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'm having the same problem. Worked fine before OS 9.3. Now I leave it in the charger while I'm sitting at my desk.
Are there any workarounds while we wait for the software patch?
I can’t believe Apple haven’t issued a statement or anything about this, really wish I found this thread before I updated mine.
I’ll give it a shot
How’s it working with wifi? I’m wondering if there are some apps that are draining the battery by (over)using cellular.
wow i bet this is the step most of us wouldn't consider... I'd rather keep the watch on battery saving mode all the time than resetting the phone from the beginning..
Yeah - the problem was that it was draining even in battery saving mode. Believe me, it was not something I wanted to do!
FINALLY I am now getting over two days of battery life with my ultra Apple Watch with the new 9.4 watchOS. It’s about time.
Apple does this ALL THE TIME
I noticed that after the upgrade the training sessions, don’t stop always. When a training session doesn’t stop it drains the battery. In my case, making sure that they finish solved the issue. With the previous operating system version this never happened.
I've got a Series 4 watch and began experiencing massive battery drain since the latest OS update. Beginning around 12/14 or 12/15, my watch has gone from operating about 18 hours on a charge to about 2 hours before it's fully dead. I have tried deleting apps, restarting the watch & the phone, turning off the cellular, keeping it on power saver mode, etc. No success.
Yesterday, I spent an hr at the Apple store near me, as the tech ran diagnostics, confirmed the issue start point and that it wasn't just an older battery. We ended up unpairing and treating the watch as a new device, since that often can fix the problem. About 2 hours after the appointment, the watch was dead again.
Restarted today and dead by 10AM. Hopefully, there's a fix coming soon in OS 9.2.whatever, since it's not even worth wearing at this point.
I just posted a nearly identical report and tried all the same fixes with no success. Clearly, it's the latest OS (9.2) bricking our watches. BTW, my battery health was also logging at 84% health when I went to the Apple store yesterday. I was prepared to replace the battery, in case that was the issue, but the tech explained that the $79 battery replacement only applies if battery health is under 80%. He said that with battery health at 84%, it would cost me about $350 to replace the battery.
So now, I'm just going to leave it on the charger until I see they've released a fix...
Check your battery's health and it's maximum capacity,if this number is at 80% or near then it is recommended to replace the battery.
It’s 84%
Looks like it's time for a new battery.
watchOS 9 battery drain
