WatchOS 8.3 Update Causing 3rd Party Wireless Charger to Drain Battery

If your 3rd party chargers are certified mFi you need to contact the manufacturer and Apple Support. If they are not mFI it is unlikely the issue will be fixed.

Try a forced restart on each device before putting it on the charger.

I'm having exactly the same situation with a 3rd party (Ugreen). my wife's one still on the previous watchos version and it is charging correctly. for now, i will not update it. but for mine, too late. it is a shame, apple not providing a decent alternative and blocking the other solutions...

well, 90% of 3rd part stand charger are not Made for Apple. it was an ugly mouvment from Apple to do that. at least, an advise should be there: if you update you will loose the compatibility blablabla. we can downgrade an iphone/ipad but not a watch... so for now, no solution and no comeback.

And what make and how much was it? And have you talked to Amazon support. Apple will only recognize it if they are in the MFI program. As I said this is not a first for things like this and there were many thousands of Lightning cables that failed to work after an older update. Without knowing the company It is hard to guess if it is part of the program. Lots of $5 Lightning cables went to junk drawers or recycle. Caveat Emptor.

I'm not taking it personally. No, I don't think a huge amount of customers don't know this and know anything about mFi. And bringing power properly to portable electronics is much more than being a stupid cable. What I do think a lot of people do believe it there is such thing as a free lunch. They look only for Lightning cable, and Apple Watch puck cable and see some from Belkin, Mophie, Apple, Griffin, and others and see they run from $20 to $125 and then go on Amazon and find one for $4 and say I'll get that one. They don't do any research, they don't look at the box, they don't look at what is included in the box. Then when something goes wrong they blame anyone else besides themselves. And yes you should take personal responsibility for any power adapter that you buy. For 20W USB-C power adapters I like the Anker Nano, the Mophie, the Satechi and the Apple one in that order. I did research them. We have the internet, it isn't that hard to do.

Again, here are your options:

You can contact the company that makes your stand, tell them what has happened and see if they have any suggestions.

If your look on the box and find that it is one that has mFi certification then contact them and tell them what happened. If that is the case you should also contact Apple Support so that they can be made aware of the situation.

Why do I ask for the maker and the price? One, to check to see if they are certified mFi and two to see if what you bought was a complete ripoff. People who complained about Lightning cables no longer working sometimes paid $2 for 5 cables and then asked how were they to know they weren't mFi. Well, the extremely low price would be a tipoff.

You can keep complaining but like I told the other poster you have limited options. I believe you said you bought yours from Amazon, that gives you an additional option. You keep saying your holiday is ruined and you can't use your watch but again what happened to the cable that came with your Apple Watch? That and a power adapter will let you charge your watch all through the holidays. So what happened to it?

You are free to ignore my posts when someone new, who hasn't read the thread, posts.

The cable that comes with the Apple Watch 7 does have a USB-C puck/cable so that answers that question.

The device in this case talks to the puck/cable.

So how much did your device cost? You never said.

If you want Apple to switch it back you need to click on the Get Support link at the top right of this page and tell Apple. If your device is using counterfeit chips/stolen codes they will likely tell you that will not happen.. Keep in mind that the companies that do sell mFi products no doubt applaud Apple doing this and would not be pleased with Apple if they "fix" it back.

If you truly displeased with this then vote with your wallet and go a different route.

If you are interested in learning more about the program and what I am talking about go here: https://mfi.apple.com

Same on my side with AW7 and 3rd-Party chargers (multiple ones). All worked fine prior to the update now it looks i shall be happy it at least is still working reliably with the original Apple charger connected to my MacBook.

Sometimes it helps, to remove the AW for a few seconds and then put it on the charger again - but no guarantee on that.

Yes, I am focusing on Apple chargers and one of the 200 companies that belong to the MFI program. All of the others can only make theirs work through stolen codes. Really isn't fair to the 200 honest companies that are in the MFI program. Encourage the company you like to use to join that program and the problem goes away for you.

Blue Bolt just emailed me this info :

Please be advised that Apple Watch Series 7 is not compatible with our BoltHOME Charger. Thus your watch will not charge properly with our product.

Unfortunately, we do not allow returns due to incompatibility issues.

Works fine on my Mophie. You might want to check Belkin's site.

I don't see anything that says the Murcia is Made for Apple certified. Amazon certification doesn't mean anything. Contact the company that makes your cable/charger and Apple Support.

All you need is original charging puck and original apple power adaptor to charge it … mine one works with original accessories

Make a Genius Bar appointment and take the cable, power adapter and both watches.