Apple Watch battery drains super fast after 10.1 update.

This is why there should be a class action suit against Apple. They don’t seem to care that they have poorly thought out updates. It only seems to affect the watch, I’ve never had that problem with my phones.

I’ve had this issue now I think four or five times including with 10.1. It usually doesn’t last more than a few days and it helps to erase and then set up the watch as a new watch. It’s still ridiculous I have to go through this. This is why I’m advocating for a class action suit against Apple for creating updates to do this. They don’t care if it ruins your watch or inconveniences you. I think they’re hoping that it will destroy your watch battery so you either have to spend $90 for a new watch battery or buy a new watch. They also have no way to contact corporate other than sending an actual letter through the mail. How’s that for a $2 trillion tech company? They really really want your feedback, don’t they?

You will need to factory reset the Watch. Before you do that, uninstall all 3rd party apps. All of them. Apparently certain 3rd party apps caused a conflict in the update. After the watch goes through factory reset, it should be able to hold a battery charge the way it used to prior to the software update.

This is a “me too” movement I can get behind. I bought a new watch because I thought it was just mine! Even my brand new watch drains so fast I can’t even get a work out in! Terrible. Begging Apple to fix this

So, spent 30 minutes with tech support. Explained the battery issue with the upgrade. Wouldn’t acknowledge that, but wanted to know my blood type and provide a DNA sample. Was finally told that my battery was “degraded”. Of course it was! After your software update, my watch almost burst into flames it was so hot. I’d degrade too at those temperatures. Luckily, I have AppleCare, but they threw in a disclaimer that if they find other issues, I might have to pay for that. Won’t happen. Not throwing more money at something that was clearly a software issue. Hope Apple comes through, but I fear they aren’t the company they used to be. Fingers crossed.

Loved my watch! I’ve had it just a year. Now it is useless. Nothing changed but the update. I was thinking of upgrading I loved it so much now I am thinking of going back to my old Fit. Didn’t love it as much but at least it works. Apple you can do better than this

I also am experiencing the same issue since updating to IOS 10.1. I will not be purchasing another apple product unless apple can resolve. Many Apple Watch owners are experiencing poor battery life since updating to 10.1. Apple need to investigate and provide a solution.

Yesterday I put my watch on the charger overnight, put it on at about 10 am and by the afternoon I had gotten a 10% battery notification. I used a different outlet than normal so I thought it was weird but that maybe the outlet was funky and had stopped charging at some point during the night so at 4 pm I put my watch back on the charger and forgot to every put it back on so it sat there charging from 4 pm until 9 am this morning, 100% charged I’m positive. I just went to go do a workout and it’s currently 1 pm and I’m getting the 10% battery notification again. Absolutely absurd I’ve never had this happen in my two years of owning this watch. There has to be something more going on

I thought it was odd to see my battery drain in less than 12 hours while sitting on my behind recovering from ACL surgery.

I saw a few workarounds listed, but I prefer Apple find a fix.

8 lasting between 10 to 12 hours

It is happening the same to me after the last update… and it seems there is no much to do as after the update it is not possible to downgrade.

I have an Apple Watch 7, the battery used to last more than 24 hours and now it is draining quicker … rather than a battery replacement, I am thinking of trading my watch with Apple program and get the 9 vs before this one gets outdated.

It is happening the same to me after the last update… and it seems there is no much to do as after the update it is not possible to downgraded. I have an Apple Watch 7, the battery used to last more than 24 hours and now it is draining quicker … I just turn off the background app refresh to see if it improves. Rather than a battery replacement, I am thinking of trading my watch with Apple program and get the 9 vs before this one gets outdated.

Well, add me to the list. I am no longer getting even 7 hours out of a charge. I just got a warning that I was at 10%, and less than 5 mins later it showed 2%. Totally unacceptable. And if this is “ the way it is”, I may have to switch. My wife has FitBit that does pretty much all the watch does, but she charges it every few days.

Oops - am typing this on an iPad that was at around 50% this morning, and all it did was sit, closed, and right now at 20%. Thank you, Apple!

I can't tell if anyone has read what I posted that helped my battery drain (posted on Dec 21st). I only see additional complaints. Not saying there aren't multiple issues, but my problem went away.

Crazy that these threads don't make it visually easy to see what message is responding to another message. Just a long chain of posts.

I saw your post from 21st. The problem rapid and persistent battery drain, for many, is randomly widespread among S4 through S8 models and apparently related to something, or many things, not related to adjusting AlwaysOn settings.

V-V-Vic wrote:

My battery used to last for 2 days. It would have 65% battery left after 12 hours, so I’d get 2 days wearing it before I have to charge it. Since the 10.2 update it’s at 30% after 12 hours. Very disappointed in Apple.

Unless you have an Ultra, Apple specs the battery at 18 hours usage time. So, if you were getting 48, that's incredible, almost unbelievable.

My Watch 7 (with an aging battery) givesme about 20 unless I do a long workout. I consider that completely acceptable.