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Apple Watch battery drains super fast after 10.1 update.

Series 7 Apple Watch. After 10.1 update my battery only lasts a few hours. I can literally watch the percentage go down. Rebooted the watch. Shut off background app refresh after advised by a friend. Still drains ridiculously fast. It’s essentially useless now. I’m out of ideas. Anyone else have this problem? This is crazy.

Posted on Oct 25, 2023 9:56 PM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2023 6:33 AM

My watch used to last two days, even with me running an hour a day. I no longer run and now it drains faster. I have to put it on the charger overnight and again mid-day. Normally, it takes about an hour to charge. But there are days that it takes up to five hours to hit 100%. I haven’t added anything or changed any settings since I got it almost two years ago.

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Oct 27, 2023 11:30 PM in response to tony.d.

Just an update on this post. I found a solution that worked for me. It probably won’t be a solution for others as this seems to be a bit if a mystery on why this happened. 

The short story: I deleted all those third party watch face apps. That fixed it. 

The longer version: First thing I did after having the watch off all night was reset it as new. Took awhile because the battery drained really fast while it was  repairing. Had to wait for it charge back up so it could finish. Honestly, it was a waste of time. The watch wouldn’t even charge. Stayed at between 15 and 17 percent. 


In one of these threads here someone mentioned removing the watch face apps ( it was either Facer or Moby Face) so on my iPhone I deleted all of them (I had four) and waited. My watch was at 100% within a half hour. And it was cool to the touch. Not hot. It is now about 7 1/2 hours later and I’m down to 74%. Which is normal. I expect it to be better tomorrow because I won’t be fiddling with it as much. This also solved another problem (which I posted in another thread) The iPhone Watch App was misbehaving. All changes made to any of the faces, added faces or deleted faces wouldn’t sync over. I couldn’t even change faces from the app. This fixed that too. 

Not sure why these app made this mess. Bad code. Not updated for watchOS 10. Who knows. But if you have these apps try deleting them. 


edit: Seems to be what others are saying. Delete those apps. That should do it. But like I said. Might not work for everyone.

Oct 28, 2023 9:34 AM in response to tony.d.

If anyone has the Moby Fox app delete it. Before my watch wouldn’t charge above 75 percent and would be hot.

Removed from charger dropped to 60 simply checking it. Deleted Moby Fox app placed on charger and within 2-3 minutes it was at 81.

Watch is now cool and is fully charged. I hope this works until they can fix whatever they broke with this update.

Oct 30, 2023 10:47 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Indeed I know, first hand, how difficult it is to develop software and how critically important it is to provide prompt solutions and easy rollback for those cases where a solution is not immediately available. Those users who are not satisfied with watchOS 10 should be sure to provide multiple feedback notes to Apple at Feedback - Watch - Apple, because the people on this forum are not Apple insiders who's responsibility and livelihood depends on fixing code nor addressing potentially systemic subset hardware issues.

Oct 30, 2023 11:04 AM in response to justacustomer

justacustomer wrote:

Indeed I know, first hand, how difficult it is to develop software and how critically important it is to provide prompt solutions and easy rollback for those cases where a solution is not immediately available. Those users who are not satisfied with watchOS 10 should be sure to provide multiple feedback notes to Apple at Feedback - Watch - Apple, because the people on this forum are not Apple insiders who's responsibility and livelihood depends on fixing code nor addressing potentially systemic subset hardware issues.

I'm probably the person who gave you the feedback link.....

Dec 14, 2023 11:35 PM in response to C_G_B_

Using the Feedback link is the only way to make Apple aware of these issues, since Apple does not follow these user to user discussions.

Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple


If your watch is still under warranty, getting in touch with the official Apple Support and asking them to diagnose your Apple Watch online would be one way to rule out a hardware issue.

Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support


For some users the battery life went back to normal after unpairing the watch, paring it again, and setting it up as a new watch, instead of restoring it from the latest backup.


Jan 18, 2024 11:36 AM in response to Klg908

Klg908 wrote:

My battery is dying in 3hrs with this update I’m extremely frustrated. Apple needs to fix this asap!

Apple does not read this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback.


But you can send Apple feedback via:

Feedback - Watch - Apple


If enough users send feedback, it is more likely a decision maker will see it, and maybe take action.


Apple Watch battery drains super fast after 10.1 update.

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