Apple Watch Battery Drain Issues after Update

Turning off photo synch and doing a hard reboot fixed for me.

Had a call with Support today - they recommendet to me to wait another week…. What else could I do :D

And they did some check on my watch (I think, they just collected logs) and saw that my battery had 79% health and suggested to replace it, if my watch won‘t recover within the next week.

Let me think.. either my watch had 100% battery health (16 hrs. duration) before the update and it - coincidently - dropped to 79% (3 hrs. duration) after the watchOS update… then I would be curious to learn the math, where 20% of 16 hrs. are 13 hrs., while 80% are 3 hrs.

In the other scenario the watch battery had about 80% before the update and lastet 16 hrs. and has 79% after the update and lasts now 3 hrs.

All this points to the update / software draining the batteries and won‘t get better, if I would replace the battery for 120€ as suggested.

I assume the watch would last 3.5 hrs with a new battery, I will lack the money and still can throw it into the duster.

Btw. today the watch died during my workout, after 44:37 minutes. It sucks…

Make sure to try turning off your noise app and turning off both your phone and watch and letting both sit for like 5 minutes before turning back on. My SE returned to normal after doing those procedures.

It must be coming from the phone. I sent mine in and they said they couldn’t duplicate the problem. My phone wasn’t present and it started losing battery quickly when I got it back. I did the reset watch and repair, plus turned off the noise app. It’s back to normal after that.

I made an apple yesterday at the Apple Store, they ran some test on my Ultra battery. It passed, no issues.

It is giving me a message under battery that says it stopped charging at 81% due to temperature issues. I am using apple charger and cord.

The recommendation from the store was to call Apple tell them it is a temperature issue and that it is creating battery problems. I am doing the express repair since I have AppleCare and they will send me a replacement first and I will return mine. Then wait for them out come if what’s going on with the battery

I saw on the internet that the .1 for Mac is bad too. I am holding off in updating my iPhone and my MacBook.

I followed the advice of a person on this chat and unpaired, restored from last and took of a watch screen software. Then I put it on lower power mode. It is not great but is better. I hope it helps!

Thank you for the heads up on 17.1!

Can you see if the one affected has any third party watch apps like outside faces? I deleted one and now my charge is holding. I also went from an informative face to just one with the time. So it could be that. I’m doing a process of elimination because I seemed to have found a fix on mine.

Had the exact same issue, Apple Watch 7. After 10.1 the battery was draining, in 5 minutes I’d lost 3% just a few hours down to 10%

I reset the watch, restored to a previous version of WatchOS and that sorted it! It’s since updated itself to 10.1 again and no issues

Last charge was to 94% and eight hours later and a workout it’s only down to 59%.

I read here that the app MobyFace was causing a lot of problems. I deleted it from my S4 watch and it seems to help. (I wasn't using the app anyway.) Battery drain isn't anything like before, so hope that's the fix for my watch.

I did what someone suggested and just unpaired the watch from the phone. This has improved the issue slightly. Battery is not draining so fast on saying that this is not an ideal situation Apple so please sort something out to fix this issue for many many people. This should not happen because of an update

Yes, I was talked into buying one at the Apple Store and once I set it up it lasted 4 hours instead of 3 ( series 7 vs series 9). I took off 90% of my third party apps and the new watch lasted the entire day. From 100% in the morning down to 52% about 12 hours later and I used the workout activity during the day. Probably would of lasted over 24 hours.

I have the same problem with a Series 8. I called Apple today and they determined that the hardware on my watch was fine. They basically said to suffer through it as best you can in low power mode, etc. and it will be eventually fixed in an update. Apparently, there's no way to view which app or feature is draining the battery on the watch or phone. I know these features used to be available but in the classic Apple style, removing features is considered progress.

Fix for me:

Unpair

Pair again

Remove the Moby Fox application

Once done back to normal except it’s only charging to 80% with battery optimization turned off

The length of time on that charge is normal now

3rd party apps usually install themselves. You can go through the Watch app to remove any.

Again I’m unsure which one it was, but the problem abated as soon as I did that. Now to wait for a fix because a few of this apps I actually want on the watch!

Hello, anyone home @ Apple?

i am extremely sad and troubled to see some posts here. kindly permit me to explain. a) the watch was working absolutely fine and after the update and the problem appeared someone accepted Apple's claim that they have to pay 330 bucks?!?!. really? b) The watch was working fine and the problem comes around and you either buy a new one or believe Apple's claims that it is a HW problem and better buy a new one! really!. I have been on this thread from the start and the user actions and reactions are utterly appalling. don't get me wrong ... I think the problem lies between Apple and 3rd party app developers, both or one side but I have solved and reported in this forum that my problem was solved when removing ALL apps that pertain to watch faces, and even some I have never ever used but where on the watch! if someone does not do this and continues to see the watch drain in a couple of hours or overheat... please consider this. Please turn off your phone and stow it away for a couple of days until this problem is solved. battery draining and overheating seriously damage the battery's health. guys and gals, please use common sense!