battery life with watchOS 10 and IOS 17 is so bad

Generally just after a operating system upgrade the OS is doing housekeeping that affects the battery.

This generally settles down after a few days.

If not, then try power cycling the Apple Watch and the iPhone.

If that has no effect, try unpairing the Apple Watch from the iPhone, then pair them together again.

Feel free to provide feedback at

https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

Or contact Apple Support

https://support.apple.com

Finally there have been reports of some complications consuming excessive battery. You could try disabling different complications to see if that solves the problem.

Do not buy the 15pro max got mine yesterday and already regret it. Nothing is different nothing . I hate to say it I feel it runs slower which blows my mind but the biggest thing is the battery life is horrible I regret it big time!!! Woke up around 5:45ish it is now 8:25 and I’m at 75 percent battery life it’s actually scarring me to use my phone in the field now my 14 pro max was a champ on battery life. I always check battery health and my cycle count on battery when I get a new phone to make sure they are brand new and not a return after a couple days . My cycle count was zero so I know it’s new battery and battery health is 100% I just honestly feel it’s a cheaper made version of the 14 pro max