I upgraded my Apple Watch Series 7 Cellular to watchOS 9.3 yesterday and noticed a lot worse battery life. The battery goes from 100% to 0% in just 6 hours and is connected to Wi-Fi rather than Cellular. I have already reset it to factory settings and performed a hard reset, and the issue persists. I hope Apple did not do this on purpose. Is anyone else noticing the same?
Apple Watch Series 7
Software has dependencies. Software updates on devices may no longer be comptible with third party software on your phone or watch. Security updates in particular can have conflicts with third party security software (none of which is necessary but gets pushed to gullible users)
Third party app developers bear the responsibility for beta testing including power drain and conflicts, not Apple.
That is why I wrote the ultimate test/remedy is Apple Watch battery drain - the ultimate … - Apple Community in order to completely rule out conflicts and corruptions. This has been linked to in other links.
I am no longer following this thread as the "the update broke my device" mentality becomes boring and depressing after 10 year or so.
The software problem you mention is probably derived from what is in your iphone
Try this
Apple Watch uses a LOT of battery - Apple Community
including the ultimate
Apple Watch battery drain - the ultimate … - Apple Community
Did you check for self discharge? (another suggestion you may have omitted)
Remember none of the senior contributors on here have your battery problem so it is either
All we can do is give you DIY analysis tools, or point you to Apple for help
If the battery drains too fast after an update, see all the replies to:
Battery Drain since watchos 7.4 - Apple Community
WatchOS 7.5 battery drain - Apple Community
FWIW, in some cases, unpairing the watch, completely erasing it, then pairing and restoring the backup will resolve the battery draining issue after an update. (Simply unpairing and pairing again may not work.)
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Also, some people have found that simply waiting a few days after an update resolves the battery draining problem.
Man dont reset the watch. It's causing due the new 9.3 update. Mine is going from 100% to 0% in about 4.5 hours which is really frustrating.
the best way is to just be patient there will be another update hopefully for the battery issues.
My Ultra goes from 100% to flat in 6 hours. Come on Apple. Please fix it ASAP. I was previously justcharging 15 mins everyday. Now don’t feel like using this watch at all. It’s also getting really hot.
If that's what's happening, I'd guess there is something additional wrong with your watch. I'd contact Apple and arrange to have them evaluate it. That's not normal.
Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple
If you've had the watch for "a few years", you may need to have the battery replaced. Go to Settings>Battery>Battery Health. If it's below 80%, you need a new one. Whether you've budgeted for the replacement of consumable parts is something only you would know:
Apple Watch Service & Repair - Apple Support
There were more suggestions including vanilla iphone to eliminate iPhone software...
Apple Watch battery drain - the ultimate … - Apple Community
I see your other kind remarks were removed. Water off a duck's back to me.
It is what comes of criticising the forum members for no reason.
After the update, I reset and repaired my watch again. It sure is a hassle but after Im done with that. My battery lasts me for 2 days without charging from 100%. 2nd end of the day is around 38% remaining. So I guess so far it has been good so far. This is the latest action I did. Hope it helps.
I haven’t been able to fix this issue yet. I tried hard resetting both the watch and iPhone, pairing and resetting the watch to factory settings, etc, but nothing has worked so far. I spoke with Apple support about this issue but they don’t seem to care.
When there are new updates, there are times when apps that I have selected to NOT update in the background are all turned on again. Weird, I know, but it happens. Check for that issue, and turn off the ones you don’t need to constantly update. Also, go to notifications and deselect apps you do not need notifications for. After I get everything back to how I had it previous to the update, I turn off my iPhone first, then watch, then restart iPhone, then watch. In that order. I don’t know what is is, but it works for me. Have been doing this turn-off-start sequence once a week for several years. I wish I could offer more insight, but I’m sure there’s a new update to follow. You can also check out this vid on YouTube that may help. https://youtu.be/wRwuX7r868M
This is ridiculous! My Ultra used to last two days with swimming and running. I updated from 9.2 to 9.3 and the following morning it was fully charged to 100% at 9am. I went for an ocean swim at 3pm and it died after 5minutes of swimming. So only lasted 6 hours from 100% to dead.
I had a similar issue with an iwatch 8 after Updating the software. I took it back as only owned if for a few days. The second watch almost did the same after updating but managed to move back to the 9.2 software and it worked well again. Apple clearly have a huge problem with 9.3. Come on Apple a few more software testers would help.
Battery Draining After WatchOS 9.3 Update
