WatchOS 7.5 battery drain

Before the update, with the current set up, I tried several time to almost not using it during the 9-10 working hours (from when I left to when I returned home), apart from reading a few incoming notifications and activate the display to just check the day time, and from 100% of the morning it passed to 75-80% at 17-18 pm in the afternoon. Now it’s 25-30%

yes.

I set the feature off but the watch is alteady at 92% after 1 hour or so, not using it.

Just like last time, since it’s not the first time it happens, they need to fix the issue with a new update since it’s not related to the watch setup or configuration 😡

My Apple Watch SE, bought in December 2020, was having the same battery drain issues after the watchOS 7.5 update. I tried doing the hard reset and all that stuff without any success. I left it at home for a couple of weeks because it was essentially useless and was waiting for an update. I started using it again a week and a half ago for workouts and noticed it was keeping its charge longer, more like pre-watchOS 7.5, and it has been fine for a week and a half now. I am glad it is working, but I have no idea what changed from the fast battery drain to the now-normal battery life. I am guessing some app (Apple or 3rd party, who knows?) updated and fixed something. What worries me is this whole scenario can happen again and I still have no idea how to fix it.

It is ridiculous. I have a series 4 with battery health at 98% yet I’m now having to top the charge level up a few times a day otherwise it is exhausted by bedtime. It was not like that before the latest software version.

I’m surprised that the Apple commentators I.e., on You Tube, are not discussing the issue.

I disconnected my watch from the charger adfter the update, just to see how fast the battery drains without using it, and let's say in 30 minutes it passes from 100% to 96%... the update DIDN'T FIX THE ISSUE

Sad to say the battery life’s has not improved with the update. I can generally just squeak through the day but thats if I dont stress the watch out like use the cellular or do a workout. If I do those, I need an afternoon charge.

Before 7.4, I got MUCH better battery life (like 40% after a full day good). When I asked Apple about it they said it was me.

Denial…..

If unpairing worked, and it didn’t for me, IT’S NOT AN HARDWARE PROBLEM. That’s a recurring problem when they do updates. It’s not the first time it happens. Last time, Apple released an update that clearly state the battery issue among the fixes. Now with 7.6 the Watch is a little bit better, but still draining a lot.

Apple watch 4 here connected to an iPhone 6s on IOS 14.6.

I have the constant battery drain issue also. My watch is draining about 8% per hour, I put it on at 6:40, and after 16:00 it is in red. I have to charge it dinner time to make it through the day.

Maybe later I try to update my iPhone’s IOS to 14.7.1 (which is targeted to resolve Apple Watch sync problems too) but as I do not suffer the dreaded battery drain issue on my iPhone, I don’t want to make both useless…

All in all shame on Apple to make such a “smart” watch that is not able to last a working day… It is simple inconvenience and is not acceptable at all.

I have the same issue, S6 and the battery is barley making it eight hours, even with always on display turned off, since updating to 7.6.1. Before updating I was getting over 24 hours. I reached out to AppleCare, they ran a remote diagnostic and the watch and battery was fine. I tried an unpair and repair which has done nothing to help with the drain.

Agreed with everybody that it’s the WatchOS upgrade. I posted about a month ago since I started having significantly reduced daily battery life post 7.6.

7.6.1 did nothing except get my hopes up.

For me the only indispensable feature of my Apple Watch is fall detection.

if no recourse to the battery issue arrives soon, there are alternatives out there.

As usual the silence from Apple is deafening.

I’ve made comments on other postings. But the battery issue on my Apple Watch 5 continues to dramatically worsen.

Battery health remains at 88%.

My watch battery now goes to < 10% around 4:am. I have always used it overnight to monitor sleep. When I get up in the morning I used to recharge. No more.

I realize there will likely be a WatchOS update shortly.

But if that doesn’t fix my watch I’ll revisit my other trackers.

I posted my problems above. Now I have an update on my iWatch series 3. The watch self corrected and it is working almost normally. The only problem is that I have to recharge it once during the day if I want to go for a 2-3 mile walk at night. The charging takes a short time. Wondering what and how but my guess is probably the software update 7.6.1.

It’s clearly a communication problem between iPhone and iWatch. My iWatch is constantly looking for bluetooth devices.

The result is battery health was 96% both on iPhone and iWatch before the drain problem started, now 89% on both!!!

Or most likely, since I’m just monitoring the iWatch with bluetooth and wi-fi and cellular network off, and it alteady passed from 100% to 95% in less than1 hour, it’s Apple’s obsolescence program to **** our devices. Don’t forget this monday they will show the new devices. *******

I decided to put my Apple Watch down. I’m not willing to destroy the watch’s battery no longer.

Even my ancient Moto360 (which was sitting on the shelf until now) lasts 24 hours per a charge.

Besides other (smart) watches I used Fitbit flex and after now Flex 2 on the same wrist till 2014. (Fitbit ecosystem is really good, reliable and -with Flex2- fully automatic. There is no tennis specific exercise detection, but it detect it as aerobic workout.

Also use a Samsung Fit2, which is also very good, also there is automatic workout detection.

Both works 3-5 days, work with IPhone well.

AW is a joke now, starting from 6:50am fully charged, I have to charge it at noon to be able to last the day (at least to be able to reach home at 5pm. )

As Apple is unikely to have the will to correct this scandal, I encourage you to put down your Apple watches to prevent further damage until it is satisfactorily solved. (Remember, more charge is more degradation of the battery)