Apple Watch Series 10 battery drain on WatchOS 26.3

Hey,


I'm currently running WatchOS 26.3 on a Apple Watch Series 10 GPS. My Battery Capacity is 95%. Normally my watch would last 2 days. We have 3 watches and they all have the same issue. It seems that the batteries are draining insanely fast. Now i'm happy if they last 12hrs.


Anybody else seen this issue and have been able to resolve this?


Energy saving does almost nothing.

I have power cycled my phone and watch without result.

I have reconnected the watch to the phone and did a factory reset.

I disabled notifications that I didnt need and even tried to disable wifi without result.

I kept it for a full day on the charger to speed up if there were any background processes but it didnt improve.


Since its on 3 watches its not just a one-off. Anybody have any idea what to do or try?

Apple Watch Series 10, watchOS 26

Posted on Feb 16, 2026 1:01 AM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2026 1:26 AM

Did you also try to erase the watch and set it up as a new device, without using the latest backup data?

You will only lose your created Watch faces and may have to set up the cards in the Wallet app again.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

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Feb 16, 2026 6:04 AM in response to Chestertjuh

Are those Apple Watches all Series 10?

Is there any content syncing between the paired iPhones and the Apple Watches, for example, Podcasts, Music, Photos, 3rd party Mail accounts?


You could contact the official Apple Support and ask them to diagnose your watch online, so that they can see, which process is causing this.

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Apple Watch Series 10 battery drain on WatchOS 26.3

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