WatchOS 10.6.2 huge battery drain

At 100% battery charge first thing in the morning , I’m putting mine into low battery mode.

after over 4 hours , battery is 80%.

im not finding low power mode is affecting functionality very much, Apple Pay still works.

so this is a workaround . Only thing is you have to remember to always put it into low battery mode once you take it off the charger.

I also have an Apple Watch SE and I started to experience battery drainage issues too, even before the update. I disabled all unnecessary services that I didn’t use, and disabled notifications from apps that were constantly pinging my watch making the screen turn on. After that, the battery was able to last me a full day and half sometime two, with minimal usage other than to check the time and workout.

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This happens because you have an outdated watch. It’s fine to use but if you want better battery life then you need to buy a new one. I would recommend an SE 3 since you already have an SE Apple Watch.

I also have battery drain after updating to 10.6.2. Apple watch SE worked fine, got almost 24h of battery.

After updating I noticed it lasts closer to 18-20h. When I'm not moving (sitting) it's normal. If I walk or I'm mildly active it starts draining faster - this didn't happen before. I can see in Battery menu the drain slope.

I tried to turn off most of background refresh, did a reboot.. nothing helped.

10.6.2 was 160 MB in size - seems this is not only certificate upgrade. Hope they release new version with a fix or revert to before.

I'll see what happens with mine, Apple Watch 4 Stainless Steel. YES, it's old, but health shows "92%." I've had drain of 100% to totally dead in literally 4-5 minutes ever since the 10.0 OS update, stinks...I love this old Stainless Steel watch. I'll see what happens, but I fear this battery is shot, or something. If this doesnt work, Ill try a total erase, unpair...re-pair.. IF I can that is. Watch seems to be holding some kind of charge only connected to the charger puck. 😖 I've been looking at replacement batteries for a while, I was able to bring new life back my original Apple Watch Series 1 by replacing the battery in that - (thank you YouTube!)

Well it seems for me it was the worst case because the Apple Watch DIED after the upgrade. I started the upgrade and after 20 minutes I was going to pick up the watch to put again on the wrist and it was extremely hot and not displaying anything. I waited for it to freshen a little and no way, it didn't get back to life again. I contacted Apple support and they said to go to an Apple Store for them to check if it was because of the update or not, but well, let's apply some common sense, 20 minutes before it was working perfectly... Adding to this, I don't have Apple Stores in my country, the certified Apple stores charge at least 30€ just for a diagnostic and I'm now with a dead Apple Watch without Apple taking their responsibility, at least they could pay for the diagnostic as they don't have a store in my country.

I’ve got the same issue. Apple Watch Series 5 here. At 10.6.1 the watch had enough battery for a full day. Now it last for an hour before dying. Something is very wrong with 10.6.2. Tried unpairing and following the other suggestions, but had no success.

Has anyone found any solutions?

I have the Apple Watch SE 1st gen and after updating it to 10.6.2 my battery drains 50% faster. At this point I'm not using it due to the need of charging it every 6 hours working on my desk.

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Good luck! 👋🏼😉

Smiliñ 😎 Brian

Yes exactly the same for me on my series 5 watch too.

it was fine before the update , now it’s almost bricked. This is fishy.