is like planned obsolescence. Today my watch died at 5 pm….

This exactly how I feel about my S4 :-(

Guess I'm off to the Genius Bar! Thanks

Elisabeth

iOS 15 and watchOS 8: I know after any update you have to wait at least 72 hours, but my watch was 65% when I went to bed yesterday and was 18% when I woke up this morning. Embarassing.

I have done the restart several times as others have suggested, and it has helped, sometimes. However, some app or process in the background eventually starts up and will drain the battery, as usual, since the 7.5 update. This morning I started at 100% and tracked a 45-minute workout while listening to some podcasts, ut it was down to 15% by around 8 am. This was never an issue to all-day use before watchOS 7.5. I will note it was very warm during charging, and this changed after a restart during charging. Since the recharge/restart, it has behaved closer to normal. Maybe a process tied to podcasts or fitness is an issue.

My watch is a series 5 cellular with a service plan

I’m not sure if I’ve fixed the problem but it’s got better. I unpaired the watch, repaired it. Reset it pressing the crown and button together and then drained it completely followed by a full charge. It’s only a couple of days but it’s definitely draining less. Yesterday it went from 98% at 8am to 21% at 7.30 am this morning having worn it overnight. The watch was in theatre mode for about 4.5 hours as I was playing golf so the display was off but the watch was still being worn.

Steve