Battery Series 6 Apple Watch

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Battery Series 6 Apple Watch

A week ago I had a new Apple watch series 6. For the first few days, the battery life was great. I even managed 31 hours one day, but this week it's awful. I'm losing 10 - 15% an hour. I use very few apps, Heart Monitoring, email (only get 5 a day), FB Messenger (very few) and I don't listen to music, I use always on display but no colours. All other apps are disabled, so I'm totally puzzled by the change. The watch version is 7.3 and the iPhone series 10 is 14.8.1. I updated the phone on the weekend, so wondering if that is part of the issue. I leave it on the charger overnight.

Posted on Nov 15, 2021 7:19 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Nov 15, 2021 7:58 PM in response to beegee49

Try force restarting the Watch. Press and hold the Digital Crown and the power button together until you see the Apple logo and then release. The Watch will reboot. Check it then. But you should also update the Watch and the phone.

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Nov 16, 2021 3:15 PM in response to beegee49

All good thanks. Updated the iphone to 15.1 and the watch to 8.1 and working fine now.

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ChrisJ4203

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Nov 15, 2021 7:31 PM in response to beegee49

You should update the Watch to watchOS 8.1. I can tell you that 31 hours of usage on the watch is definitely an outlier. That is not normal. How many hours of the day are you using the Watch? I put mine on at 7am and take it off at 11pm. I still have 45-55% battery remaining and I use my device extensively with Exchange mail, messaging, etc. I have a Series 6 with watchOS 8.1. I put it on to charge when I go to bed and when I get up in the morning and put the Watch on, it is at 100%. What is your remaining battery at the end of the day?

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beegee49 Author

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Nov 15, 2021 8:15 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Great help thank you very much, having a bit of an issue with the watch being unable to check for update the update but I'll charge it and reboot.

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beegee49 Author

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Nov 15, 2021 7:41 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I didn't actually wear it for 31 hours but did for 20 and there was capacity. Since that one time I've been wearing 6am until 9pm and charging overnight to 100%, only this week I've had a major issue. Today, for example, I put it on at 5:30am and where I live it's now 11:30am and only 39% remaining. I'll look at updating. Thanks

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ChrisJ4203

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Nov 16, 2021 6:50 PM in response to beegee49

Glad you were able to sort it out.

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