Apple Watch SE Cellular Battery Life

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Apple Watch SE Cellular Battery Life

I purchased 2 SEs recently and the battery life between them are not the same. I’ve turned off app refresh and wake on wrist raise on both watches. These changes helped with battery life on 1 watch (SE1) but not the other (SE2). On a full charge, SE1 will be around 40% after 13 hours, while SE2 will be at 10% after 6 hours. Since both watches are brand new, I replaced SE2 at apple just last weekend as it was getting close to end of our return window. Nothing has improved with the replacement. Both watches were set up as brand new.

AW-SE 1 was setup using family setup

AW-SE 2 was setup using a different iPhone and not through family setup

Both have cellular set up and they appear to be working. I have not come across any posts where people have seen battery performance differences based on using familysetup or not so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it. Any ideas how I can improve battery life on SE2? Thank you

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Posted on Oct 6, 2021 8:20 PM

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Answer 1

Shaun911 Author

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Oct 22, 2021 1:08 PM in response to danielrice

I spoke with Apple support and ran through several tests as well. The suggestion I was given for my issue was to turn off Bluetooth on the watch when it is away from the paired phone for an extended period of time. This has helped improve the battery life slightly.

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Oct 7, 2021 2:32 PM in response to Shaun911

Hello Shaun911,

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities!

We see that you have two Apple Watch SE models and the battery life is not the same and having issues on one of them.

We’d be happy to help you!

We recommend following the steps in Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple for further troubleshooting of the battery issues.

Take care.

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jdo_apple

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Oct 8, 2021 2:43 PM in response to Shaun911

Shaun911,

Thank you for following up.

Since you have already followed those steps, we recommend contacting Apple Support directly through Contact Apple Support for further troubleshooting.

Cheers.

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Shaun911 Author

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Oct 7, 2021 2:40 PM in response to MichelleT18

Hi MechelleT18,

thank you for this reference site. I have visited that page and made the recommended changes as mentioned in my post with no improvements. Any other recommendations?

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Oct 16, 2021 12:58 PM in response to Shaun911

I have this exact same issue. Apple Watch SE only 3 months old set up using family sharing. Battery life was relatively fine, could last a 12 hour use day, with WatchOS 7. However, upon updating to WatchOS 8 battery life diminishes to only a few hours at best. 100% to 0% in just over an hour, at best two hours. I’ve done everything, all troubleshooting steps with Apple Support, and now have a replacement SE from Apple that STILL experiences the same problem. I am at a loss. Have you had any resolution to your similar issue?

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