How do I keep the Wi-Fi from connecting on my SE watch or does it need to be on to communicate with my phone? Trying to keep battery from discharging so fast. Down to 60% by bedtime. Don’t use it for any reason during the day.
Apple Watch SE, watchOS 8
Turning off WiFi
Drag up the control panel from the very bottom edge of your Apple Watch.
Tap on the Blue WiFi icon to turn it off.
Note: you will see that my Apple Watch is at 66% at around 7:30pm, and I put it on this morning at 9:30am (Saturday, when I can sleep in). This is a 3 years, 4 month old Series 4. I will put it back on the charger around 11:30pm, when it will have somewhere in the 40% range.
It is extremely rare that my Apple Watch will run out of charge during the day. And when that happens, I power cycle the Apple Watch, and that generally gets things back to normal.
Turning off WiFi
Drag up the control panel from the very bottom edge of your Apple Watch.
Tap on the Blue WiFi icon to turn it off.
Note: you will see that my Apple Watch is at 66% at around 7:30pm, and I put it on this morning at 9:30am (Saturday, when I can sleep in). This is a 3 years, 4 month old Series 4. I will put it back on the charger around 11:30pm, when it will have somewhere in the 40% range.
It is extremely rare that my Apple Watch will run out of charge during the day. And when that happens, I power cycle the Apple Watch, and that generally gets things back to normal.
Down to 60% by the end of the day is not necessarily that bad, how long is your day? I take my Watch off the charger at 7am, and put it back on at 11pm or so, so about 16 hours. Mine is usually around 52% at that time. I do use my Watch for things. Do you receive notifications on your Watch?
I would also like to point out that if your iPhone is nearby, the Apple Watch is going to use Low Energy Bluetooth, and talk to the iPhone, asking it to do all the heavy lifting, including your WiFi or cellular access.
The Apple Watch only uses it other radios when the iPhone is not nearby.
Yes I receive notifications. I take off charging around 6.30am and charge again the following morning around 5am. So I guess it’s not so bad. I am new to the watch so was looking for information on where I should be as far as the percentage of battery I should have left at the end of the day. How often I need to charge it. Thank you for all the info.
People that sleep with their Apple Watch, tend to put the Apple Watch on the charger, while preparing for bed (time spent in the bath room washing up, brushing teeth, getting undressed, etc...)
And again putting the Apple Watch on the charger in the morning while do their morning bathroom routine and getting dressed.
That is exactly what my son and daughter-in-law do so they can track their sleep information. I'm happy to take mine off at night and put it back on in the morning. Like you, I start by putting on around 7am, then put it back on the charger around 11pm, after a full day of work and quite a bit of email, notifications, and texts. It is at around 55% when I put it back on.
How can I turn off the WiFi on my watch or does it need to be on to communicate with my IPhone?
