Apple Watch Series 8 battery life with watchos10.1 is terrible

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Apple Watch Series 8 battery life with watchos10.1 is terrible

After the update to WatchOS10.1, my series 8 watch rapidly discharges its battery. And, it takes forever for it to recharge. I think there is a problem here.

Posted on Oct 26, 2023 1:32 PM

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javaliga

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Oct 26, 2023 1:46 PM in response to Mikeheit

If the battery drains too fast after an update, see all the replies to:

Battery Drain since watchos 7.4 - Apple Community

WatchOS 7.5 battery drain - Apple Community

FWIW, in some cases, unpairing the watch, completely erasing it, then pairing and restoring the backup will resolve the battery draining issue after an update. (Simply unpairing and pairing again may not work.)

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, some people have found that simply waiting a few days after an update resolves the battery draining problem.

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Mikeheit Author

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Oct 29, 2023 12:51 PM in response to Mikeheit

Based on something posted in another forum, I turned off the weather widget and complication. That appears to have stopped the rapid battery discharge. I’ll turn them back on when I see an update that reads like it addresses that issue.

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Mikeheit Author

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Oct 26, 2023 3:07 PM in response to javaliga

Thank you.

With the number of similar complaints I’m seeing elsewhere, I suspect an update addressing this will roll out soon. Until then I’ll leave it in low power mode.

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