I have an apple watch 5. After upgrading to watchOS 9, I am facing a serious battery drain, where a full recharge is not enough for 12h without workout and 1h with a workout? is that a OS issue? or my watchOS battery is not in a good shape? Before the upgrade I was recharging every 24h
Apple Watch Series 5
Hi here, I have been encountering the exact same problem for 2 weeks but have finally found a way that stops the battery drain for me.
I'm using Apple Watch Ultra but started encountering a serious battery drain issue starting from last week, battery evaporates at a 10% hourly rate on idle state even when my low power mode is on. Some solutions would suggest repairing or factory reset, but none of those actually worked for me. I had to use my AppleCare for an exchange, but the second watch suffers from the same nightmare.
After reading: apple.com/uk/batteries/maximizing-performance/
Disabling Bluetooth on your iPhone increases the battery drain on your Apple Watch. For more power-efficient communication between the devices, keep Bluetooth enabled on iPhone.
I noticed that as long as I keep the bluetooth of my iPhone on, the battery situation will be normal. (now at ~1% per hour instead of 10%)
Personally I feel that there is a problem with WatchOS 9.1 when dealing with the no-bluetooth situation, but I'd suggest to give this a try if you are suffering from the same issue & also have a habit to keep the iPhone bluetooth disabled.
Hope this helps somebody.
I am going to try your suggestion, I’ll keep you posted. 👍🏻 although i have changed my faces previously with the drain. Did you delete all your faces and remake them?
What version watch are you using? Ultra?
Ok. Thanks. Mine is still having issues 😩
Interesting… I have not experienced that. But i appreciate your input. 👍🏻
Yes I agree changing to another watch face isn't a fix, it's the upgrade.
Agreed….
Just to be clear this is 9.1 watchOS 🫤
me too
My typical day… so sad. It WAS an amazing watch… FIX IT APPLE
No calls and 4 texts sent wake on wrist raise ON, always on display OFF, brightness 50%
I agree…
FIX IT APPLE
Yes. The picture i provided above was with Bluetooth connected.
Dude it isn’t a battery issue ur genius
What an absurd suggestion from APPLE. Totally laughable. we are all waiting to have the performance return for the watch we paid for, not a band-aid. FIX THE PROBLEM APPLE…
Awesome Breakdown.
i am having the same symptoms and results.
FIX IT APPLE!
I alternate between Utility and Numerals Duo. Battery drain is happening on both it seems
watchOS 9 battery drain
