Apple Watch battery drains super fast after 10.1 update.

Just took my watch in and the representative did say it is a known issue with the 10.1 update. Her advise is to just wait! So in order to fix it, we need to wait on the Apple update to fix the 10.1 issues. No word as to when this will happen.

That’s what I thought. Just got off chat and phone support with Apple regarding this issue on my series 6. Was told it might take 72 hours or so to resolve after update and reset wound be next step if not resolved. They were very fast to respond. I am not going through the process of deleting apps like many have suggested. That does not address the issue and is only temporary mitigation. I’m confident Apple will address the issue.

I had it erased, sent in to remove the beta software on the chip, and it worked for a day. Then the prompt to update it was there and installed overnight, caused the issue all over again. It’s not the apps, it’s the update itself. The update to fix 10.1 is in the works and apparently I was not told that the update was the issue until yesterday.

I'm using 10.2 and the battery drain is even worse now than with the 10.1 update. 100% to 10% in about 90 minutes now. And like others, the charge used to last almost 2 days. No new apps (apple or 3rd party) have been added to the phone in months.

I have series 6. Same problem with the battery draining really quickly. It wouldn’t even charge to 100% overnight on the charger. My watch was perfectly fine prior to the update and now it is basically useless. I can’t even wear it for half an hour. I am happy to see that I’m not the only one with this problem because I thought my watch was broken.

I removed MobyFace as a few have suggested and my battery seems to be draining at a normal rate (so far). Charged to 100% overnight, rode the peloton for an hour connected by Bluetooth and watch is at 99%. Yesterday that same process drained my watch down to 80%

After reading through multiple forums, the MobyFace app caused my watch to take 2 days to charge and would drain in about an hour. Removed the MobyFace app and the watched fully charged overnight. You could tell by the feel of it, it didn’t take all night to charge, it was cool to the touch.

My series 5 was lasting about 15 hours a day. After update, I am lucky to get 10-12. I have worn it today for an hour and it is already down 10%. I just did a support call with Apple. They ran the diagnostics test which on my end wouldn’t even go past “initiating” and I ended it to go back to chatting with the tech since nothing was happening. I was told that they could see the report and it was fine. Of course it came back that my battery needed replaced and no this isn’t covered. I told the tech that it sure is funny that after an update that Apple pushes out, my battery all the sudden needs to be replaced. They said it was a coincidence. Big $100 coincidence!! I am awaiting a phone call with a senior advisor. Not expecting it to go anywhere but I am going to try. This is frustrating! My phone is also dying quickly since the update. I’m sure that is another expensive coincidence.

I have done all the “suggestions”. No 3rd party apps, background app refresh off, brightness turned down…

ThomasInVegas wrote:

This is happening to me as well. Updated on Monday and I can't get more than a 4 hour charge out of it. I actually reset the watch completely to no avail.

If you have the MobyFace app installed on your phone, delete it and see what happens.

Same issues for me after installing 10.1. Apple ran diagnostics on my Apple Series 6 - and found nothing wrong. They then sent me to the Apple Store to do more troubleshooting - the Apple Genius did a clean Factory Install which seemed to help - and (what I thought) fixed the issue. Then I got home an hour later and it the watch was dead. Others in this thread have reported that removing the Moby Face app solved the issue - there could be other 3rd party apps that have yet to be updated causing this too. I've now uninstalled a couple things (including the Moby Face app). Here's hoping, fingers crossed.

JP_in_NC wrote:

The thing that bothers me with all of the advice to remove 3rd party apps as that is the problem...seems like most, if not all of us didn't have this problem UNTIL the update to 10.1. Thus, how can the issue be the 3rd party apps? Clearly something changed in 10.1 from 10.0 that caused this excess battery drain. To blame the 3rd party apps seems like a copout.

The most common thing I'm seeing is the MobyFace app. My guess would be that the developer, who, like everyone else, had access to the beta version of watchOS 10, didn't bother to ensure that their app was updated. Apple can't force a developer to do that. Smaller and/or less reputable developers sometimes can't or won't keep up.

I have numerous third-party apps on my Watch 7 which has a maximum battery capacity of 85% so, not as young as it used to be. I have no difficulties. I get about 24 hours with 10-15% left, sometimes more. The difference may be that the third-party apps I have are properly written for watchOS 10.

I suggest you delete all of your third-party apps. Then, add them back a couple at a time each day. That way, when your battery life starts draining rapidly, you'll be able to to tell which one is the problem.

mng4apple wrote:

plainly it is the interaction between the spps and the 10.1 update.

The apps may have violated the API or Apple changed them. Either way Apple needs to acknowledge the issue and FIX it

Apple provides access to beta builds specifically so that developers can make sure their apps still work or can make any required updates. But Apple cannot force developers to update their apps.

I have the same issue, no 3rd party apps loaded. just use it as smart watch for email, phone, and text. the watch overheats on charger. battery dies within 4 hours. This happed the day after i updated the watch to 10.1

please fix.

thanks

Exactly same here. I have the "normal" (not fast charge) puck as a backup in my "man cave". connected yesterday at 32%. After about 45 minutes went to check on the watch.... 15%. Had to run it into the house and put it on the fast charger by my bed. Took almost an hour only, but charged to 100%. Could have cooked breakfast on it.

Disabled cellular. No change. Turned it back on after about an hour

Disabled WIFI: No change. Turned it back on after about an hour

Turned off things I don't need on the watch, like photos, music, workout and a few other things. Not even a little bit of a change.

Soon as it's done charging (4.5 hours into the day, and down to 10%), I'll turn off (I guess that's the same as delete) MOBYFACE and see if that makes a difference.

I tried what you posted and it worked for me too. I decided to try adding back apps so I added non-Apple apps back on and within 10 mins, my battery percentage dropped by 10% (from 100%). So I decided to delete them again starting with MobyFox. I checked my battery 10 mins later, and it had not changed. Gave it another 10 mins, and the battery still had not changed. Voila! MobyFox was the cause for the rapid power drain.

I checked the MobyFox app on the App Store and it has not been updated for 3 weeks (as of today's date 11/1/2023). I wrote a review explaining my testing. Hopefully they'll release a software update very soon. For now, I'm not re-installing MobyFox until there's an update.