battery life watchOS 9

Hi,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

As for me personally, I’m using an AWS4 running watchOS 9, and haven’t had any issues with battery runtime, and the max capacity % for my battery actually requires service. But I have seen no change with the battery life with updating watchOS.

That being said, you might need to confirm your battery health on your watch by going to Settings > Battery > Battery Health.

Note: If your Apple Watch requires battery service, you can confirm that here, and you are also provided with available service options.

Next, I would confirm if you have Optimized Battery Charging enabled. It’s usually enabled by default, so try disabling it and seeing if that resolves your issue.

If you are still having issues, you can try enabling Low Power mode on your Apple Watch, as it was introduced with watchOS 9 to help maximize battery life.

The following resources should be able to further assist:

• Batteries - Maximizing Performance
• About Optimized Battery Charging on your Apple Watch
• Apple Watch Battery and Performance
• Use Low Power Mode on your Apple Watch

Hi All,

For people who have this issue, I have found the solution.

Go to Watch app -> General -> Analytic Log

If you find tons of files, this is a crash report log. I believe something is constantly crashing in the background, which is causing this battery issue.

I have cleared all the contents from Watch App -> General -> Reset

Apple watches backups frequently, so you should able to restore it easily.

The only thing you need to do is to add Apple Pay if you have configured it in your watch.

Hope this helps!!

Taka

Have you tried resetting the watch:

Depress and hold the crown and side button until the Apple logo appears

Next would be to unpair the watch and re setup the watch. Sometimes setting up as new works better than restoring from backup

Have you tried disabling cellular? That is what resolved the battery drain issue for me with my series 7

Have the same problem with a Series 5.

Since 9.0.2 battery runs down within 2 or 3 hours of a full charge. Was fine before the update. And Battery health is 84%.

Have tried all usual fixes - setting adjustments, resets, unpairing etc, but watch is now essentially unusable.

Additionally Digital Crown now longer scrolls when turned. These issues only started since 9.0.2.

Must be software related, apple need to get a fix released.

My Battery is healthy. Its only 9 months old, Apple Watch SE. I do have optimised Charging enabled - have done ever since I bought it last Christmas. It always lasts the day, from 6:30 am to midnight every day. But, with no other changes, other than deploying OS9, it now runs out of charge by lunchtime.

My friends and family that have updated to watchOS 9 all have the same issue. Every single one of us.

I also have this issue, my watch went from lasting 28hrs on WatchOS 8 to lasting less than 5hrs on WatchOS 9. My watch is less than a month old

I have the 2020 Se, and am experiencing the same - shortened battery life get about 4-5 hours when I'm working out, where I used to get 10-12 hours with wi-fi/gps/cellular on.

Some followup information. When I enable Power Saving mode, and the Watch 100% charged at 7 am in the morning....

• yesterday, when I didn't do too much moving, the battery expired around 9 pm
• today, when I had the temerity to do a 30 minute running workout, it expired at 2pm

This device no longer has any material utility. Will you address the software issue ?

I was starting to have trouble with 9.0, it would start turning off after being exposed to a little cold. 9.2 has nearly bricked it, doesn't even need to get cold now. I have 93% battery health too. Wish I had never updated it past 8.

Same here on my Apple Watch SE.

after upgrading to OS9, my battery flat out in 2-3 hours.

Me too

I have a Watch 4 - same issue

Exactly the same issue here, the difference in battery life after the OS 9 upgrade is so obvious.