Battery drain watchos 9.4

Work your way thru this...

Make sure to turn off background app refresh and  check walkie talkie is not accidentally turned on.

Make sure you have no VPN or VPN based ad-blocker. Uninstall it then remove any profiles (iPhone Settings, General VPN & Device Management)

Force restart your watch i.e. press and hold both the side button and Digital Crown for at least 10 seconds, then release both buttons when you see the Apple logo. 

Then while the Watch is restarting Force Restart the paired iphone   Force restart iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Try it for a couple of days especially if you sync photos to your Watch.

If the battery seems OK then Unpair the watch and then pair it again. 

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK) 

Set up your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK) 

More info

Apple Watch - Battery - Apple (UK)

Batteries - Maximising Performance - Apple (UK)

Then if still no better you can check for damaged or self-discharging battery... 

How to check your Apple Watch battery fo… - Apple Community

 If it still discharges after all Watch resets try this user tip

Apple Watch battery drain - the ultimate … - Apple Community

That doesn't change my advice. It just suggests even more strongly that your iphone has some software that really is not compatible (VPN is just the most likely) but the ultimate diagnostic at the end would prove it.

unfortunate your advise didn’t help. My battery used to last me 36-40 hours and now it is draining in 12 hours completely literally a day after the 9.4 update. I tried force restarting / put background apps refresh off / walkie talkie is off yet no improvement in battery life. This update has made it so inconvenient.

Feel free.

You didn't mention Android where the advice would be the same.

We are not talking computers and Windoze is notoriously difficult to fix because of the registry, Bill Gates's collossal mistake.

Your advice is excellent, I have been having this problem with every major watch update since the series 1 watch and think it’s my photo syncing setting which I have now turned off. Thanks for all the great advice.

I’m seeing this same thing under Watch OS 9.4. New watch user. My battery life went from 15 hours to 9. This is not acceptable.

That is a serious problem. New as in bought new from Apple? Take it back or see

Apple Watch uses a LOT of battery - Apple Community

See my advice above

Get your Watch replaced.

Turning off background refresh helped. But I’m still not seeing good battery life.

My advice contained a lot of options - fir example did you get as far as resetting your iphone to factory settings? (the "ultimate diagnosis") It has helped a number of forum members.

I appreciate advice. But I’m amazed that the fix for any Apple problem is a factory reset. If someone told me to do that for any Windows problem I would just laugh at them and walk away.

I watch se 2 months old but since the update charge last between 2-3 hours what should I do

You're most welcome! Thanks for feeding back.