Apple Watch battery drain

Hey I own an Apple Watch SE2 (not series2) and while I was setting it up it updated to watch os10.2 so I just went with it and I noticed the battery was not up to the claimed 18 hours Apple said and was just lasting for around 13 hours and you guys may think that is not that bad but the thing is I wanna track my sleep as well so it isn’t really enough for me to do that so Apple could you please fix that Ina later update.

I have the Apple Watch 7. It has worked fine until about a month ago. The battery is now completely draining and turning off 6 hours after being taken off the charger and having a full charge. This watch isn’t even paid off yet and I’m having issues with it not working properly. I can’t even get through a day of work without it dying and shutting off. Has anyone figured out the issue?

Battery on my watch is at 66%. It is 8:15 am and I have only had it off the charger for approximately 3 hours. This started in the beginning of December. I’m getting so frustrated as I utilize my watch often to keep on schedule and I haven’t been able to use it for almost a month now. I’m losing my faith in this product and I’m an ‘Apple person’ since I pre-ordered the very first iPhone in 2007. Please figure this out. I want to use the watch I spent a decent amount of money for. It’s truly unacceptable.

Ditto - rapid battery drain and now my step count stopped recording on Christmas Eve. The resymc in the watch app does nothing; as someone reported previously the button appears non-functional. I would expect to get an “are you sure” or a progress bar or wheel - SOMETHING! Nada!

1st observed this month.

As another poster observed it goes from 0% to 100% really fast too after it crashes and dies.

far too many Nov/Dec 2023 posts on this to be a one off.

This is a massive issue. Ever since I updated my watch (series 6) to 10.2 my battery is dead by 3 PM daily. Nothing has changed in my day-to-day and yet the battery is dying immediately. We need a fix ASAP

I agree. This is so frustrating to not being able to get a full day of battery life. And when you look at other,(much cheaper) brands, they get up to 7-10 days battery life. Apple really needs to fix this. They won't even do a battery replacement under apple care for me as my battery health is at 84% and they only cover it if it's under 80%.

Mine drains from 100% in a matter of 15 minutes. I was going out and noticed it was at 5% so had to take the watch off. Right now it is like a useless piece of expensive junk until they produce a software upgrade to fix the problem. It is a software issue. Everyone can't be wrong.

My Apple Watch 8’s battery used to last 2 days with normal usage. It now drains to empty after 9 hours. It is on an Apple Care plan and I sent it in. They’ve returned it and said they couldn’t find fault. Not sure what to do.

Same on my Series 8,

unfortunately for me I’m a 61yo severely disabled man with life threatening, potentially lethal health issues and I bought my Apple Watch to assist me in tracking these problems and to communicate with my health care team. Having my watch die a few hours into my day, or not be able to track my health issues a couple of hours into my day simply isn’t a viable option for me, as the consequences could be lethal for me.

so, c’mon Apple - get your poop gathered into a single pile and fix these inexcusable issues please !

I have been scratching my head over the issue for the past two weeks. Initially, I thought the battery drain was due to increased usage as I recently started going to the gym and morning walks, tracking my progress with the watch however, I noticed that even on weekends when I wasn't using the watch, the battery still drained quickly and suspect its an issue first try this https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250006801 but have difficulty following up the solutions later found this resource online and its help me minimize the battery drain as I am in my 55 and not so tech literate the solution is clear with images and easy to follow for me hope it help you as well.

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It is absolutely none of the things suggested above. It is all of a sudden since last week that it is draining in just a few hours. My watch is essentially useless as I cannot charge it midday. Nothing has changed on my end, just on apples end

The battery on my Apple watch has recently been draining super quickly. I used to be able to go at least a day or two without needing to charge the watch, but the battery has been draining by midday recently. Additionally, it used to charge very quickly, within 30 minutes or less, but now it takes several hours to fully charge. The activity rings have also been slow to update, or simply do not update at all when the watch is dead. I have a series 3, but I have taken great care of it in the years I have had it and have never had any issues with it until now. It seems like this has been an issue for many people as well and I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me.

Apple watch series 9. No change in apps or usage, and all of a sudden today my watch battery is draining crazy fast. Owned it for a couple months now without this issue. Normally, I can wear it throughout the day/night and I charge it while I am showering in the morning. Today, I did the same thing but got a 10% batter alert around 2PM. I charged it fully and looked at the battery life a couple hours later and its below 70%. Something is definitely up with the software, as I didnt seem to have any issues until it updated...

I unpaired and paired the watch and it still seems to have a battery draining issue. If this isn't fixed soon, I will not be able to wear the watch for anything more than 'decoration' on my wrist, as the battery will drain in half a day or less. I sincerely hope this gets reconciled soon, as I am quite fond of this watch.