watchOS 9 battery drain

I remember earlier in Watch OS 8. Running with fitness on, cell on and podcast on drains about 50% in about 50 minutes. Not sure if it gets worse now. Haven't been running for a while. Unless it gets much worse now, can't really say if it is firmware related.

Incredible. Today I started with 100% and in about 30 minutes, I noticed the heat from the watch. It's very subtle but noticeable. I peeked at it and it was at 72% - in 30 minutes it drained 28%... Unbelievable.

UPDATE: Really strange thing. I had to "unpair" my watch in order to process the exchange (battery was around 38%). When I paired it back again, it now shows 95%. Anyone have that happen? Elapsed time was around 20 minutes between the unpairing and the re-pairing...

I hadn't seen your comment, so thanks for reposting. I'll give that a shot. I was on Infographic and after the restart, it defaulted to Metropolitan. It doesn't make sense that Chronograph Pro face would make a significant difference, but nothing else is working and I've got zero to lose.

Hi, I have a similar issue with AW5 cellular: since the update to 9.2, my battery is draining quickly and I don't get the full 24h autonomy. But I'm really worried about battery health. Before the update was 92-93%, then a few days ago 88% (12/24/2022), yesterday (12/26/2022) was 87% and today (12/27/2022) is 86% ? In February 2022 , the battery health was still 100%. The AW5 is bought new in May 2020, not covered by warranty anymore and it was running fine before the update.

What is going on with this 9.2 update ? What I should check / fix ?

Thank you!

Thank you! I did. I left feedback to Apple and I asked for support as well. I've even tried to unpair and pair again the Apple Watch. Now, I'm monitoring it. I don't think it's right to loose 7% of battery health in less than 2 weeks, since the update to Watch OS 9.2. The battery quick draining daily is also an issue, since nothing changed in the daily usage habits.

Yeah, it’s killing my watch battery health. Not sure I want to be in early adopter after this fiasco. Clearly they have an issue with their testing department. This was an obvious one that should not have been missed. I did some troubleshooting for a few days, but now I’m going back to having my watch remain off until an update comes out. This issue has a financial cost to it, unfortunately.

Happy New Year !! Today, battery health lost another 1% and it's 85% after 4 days since unpair / pair with iPhone. This is not acceptable. The battery is expected to not perform well anymore after it gets under 80%.

I learned the hard way that we should not install updates once they are available.

Agreed. I don't need a mea culpa; just acknowledge that there is a problem that may affect users with [insert common hardware/OS configurations] that they are aware of and working to address, along with a promise to update us in this thread when a fix is released in 9.3.

Since I've stopped charging or wearing my watch until the next OS drops, out of concerns that I'm degrading the battery (or getting frustrated at the 3-4 hours life before charging is required), I'll look to some public messaging like this thread when 9.3 becomes available.

This is getting ridiculous. Watch charged 100% (for the 2nd time today) at 4:30 PM, 63% by 5:37 PM, 60% by 5:41 PM, 50% by 6:00 PM. Screenshots are attached. I am running ONLY Apple stuff, background updates have been reduced to minimal. The Apple Watch is a Series 8 purchased in November. Is there a "lemon law" for watches? The irony is that I sold my Series 4 because this was happening (after WatchOS 9) because Apple's Repair Center said that there was "nothing wrong with it" and I thought that the watch was the problem.

My Apple watch is new, less than 3 months

I am facing again battery issue.

It is the same problem than my previous Apple watch.

I disabled everything except the e-sim, and location.

And after 5 hours, doing nothing , I have no battery

Thank you Apple

thankyou for the info, did they mention that the fix will come along with the update or anything? its been 3 weeks since the last update and im starting to lose patience, i think if the next two updates dont fix the issue ill just sell it and move on with other brands

I'm experiencing the same issue, my Apple Watch 7 drains much faster after the upgrade to watchOS 9.0. Same with my iPhone after upgrading to ios 16. This seems to be a widespread issue.

I'm seeing this too, Watch 7 with battery health at 96%

Guess we wait for a fix...

I could roughly get 2 to 2 1/2 days out of my new ultra Apple Watch. Now I can barely go a day after updating to watchOS 9. Fix it Apple