Apple Watch battery drains super fast after 10.1 update.

I just followed this suggestion this morning with removing the MobyFace app and so far things are back to normal….I’ve had my watch on for about 45 minutes, have used the timer twice and charge is still sitting at 100%. Great suggestion!

Yup. Didn’t last 4 hrs on series 7. I had uploaded Snoopy face and thought it that so deleted it. Now deleting a bunch of 3rd party apps to see if helps. BUT honestly…this defeats the purpose of the watch 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m sure there’ll be a new update to correct but jeez. It’s even taking a long time to recharge!

Tech support told me that this is a software problem and that their software update has nothing to do with the software problem. Really? They then told me to keep in off mode, so instead of being able to glance at it I now have to shake it to get it back on, and the battery is STILL draining. But it’s not them, it’s me.

Not sure if that is what worked for me, but after spending all day yesterday not charging above 7% (which is when it would turn back on and immediately begin draining), I unpaired and set up as a new watch, not paired to my backup, and tried charging it again this morning and it's up to almost 40%. Still not charging as fast as it used to, but at least it's charging. Hopefully I can put some third party apps on it again, not that I had too many. But I may wait a couple of days for it to stabilize.

@Zenguin I just did what you mentioned and deleted the MobyFace app and it seemed to work. It is now charging normally now. I have an appointment today with Apple for the issue still. We will see what happens.

Mine won’t even charge enough to power up so I’m suck in low power mode with the red charging symbol. Unable to reset or delete apps. Started the day after update to watch OS 10.1

complete brick now :(

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 i have series 7 and did what everyone advised, removed Moby and 3rd party apps. It now charges properly and has stayed charged as supposed to. And the unlock code face doesn’t lock up / freeze up on me anymore either which it was doing.

Uninstalling third-party applications helped. Ultra 2 returned to normal. The previous days were a drama. It discharged in the eyes, could not be charged to 100% and it warmed up a lot. Now it's normal. now adding more applications. WorkOutDoors works well

Yes, only started in the last couple of days. Normally watch will do 2 days, now a 3-4 hours . Raised ticket with Apple and Sent logs. Apple support came back to me and they booked me in at my local store. I have series 6 watch.

No you can NOT go back to the previous IOS. I even tried restoring from an older back-up. It automatically updates to IOS 10.1 upon rebooting. Called Apple and they confirmed that once you update, you can’t go back 🤬

Updated to 10.1 yesterday, and ever since the watch has been draining about a percentage a minute. I tried a hard reset, that didn't work, then I unpaired it and restored it from a backup, that also didn't work. I finally erased it and set it up as a new watch, which didn't work. I guess I’ll have to wait until Apple releases a patch to fix this. Apple Watch SE.

Deleting the Moby app solved it for me. After confirming it was somewhat back to normal I went ahead and deleted the remaining 3party app just in case. AW Ultra was draining battery at a ridiculously fast rate and not charging at all after installing 10.1. Never had a problem with the watch before then.

I did not have the Moby App so that wasn’t my issue. My Ultra version 1 with 10.1 had the spinning logo with dots where the watch face should be. Watch was hot, draining fast, etc. I shut it down and reset it a few times, set it up as a new watch with no luck. So, I left it alone for maybe three hours on the charger and it now works perfectly. Hmmmm, perhaps it was an Apple server issue???? Something got fixed behind the scenes. That’s the only possibility because I didn’t do anything!!

You are not alone. I am seeing tens of thousands of users (including myself) reporting battery stability issues on various Apple watches after updating to Watch OS 10.1. There is clearly some sort of bug or complication within the new update that excessively drains the battery.

Some common recommendations I’ve noticed are to uninstall all third-party (non-Apple) apps from your watch, and to charge on Low Power Mode. These recommendations clearly hinder the convenience and efficiency of owning an Apple Watch, but it will at least prevent potential damage to the battery’s overall health.

This is absolutely insane. This update has been available for some days now and Apple has yet to release formal communication that apologizes for, or even acknowledges the battery problems with 10.1.

Updated to 10.1 this morning, and kept my S7 watch on the charger. It actively drained while still on the charger. Tried another charging puck, same thing. It drained completely and shut off. Put it on charger again and actually got it to about 40%, then wore it for a few hours and it drained almost fully again.