Apple Watch 6 battery draining in Watch OS 7.6.2

If the battery drains too fast after an update, see all the replies to:

Update 6.2.1 Battery Draining Too Quickly… - Apple Community

Battery Drain since watchos 7.4 - Apple Community

WatchOS 7.5 battery drain - Apple Community

FWIW, in some cases, unpairing the watch, completely erasing it, then pairing and restoring the backup will resolve the battery draining issue after an update. (Simply unpairing and pairing again may not work.)

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, some people have found that simply waiting a few days after an update resolves the battery draining problem.

My apple watch series 6 has the latest update which is 7.6.1. My battery doesn't even last the whole day like it used to and it dies faster than ever. I had no issues with my battery before this update and how can I improve my battery life? Please help and let me know what I can do. Thank you!

I've seen growing number of people mentioning about this so I think this issue has to do something with the update. In my case (just like many other peoples) battery lasts now only one day instead of two as it did before this update.

FWIW, in some cases, unpairing the watch, completely erasing it, then pairing and restoring the backup will resolve the battery draining issue after an update. (Simply unpairing and pairing again may not work.)

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, some people have found that simply waiting a few days after an update resolves the battery draining problem.

I charged my watch to 80% this morning, and in the last 5 hours it's depleted down to 23%. It was on my wrist while I have been working, so I'm not doing anything unusual, nor strenuous. 80% should last me through to before bed. I am running OS7.6

I didn't have any battery issues with previous versions of watchOS. Ever since I updated watchOS to 7.6.1, watch needs charging twice a day as compared to charging once is 2 days. Tried all the suggestions, including erasing complete data, resetting the watch completely and re-pairing with iPhone. Nothing helps.

Before the watchOS 7.6.1 update, I typically charge the watch as I shower and I would usually have 80% battery life whenever I charged in the morning around 9AM and in the evenings around 830PM.

Since the update, however, the battery is drained to 50%! It’s terrible!

Whatever the update dis is consuming a ton of power. I hope there will be some kind of patch soon!

Good afternoon I’m having the same issue, I use to used my Apple Watch all day long at work and to workout and just charge it at night when go to sleep and having 30% of battery. Now after the 7.6.1 software update the battery drain so fast that by 3 pm when I get out from work is on 20% just using it to see the texts messages and notifications. Just unpairing the watch and erasing it don’t get rid of this issue.

Same thing here … since upgrading to watchOS 7.6.1 my Apple Watch 4 “dies” completely in about 6-7 hours. Previously, I’ve never had an issue and consistently last all day (~18 hours) on 50-60% battery usage. HELP!!!

Same!!! I am beyond frustrated! I used to be able to go two full days before needing to charge my watch se. Ever since I updated to 7.6.1 I have to charge at least twice a day. I’ve reset, unpaired, repaired, same result…

Mine was doing the same but I charged it last night fully by 10.30 and I still now have 50% left at 6.25pm so mine seems to have resolved itself after 4 days of charging twice a day. I hope it continues. Cheers Marilyn

The same thing is happening to me. My watch battery would last almost three days without being charged. Now it runs out in 4-5 hours. I have unpaired and erased everything. Started from scratch like setting up a new watch and that did not help. This is frustrating.

Mine was doing the same and I left it and didn’t do anything and yesterday it reverted and now i fully charged it last night by 10.30pm and at 2.30pm today still have 72% left. I always only got 24 hrs out of the charging. So mine is back to normal cheers

I have the same problem. Aw S4 SS A2008 model. Watch OS 7.6.1 with an iPhone x IOS 14.7.

I tried to erase, defalt setting, restart, etc. I have to charge it twice a day.

I update my iPhone today to IOS 14.7.1. I try it with this software.

I am having this same issue after updating to 7.6.1. I would charge before going to bed as I wear my watch to track sleep. Before the update when I woke up it would be in the high 80%, now it is down to high 50% when I wake up. I hope they fix this soon as I see a lot of other people are also having this issue.