Apple Watch Ultra battery draining while on charge after updating to OS 10.1

Me too! I even sent it in for repair after I tried everything. And they sent it back, saying they couldn't replicate the issue, even though they said other users were experiencing the same issue. 🤦‍♀️

I have the same issue, my watch use to go 2 days without charging and I can’t even wear it for & hours now without the battery dying. It’s current 1:06pm EST and I put my watch on at 9:00am and my watch is already at 63% it’s never died this quick before.

I found the fix! I couldn’t believe how fast my Apple Watch Ultra 2 battery was dying either. It went from 100% to 0% in a little over 5 hours. I usually use it heavily and still have 83% by the end of the night when I put it back on the charger. I upgraded mine to 10.2 and I have no more issues, my watch is back to normal, no battery issue and running smoothly! I’m so happy. I can’t say the words on here or this message will get deleted. But become a d******** and get the p***** b*** 10.2. Your watch will be back to normal and not useless on the 10.1 that is killing our batteries!!!

I have a Series 6 as well. I contacted Apple Support as directed, and was told that I need to wait 72 hours for all the background apps to update(strong whiff of BS here). Since then, it has only gotten worse. When it is fully charged to 100%, the battery is dead within 3 hours. I put it on to charge last night at 10PM, and when I checked it again this afternoon, it had only charged to 65%. I'm going to put it away until they have a fix before the battery is ruined.

Apple, you need to FIX THIS NOW.

Same here! My ultra would normally last me about 4 days after the updater not even six hours into my shift and my watch went from 100 percent to 14 percent and i have the brightest low and always on OFF

I found the fix! I couldn’t believe how fast my Apple Watch Ultra 2 battery was dying either. It went from 100% to 0% in a little over 5 hours. I usually use it heavily and still have 83% by the end of the night when I put it back on the charger. I upgraded mine to 10.2 and I have no more issues, my watch is back to normal, no battery issue and running smoothly! I’m so happy. I can’t say the words on here or this message will get deleted. But become a d******** and get the p***** b*** 10.2. Your watch will be back to normal and not useless on the 10.1 that is killing our batteries!!!

I found the fix! I couldn’t believe how fast my Apple Watch Ultra 2 battery was dying either. It went from 100% to 0% in a little over 5 hours. I usually use it heavily and still have 83% by the end of the night when I put it back on the charger. I upgraded mine to 10.2 and I have no more issues, my watch is back to normal, no battery issue and running smoothly! I’m so happy. I can’t say the words on here or this message will get deleted. But become a d******** and get the p***** b*** 10.2. Your watch will be back to normal and not useless on the 10.1 that is killing our batteries!!!

Not sure if this will help anyone or if this will even work for you, but you may want to give it a try.

1st I uninstalled all the apps on the watch from the app.

2nd I placed the watch in Low Power mode.

3rd I lowered the brightness down to its lowest setting

4th I removed all of my watch faces except for 1

5th I turned the WIFI and the Bluetooth off and then on in the watch settings

6th I Shut down the watch from the watch settings and then restart

7th I placed the watch on the charger

The watch was cycling between 29% and 31% going up and down for about 5-10 minutes. After that I noticed the charge seemed to stablize and it continued to increase all the way to 100%. I have taken it off the charger and it seems to be holding at 100%for the past hour. Now I dont know what exactly may have been the deciding factor as to what fixed the issue but it seems to be working so far. My next thing to test is to see if it will stay stable after I turn the brightness back up and if I decide to reinstall some apps.

Hope this helps anyone! Spread the word if it does!

Indeed. The only fix that worked for me was installing the b3ta 10.2 Look how to enroll in it and you’ll be able to see it in your update list after that. Been back to normal for the last 3h, barely drained 2%

I have the same issue I called Apple support to inform them that it was an software issue after going thru the usual check list they finally agreed that it was a software issue and I would need to take it to Apple Store. After that I don’t want to damage the battery so I’m going to take it off the charger in hope that a fix will come out soon.

My Ultra series 1, froze for 30 mins couldn’t reboot. Finally it rebooted and froze 3 more times. I can’t believe this happened to me. I scheduled an Apple appointment for Sunday, my watch is draining so badly, it’s kinda a waste to wear. I am now afraid 😱 to update. Thanks 🍏 I know there gonna make me reset and unpair my watch from phone

I had the same issue with my Ultra 2! I saw on another string that Mobyface was the culprit. Rang true to me because I have that 3rd party app. I uninstalled it from my phone and watch and my battery draining issue went away!!! Hope this helps.

It definitely is Moby Face. Uninstall it! Until Apple gets their stuff together it’s our only fix. Hats off to the one who discovered this!! My watch now fully charged in under two hours. I’ve been wearing it for 12 hours now and currently at 83%

If you're having trouble installing any 3rd party apps(MobyFace), 1st, your watch has to have some charge to the battery. 2nd, it needs to be unlocked.

Go to your watch app and click remove on the 3rd party apps you want to remove.

Once the app has a connection to your watch, it will start uninstalling then and then you can put your watch on the charger. And once the offending app is gone, your charging speed should dramatically improve as well your battery life.

I have to agree here. For me, and quite a few others, it was those third party watch face apps. But obviously not everyone uses those. So maybe it’s a bunch of un-updated apps that are running in the background.