Problems with Apple Watch after updating to watchOS 10.0.1

Having same battery problems after recent update, doesn’t last a day anymore. Very frustrating, there were no problems before update so am hoping Apple look at these posts.

I have the same issues. Why was the feature to swipe on the watch between watch faces removed? Why is it now harder to access controls? Can the old features please be reinstated?

Me too

I’m so disappointed my I watch doesn’t even work all day as it used to do before the update.

it just out of warranty

Yes my battery dead within 6 hours.

I never had a problem with the battery before I did this update.

I’m not happy at all this update and it’s just out of warranty.

FactorTech wrote:

The 10.0.1 OS made some things more complicated. You can not swipe up on the watch face to access Battery Level, Opera, silent or having your phone make a sound to find it by pressing a button.

No, you just tap a button to access the Control Center now.

After updating my watch the digital crown keeps my volume consistently turned all the way down. I thought my microphone was muted and apple support told me I had to take it in for hardware repair. I accidentally turned the digital crown one day and I could use the phone on my watch again. I have always used settings to turn my volume up or down so didn't know this was a thing and neither did apple support obviously. Now I no longer have a snooze option for my alarm and constantly find something new that doesn't work. So frustrating.

Did you try turning the digital crown up? That's all I had to do and it turned my volume back up. Apparently I had turned it down so I couldn't hear the microphone. I thought it's purpose was to scroll up and down the screen. I never knew it was volume control. I was ready to throw my watch in the trash and discovered this by accident.

Lindalou2023 wrote:

Me too ??

Are you asking where the Control Center is? If so, it is now accessed by pressing the side button. It's next to the Digital Crown. It's an oval button almost flush with the bezel.

Exact thing is happening to my series 8 Except today it was very slow to charge and the back was hot to the touch on the charger. Bat health at 100 but my bat only lasted like 12 hours. B4 the update a full charge was lasting me between 30 and 40 hrs

My new series 9 battery won’t charge. At all since the update. It goes up to about 20% then drains in minutes. During tech support it completely died. Then magically it charged up to 96% in minutes. And again today went from 81% to 40% in half an hour and won’t charge again and it gets VERY warm. I’ve hard reset it, paired and unpaired, and now I have to send it in for repair even though it is obviously a software problem.

Like everyone else, the battery life on my Watch 8 is horrendous since the new update. Weird things happen like the appearance of a weather app with a countdown timing wheel. It just magically appears for no reason!

MrsRossi2021 wrote:

My battery was impacted by the update. My battery doesn’t last longer than an hour and before the update it was lasting all day plus into the evening.

I do not doubt that you're having a problem with your battery. What has yet to be determined is why. Do yo have an app called "MobyFace" on your watch? If so, remove it. For many people, that has resolved the issue. If it doesn't, there remains the possibility that there is another third-party app causing this problem that hasn't been identified yet. Remove all third-party apps from your watch and see what happens. If the problem goes away, you can start adding the third party apps back one or two at at time. If the problem recurs, you'll be able to identify which app cause the problem.

Also, try unpairing and re-pairing the watch.

kljudson wrote:

I am willing to try all suggestions. I uninstalled all apps, unpaired turned it off and started over. Still no luck. Hopefully Apple will figure out something soon.

So, you've talked to them? That's good.

I’ve been through all troubleshooting. Unpair different chargers reset everything to factory….Even sent my watch in to Apple with warranty battery repair problem. They said couldn’t replicate issue and returned the watch after having if for less than an hour. Got back in touch with support, they’re going to replace my watch because they are concerned repairs will just keep this in a loop.

So it’s true even a warranty return will not help. I told support about this seeming issue. There are too many people having a problem after the software update.

After the update my brand new Series 9 would drain from 100% power in less than 4 hours. After 3 phone sessions with Apple support I tried a suggestion I saw on here. I deleted all third party apps on my watch, especially Moby Face. Completely solved the problem. It’s worth a try…