Apple Watch Battery Drain Issues after Update

I used to have this issue with my 7 Series. I got 9 and updated to 10.2 along with the iPhone update and the issue is not present. I did buy Apple care just in case 😊

Same here 😡 6.10 am full charged 100% watch 7 pm 8% :/ it used to work almost 1.5 days

what has apple done to my watch SE2 with this watchos update???? this is a huge problem. literally making my watch unusable!!!

Thank you for this solution, tried everything but still loosing 10% battery per hour of my watch 4.😒

Will stop updating OS for my next watch.

I have an SE watch that use to go all day and overnight since all updates it can do 8 hours pretty bad I have an apple iPhone 13

Maybe I'm missing something, Bob, I'm new to this forum, but is that not the point of a forum that Apple monitors and moderates that its content is "Tell(ing) Apple"

My issue has now resolved since power off and on, now getting my two days plus. Today, 82% left after full day.

Experiencing the same hard 80% charge limit on new watch - barely makes through the Full day (6am-10pm) Need option for full 100% charge. Specially when on travel(now having to cary a battery iWatch pocket charger)

Same here, battery is down 10% after 3 hours of sitting inside. This weekend it went from fully charged to fully drained after just 3 hours of walking outside. It’s embarrassing to have your watch and your phone both die at like 2 pm when traveling.

Same thing is happening to me ever since WatchOS 10 released. I used to get a solid 48 to 60 hours per charge on my Watch Ultra. Now it dies every other night. Nothing has changed in my watch, notifications are still turned off, and apps aren’t running in background without authorization. The battery health is 99% for reference. WatchOS 10.0.1 didn’t help. Does Apple fix this issue down the road? Or is this our new normal?

Same here. Day after OS 10 update I put on my fully charged Series 4 watch and it drained to 10% after a 45 minute run. Repaired my watch after a couple days, and it drained to 10% after wearing it for 6 hours, with no usage (except to check the time). My watch is older, but battery life is still 87% so it seems odd to be having this issue. Very frustrating.

Since the 10.0 update my Watch 6, goes below 10% battery in a 10 hour period. I’ve tried restarting it several times but it doesn’t change. I have to use full battery charge every time i charge or it will never charge, it takes hours.

Fix it, the watch was perfect before the update.

Just adding my name to the list. Advised my son not to update his watch after this update has killed my battery life. Series 5 here. Lasted all day easily. Now I’m charging it two to three times a day.

I updated my iPhone to iOS 17.0.2, which seems to have rectified the issue.

This highlights that the issue is not the watchOS 10.0.1 but the iOS 17.0.1 which must have had a specific continuous profile relay open to the Apple watch, causing it to drain rapidly.

Just a thought...

Everyone!!!!

pay attention

I did this test on my watch yesterday and has worked for me

I remove it from my iPhone, did all the disconnections including the Bluetooth out.

I put it on the charger alone without anything else charging

let it get to 100%. Then I connected it again and the battery remain normal.

i normally wake up at 4:50 am to workout. It has been 5 hours (10:27 am central time) and it is at 82%

I have also took off all the notifications since I have my phone near me, only let it be use for calls

this is the model I have MG193LL/A