I purchased the Apple Watch SE in January 2024. I use the provided magnetic charger. However lately, it does not fully charge. It took over 7hrs to go from 50% charged to 80% charged and having it “charged” longer like 4more hours, did nothing to increase the battery level from 80%. Is the charger defective or is the SE model always had this charging issue?
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 5
Watch settings, Battery, Battery health, Optimised battery charging, turn it off.
Try another charger brick, 10 watts (2 amps) or bigger.
It isn't a matter of power. I charge my SE with an old 5 Watt iphone 7 brick with an adapter from ebay, the point is to try another one.
I do my charging using the watch charger that came with the Apple Watch SE is plugged directly into an ac outlet via a USB-C port in the Anker Prime 67W USB C Charger, Anker GaN 3-Port Compact Fast PPS Wall Charger. No other ports are used while trying to charge the watch. Is that wall charger more powerful compared to a brick charger?
Thanks, I am going to try the advice you have posted on this “battery drain” topic.
Brand new Watch SE won’t fully charge
