Battery drain on watch series 7

I just got the apple watch series 7 a couple of weeks ago and have been experiencing short battery life. Even with most functions/ background app refresh etc turned off, the watch can only last 10 hours after a full charge. It can barely get through a work day. Battery % drops close to 10% per hour.

Have tried resetting, unpairing etc, hasn't worked to resolve this issue.

This happened on watchOS 8.1.1 and 8.3.

Does any one else have this problem?

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Dec 20, 2021 3:32 AM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2021 8:50 PM

I agree. It drove me nuts too!

I ended up making an appointment with the Genius Bar because all other methods had failed me.

Was told that the watch battery was likely discharging abnormally.

Exchanged it for a new one - battery life seems ok on this one. But I will try it out for a few days first before making any conclusions.

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Jan 12, 2022 6:16 AM in response to kaia_woof

Could it be something to do with the health monitoring features? Heart rate, blood oxygen measurement, etc? My watch is also draining quickly and I came here for answers and as I was trolling the responses, it hit me that maybe it is the cause of the battery draining- with my watch at least… I’m guessing most of you have turned yours off already- I’m just late to the party :)

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