Apple Watch 6 battery draining in Watch OS 7.6.2

My wife and I are both having the same problem, series 5 and series 6. Not sure when they upped it over today we both have the 10% battery remaining around the same time only about 12 hours since the watch was fully charged. Each with a 1.5 hour work out otherwise no excess of use.

Same issue here. Apple Watch 6. Upgraded to 7.6.1 from 7.5 about a week ago. Went to Apple Store and they had me unpair, set up as new watch. That did nothing other than lose all my data.

Tried to tell me it was one of the apps that was corrupted or something. He basically shrugged his shoulders when I said 8 hours for my watch that lasted 18 last week was unacceptable.

I agree, Apple needs to address or they need to provide a method of downgrading software when these things happen

I have the same issue since updating watch to newest update....I have a series 4 gps model only and Iphone 12 Max both are on the newest update AW 7.6.1 and Ip 14.7.1 and since the AW update the watch last about 8hrs when it use to last 18-24hrs and would include a workout this is dead in 8hrs or less without any excess usage....ridiculous that it has been almost a month and Apple has yet to even address there is an issue.

I have also waited 4 days, and did all other supposed fixes several time even completely erasing and starting as a new watch nothing works.....I am a dedicated Apple user but I am so over this that I may be trading in this junk for Samsung if Apple doesn't get on the ball and fix this like yesterday.

I'm using Apple for almost all my life now, but this is the first time that Apple is really disappointing me. Since the last Watch OS update, my Apple Watch Series 5 became pretty useless now, since it will not last for even 12 hours.. Every hour that I'm checking my battery status, I lost another 10 percent.. It's frustrating to see that Apple is only recommending the Unpair > Erase > Restore method as a reply on this thread, but believe me: I really tried everything to solve this problem! I already unpaired, erased, etc. for 2 times but.. without any improvement! Please Apple, take this problem serious (as seen in this thread there are a lot of loyal customers who are experiencing the same problem..) and let us know how this problem will be solved! Our watches are worth nothing at this moment!

Nope it’s complete silence from APPLE it’s absolutely ridiculous as there should have been a fixed released by now but they aren’t even acknowledging there’s even an issue much less a major one like rendering people’s AW’s useless when they were fine prior to latest software update

So I ended up deleting apps and music, after deleting and unpairing, etc. I also turned off notifications and Always On... it lasts now but functions closer to the original (series 0) Apple Watch I had, which isn't cool.

Please send us an update to fix this!

Hey everyone I also having with my series 6 ! Tried everything on this thread nothing helps! Apple should not release updates that does the same thing every time. I love my Apple Watch but really thinking of moving to a Garmin!

The problem is that not all the watches are affected, I think for that apple do not release a fast update. For example I have a AW 4 gps with the last 7.6.1 and iphone xs max with 14.7.1 and I have a terrible battey drain on my watch. My wife has the same iphone and a AW -se, the software is the same but she do not have any battery drain issue..... it is very strange!!!

Same here. Watch Series 5, 44mm. Running 7.6.1 and watch is entirely useless. Drains from 100% to 0% in just a few hours without doing anything on it. Also not sending notifications. Watch is basically unusable. Really disappointing. Have unpaired and repaired twice as well.

yes I confirm that I saw a very little improvement from the beginning, now also for me 13/14 hours, from the morning 7am I arrive at dinner, but of course it is not the same like before when I arrive at the end of the day with 40% remaining.......

I am having this problem as well. I used to wear my watch to track sleep but now if I want it to make it through the day I leave it charging all night. It’s pretty bad. I have a 6 operating 7.6.1. My mom has a 3 with the same ios and she can’t even wear hers anymore. Puts it on fully charged at 8 and it’s at 0% by noon. Time for you to fix this Apple. Your products are too expensive for you to let this go on.

Something is going on with this update. I have two Series 3 watches (the GPS and Cellular). Both watches are at 100% battery health and both have the OS 7.6.1 update and the GPS watch will die after 8 hours of use. Before the update I could get two days out of the GPS watch before it needed to be charge up. I’ll wear the GPS watch to work and don’t use anything on the watch while I’m working and the battery will still drain. The Cellular one will hold a 4 day charge before it’ll go dead. I tried to tell the idiots at Apple about this update but they told me not to compare the two watches, even though the only difference is one you can make calls on without the phone and the other one you need a phone.

I've tried all the tricks listed here but eventually only one seems to work for me: after a 100% recharge I switched my new iWatchSE 2°gen off for 15 minutes. Now the battery drain is quite similar to before the 7.6.1 update.

Having exhausted every suggestion here I enabled the power saving mode within the workout app and it seems to have made a massive improvement to the watch. I suspect battery drain issues are being caused by the heart rate.