I have the Apple Watch Series 8. The battery would last about 3 days prior to the update to 10.5. Now it lasts about 18 hours. I have checked for things that may have changed in the settings causing the drain and I cannot seem to identify any changes. Looking for suggestions on how to fix this issue.
What is required is a forced restart of your Apple Watch. A forced restart is more than just turning your Watch off and on. Observe the battery usage for the next 24 to 72 hours. If there is no improvement you’ll need to unpair the Watch from your iPhone, force restart the Watch and the iPhone and lastly pair the two devices. Battery usage will return to normal in 24 to 72 hours.
Force restart Apple Watch - Apple Support
Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
The odds are a 3rd party app or complication is stuck syncing or having issues supporting the update. Try the above well known fix and you should be good in a few days.
Did both restart and pair unpair. No luck. This is terrible and clearly due to update. Never had a problem with either watch or phone before and now both have poor battery health. Grrrrrrr
How long has it been since you did the last paring of devices? It can take up to 2 to 3 days. It depends on charging patterns, availability of WiFi and other factors.
Hardware doesn’t fix itself and then break. Was the watch on a charger during the night?
Experiencing the same here unbelievable that my watch poops out at 8PM! wTf? Address and fix this disaster! 💩
No third party apps that I know of. I had moby face app but uninstalled from phone and watch.
Apple Watch Battery Drain after updating to 10.5
