Battery drain in WatchOS 8 on Apple Watch 6

Others have said the same that time resolved it itself. I’m hoping that is true, and I said that to my SENIOR support rep at Apple too. If not, it must be an issue with OS or with the workout app. It is the workout app that drains it on mine. However, they are still researching with another meeting with me this Monday, 10/4.

Hi Jennifer

any news from your Apple contact? I have noticed my battery draining on my series 6 hence coming here to see if there is a solution

Mine died mid workout today (45mins). Prior to tracking I had 40% battery.

If I set up as a new watch as some have suggested will work will I lose my previous workout/activity data ?

Thanks

Rachel

Apple is still researching. A meeting yesterday was only used to get more information from my watch for their analyst to study and to check if I had updated to the newest IOS 15.0.1 on the phone. You can be assured this is now documented as a known issue with Apple, and they will solve it. I suspect an OS or workout app patch is needed.

You can try the different things people say work, but there is no doubt the battery drain is caused by something else. After setting up as a new watch or repairing, you will not lose any data from your watch since it is stored in your activity app on your iphone and also because it’s all backed up anyway.

Another Apple meeting is scheduled for Friday.

Thanks for the update. I changed a few settings and rebooted etc. But your right not too much different. I tracked yoga work out this morning 45mins. Started with 100% and finished with 71% (additionally my screen isn’t on autowake). Will need to charge before gym this evening I expect. Really hope there is a patch soon.

I read a lot of thread in this forum. I tried everything. Unpair - repair (as a new watch, from backup), hardreset, factory reset with erase, i deleted the watch from my iCloud. i turned off the hartrate monitor on watch. I put the fitness app in power saving mode, etv. Not working.

I got a similar problem. Apple Watch 6, cellular. Connected with iPhone or wifi no problem. In cellular only mode the battery drains to zero within one hour. Battery health is 86%. Apple Support sees no Problem.

The Friday meeting resulted in no additional information. The person working my case was only told by his technical counterpart to offer me a one time exception to a new watch of same series. Therefore, we can deduce from this they do not suggest battery replacements for the issue; and whatever it is will not be resolved by any of the measures talked about in this thread. It is likely something complex that will take time to resolve in their OS. I expressed my concern that a new watch of same series 3 will have same problem once it is rebuilt using my iphone data. But, it’s all I have to go on now.

I have the same issue. Here. My series 3 last for around 26-28 hours. After the 7.5 and even on 8 it lasts 12 hours. Tried everything, erase, configure as new, removed apps, etc. It is the same behaviour after 3 weeks. The battery health is 81. Unfortunately this kind of event makes me not wanting to buy ever a new apple watch. The watch has three years. And now It is no longer usable!

After unpairing, wiping the series 5 watch and restoring, the battery performed better for two days, then crap again. WatchOS 8.0.1 didn't fix it either, nor did iOS 15.0.2. So yes multiple restarts have occurred.

I find it funny that the new watch OS update is pretty much for series 3 watches. Will test this update out later today and see if battery life improves. If so, then we’ll know why the update was for only Series 3 watch owners as a lot of us have been complaining to Apple for almost three months about battery life being reduced to half a day.

I tried this: I un-paired the watch (S4 SS EU model). I made a factory reset on my phone (iP X). Set up as a new phone.Pair the watch. I charge my apple watch to 100% at 10 pm. I want to sleep with my watch (sleep monitor turned on). The battery at 07 am was 30%. The conclusion: It's not working. I'am sad. Very sad.

I was getting this 1% drain every 2 minutes, too. Brand new battery, two weeks old, latest version of software on Watch and iphone X. Verizon. It seems that when I hard reboot the watch, this problem goes away for a few days, but still playing around to learn more. I make sure that no apps are running by quitting everything and turning off cellular and always being next to my Apple phone. Strange bug I guess. I also turned off intelligent charging.

Nice hardware, lousy software?

iPhone XS Max, watch series 4.

Before updated, the watch can use more than 16 hours. After updated, can only use up to 8hours only. Battery management shows the health up to 95%. Everytime pick up the watch after charged, it slowly fall down the percentage (which I feel really wrong on the figures), and up to around 8 hours, the watch SHUT DOWN at 63%!!!!!!! yes, is sudden dead! then I put back to charger, it restart the watch and shows charging at around 60%..... and the charging time only takes around 20mins back to fully charge 100%...... after that I can use another 8 hours, and dead again at 63%........ really really frustrated and this MUST be the OS problem (bug).........

I have try unpair and pair, didn't help. then I erase everything and set up as new watch, problem still.......

feel hopeless ..... and more like Forcing you to buy a new series 7......

a BIG fail to the watchOS update..... big big fail......

really disappointed.....

It’s any workout app for me I run a lot and have always managed to use all apps, always on and fitness apps with way more than 24 hours of charge on my series 6. I did a 2 hour run with 100% and ended with 10% apple need to sort this !