26.2.1 recently released for the iPhone and Apple Watch. Has anyone noticed if the battery is draining faster on the Watch. I have an Apple Watch 7 charged to 100% every night before bedtime. Again this morning it's already down to 74% similar to the previous few mornings. Prior to the update the Watch battery was showing in the 90's in the morning.
Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 26
lawrencej wrote:
26.2.1 recently released for the iPhone and Apple Watch. Has anyone noticed if the battery is draining faster on the Watch. I have an Apple Watch 7 charged to 100% every night before bedtime. Again this morning it's already down to 74% similar to the previous few mornings. Prior to the update the Watch battery was showing in the 90's in the morning.
What I have experienced is the opposite. Before, on 26.2, my Watch (Series 11) used to go from 100% down to 70%-80% overnight, and now after this 26.2.1 update it is at 90% in the morning. Also during the day it seems to lose a charge about half as fast as it used to on 26.2, maybe even better than that. Based on what I have seen, on normal power mode now I should be able to get 2-3 days from one charge now, Apple advertises about 24 hours for my model. I feel like 26.2.1 introduced more efficient power usage. Another person in the household here with a Series 7 watch says he is getting twice as long usage out of a charge after 26.2.1, but I don't know how carefully he has measured that.
Apple Watch 7 battery drains faster after update 26.2.1
