Apple Watch battery drain after Update

Well what i did with my ultra are:

- unpair with the phone

- reset the watch

- re-pairing the ultra to the phone

- set it as a new watch

But the only hassle was to set it all again from scratch ....

Fredwatchandphone wrote:

I did the restart. Twice. Nothing. Apple- are you on it? We’re pretty sure you are. You wear the same watches and download the same software and I am sure you are as frustrated as we are.

peace and love!

You're not speaking to anyone from Apple here. This is a user to user only forum and Apple doesn't actively participate, nor read these threads for content. As a user, I do wear the same watch and the same software and yet, I have absolutely no battery drain issues on my watch, nor my partners watch. This is not a universal issue. So, you need to determine what is causing this to happen to you. If Restarts didn't help, the next step is to erase your watch and set it up again.

Installing 9.5.2 has seriously improved the battery life on my Series 6.

Reporting back that my watch indeed lasted the entire day as normal with plenty of charge left after I turned the watch off and on.

Wait a few days, then power cycle both the Apple Watch and the iPhone. That generally gets things back to normal (for both devices).

Installing 9.5.2 didn't help me...

However, the battery drain is very variable from day to day. Surprisingly, a day where I used the "Workout" application a lot (paddling on a lake during a few hours) went very fine, whereas normally the GPS and so one use a lot of battery.

I begin to suspect that the problem is not with the watch itself, but in the communication with the iPhone (I didn't have the iPhone with me on the lake).

Yes, I uninstalled all third-party apps, also for reset, I did it with backup and without

I turned on low power mode, disabled background app refresh for all apps, disabled tracking functionality, the battery still cannot last longer than 12 hours

Battery health: 100%, support said everything is ok with the battery, maybe the software

OK Apple store not 3rd party but get rid of them all

ie turn off "show on Apple Watch"

I'm on a Series 6 watch and I'm lucky to get 12-14 hours right now. Pre-9.5.1 I could go 30 hours.

I usually sleep with it on, get out of bed, work out for 45-60 minutes, charge while in the shower and be back at 100% battery when starting my work day.

Post-update I can not longer sleep with it on, charges overnight, do my workout, charge, be at 100% at 8 am. 7 hours later I'm under 40%.

After the update, the watch was restarted. Re-did all of the background app refresh settings so that it was a minimum of them active.

Hope Apple pushes a better update soon.

The slope is too straight and too steep. It looks like some app is streaming music or you have a workout running or Walkie Talkie on. It's a steady high power burn

Have you checked the LED lights underneath?

My Series 6 is running better than ever after the 9.5.2 update. Battery life restored and actually lasting longer than pre the 9.5.1 issues

You are NOT addressing anyone at Apple here. This is a user to user only forum.

If you want someone at Apple to know you have an issue, use this link to provide feedback --> Feedback - Watch - Apple

Ps: I'm using 9.5.1 and am having absolutely NO battery drain issues whatsoever. At a minimum, did you restart your watch after updating (something highly recommended after every OS update)?

Im getting the issue as well.

Brand new series 8 bought last May 2023, watch was fine till this update happened and it barely last 3-4 hours. This is crazy.

im glad im not the only having this problem, so it’s definitely an issue with 9.5.1

were probably those unlucky ones hahaha

Reading diagnostics on ANY Apple device is not meant for us mere mortals. If you think you have an issue, share the diagnostics with the ONLY source who can truly interpret them and that is Apple itself.

My 44 mm series 6 GPS has the same issue after updating to 9.5.1. I tried everything, including force restart and un-/re-pair with my iPhone, more than three times. It didn’t work.

I updated my series 6 immediately when 9.5.2 was out, but it caused more issues. The screen started to flicker green and other random patterns. I repeated the steps many times and finally my series 6 turned into a black screen.

I sent it to Apple and they said it has a battery problem and wanted to charge me $80+tax to repair it.

I didn’t have any issue with my series 6 before and no physical damage at all. I feel frustrated that this expensive Apple Watch couldn’t last longer than 2y 8m. I decide not to repair it because I don’t know if it’s worth it.