Apple watch battery draining quickly after iOS 26.0.2 Update.

Hi

Thanks for the tips.

My battery health is 85% after 2 years and 9 months of usage. My expectation from a battery is at minimum 3 years of service.

I am not able to change the clock every time its running low.

Yesterday I went out for cycling and it drained so fast that when I was 3 miles away from home I noticed the battery was 9% so it actually helped my workout as I had the inspiration to cycle faster and close the workout before the battery dies. However it cannot work that way (the clock was fully charged at 9:30 AM and died at 9:00 PM).

My Apple Watch is finally back to normal battery life since last week.

Actually seems that it is getting even better by the day. I have 48% remaining after 14 hours, when it would drain in 6 hours after the update.

Only thing is, it took 3 months before it started getting better, and I had tried all the solutions that were proposed.

Hi

Just what happened to me.

Obviously the watch is not behaving as it used to, two and a half years ago, but it is behaving more and more similar as it used to before the update. Do not really understand the reason.

This is a problem for now. I bought an extended Apple Care. I checked the battery health level at 81%, then after the upgrade, it went UP to 84%. No kidding. Others explained that it is not an absolute read of battery capacity, and algorithms can change it.

What it means financially to me is that I have to charge a watch every 6 hours, and there is no hope of battery or watch replacement. Three years of use.

Mine went from red to dark orange from 89% battery life after the red drain now I get the red battery indicator light on constantly on a yr old watch fitness will not start on either of my watches. I’m going to tell you another reason your batteries are draining quicker.

It’s because Apple thought adding an entire computer programs on our little phones and watches and we can’t remove them come on I don’t need photos on my watch or keynote etc on my phone with no choice. I don’t need a full computer on my wrist or on my phone and apps should be my choice

I had the same with my series 7 watch, and I traded it in for a brand new series 11 and it's still doing the same thing. When I called Apple Support, the rep literally asked me, "how long do I expect the battery to last." Longer than 6-8 hours, sir!

capitan.pis wrote:

Please read the complete thread, it took me 2, 3 months to get it back to normal, and I was not the only one.

My watch is an 8 series watch and when it was new it lasted about 30 hours between recharge though I recharged every 24 hours. Within the usage, it started obviously losing capacity and now it is around 26 27 hours which anyway I don't need as I recharge every 24 hours.

I have no idea what is advertised or not, I am telling you how it works for me. Sure, there are many features the watch allows you to control in order to save battery life, such as the background of the watch and notifications handle and Apps working in the background. I made sure I take all what I need from the watch, and regarding things I don't need nor use, I set the settings so the consumption will be as less as possible.

I see some other posts indicating battery performance issues. But I wonder how many, or what percentage of users, this really represents.

My Series 11 lost 30% or so over a day, now after 26.2.1 it is losing about 1-2% per hour, which is an improvement in fact. So I think there is a range of experiences.

You're welcome 🙂

All the best!

I have the same problem with my AW7, earlier on end of the day a have about 15-20% battery, now in ios26.0.2 I need charging at 4-5pm to add 20% battery to last to the evening 8pm

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Same here. Apple Watch Ultra Battery Health 84%.

With Watch OS 26 battery lasted 1,5 Days, After updating to 26.0.2 under 24 Hours.

Same issue with my Apple Watch series

it used to last more than a day with my typical usage. Post update to 26.0.2 23% battery drain in just 45 min and barely able to go through half day

How do you do this?