Watch OS 3 Draining Battery Very Quickly

FWIW, my Apple tech support person did confirm it had been reported to the engineering teams; and that she expected a future OS update to fix it. Something is in the works.

We'll see: The oddity of my watch problem is that the very significant battery drain did not happen until I switched from Apple Watch Series 0 (so to say) to Apple Watch Series 1, each running OS 3. While my first Apple Watch (OS 3) would finish a day with 50% battery or more, after 12 to 16 hours at the hospital, the Series 1 ends at about 15%, with exactly the same setup on the watch.

Update on Apple Watch battery issue...sent AW in to get looked at and Apple completely replaced it. I've set it up again, but then realized that the watch is on OS 2.2.2. I think I am going to leave it as-is for now until they get the battery issue resolved on OS 3. There is nothing that compelling that I NEED OS 3 for! PLUS, I can track my battery life to make sure the all-day battery life pre-OS 3 wasn't a figment of my imagination.

I have just notived in the last few days that my battery life is really bad also, when did 3.0 come out, I have it but I have auto update on soo not sure when I got it.

I upgraded to the Series 1, 38mm a week ago. By the evening, the battery is drained! I have unpaired it a few times and then re-paired, to no avail! I still have my original Apple Watch, also running OS3 and no problems with the battery. I hope Apple comes out with a fix soon!

One more data point: I stopped using the workout app, and my battery life returned to pre-watchOS3 levels. I decided to test it again today. A 30 minute outdoor walk burned 10% of the battery: from 94% pre workout to 84% post workout. Pretty clear then that it is the workout app doing this.

This prohibits the use of AW as a fitness tracker. No one wants a 5 hour limit. Given this function is a premier feature of the AW, it is still surprising to me that Apple has not yet issued a fix for this bug.

I have forced quit the workout app. I'm sort of curious to see if the battery drain continues. If so, I'll try a restart. That seems to have stopped it in the past.

I sent in for repair, got a replacement device sent. Seems to be better but I also notice the extreme batter drain with the workout app and the Nike+ running app. I did a 30 minute workout on Friday at it drained around 10% and a 45 minute run yesterday and it drained 12%. The heart rate is on the whole time so maybe it is that. Yesterday I made it the whole day and was at about 40% at the end of the day which is much better than the previous. Just my current observations.

I have the exact same problem. After a night charging I put on my watch at 6:30am. About 6:30 pm the battery is down to 20%.

I have tried everything Jonathan described. I also disabled Activate On Wrist Raise.

My daughters watch on watchOS 3 also has the exact same problem. My wife hasn't installed watchOS 3 yet and doesn't have battery problems.

I updated to Apple Watch 3.1 a few days ago. The battery life is so much better!!!!

The problem seems to persist on watchOS3.1. A 30m outdoor walk just consumed 11% of the battery. This didn't happen on watchOS 2.2.2. Almost for sure it is the workout app doing this. I had good battery life all week, and I wait until today to test the drain on the workout app. This makes the workout function of the apple watch unusable.

Update on my AW, I stayed on 2.2.2 and was getting 16-18 hours easily with my usual apps, etc. Interestingly enough, I was having problems with the GPS on my iPhone 7 so brought it into Apple...after doing the usual troubleshooting, they discovered that my bluetooth wasn't working correctly which would be indicative of a hinkey logic board (and would explain both the AW battery drain and the GPS issue). They replaced the phone, I decided to upgrade to 3.1 on my AW and yesterday (my first day on 3.1) I was at 60% after 20 hours! Much better!

I still have this problem - it's pretty similar to lots others here.

I've got an Apple Watch Series 0, 42mm. It worked fine with great battery life up until some point after OS3. After that update it started draining quickly, sometimes losing 10-12% an hour, and never making it to the end of the day.

The Workout app makes it worse, and on days when I get normal battery life (which is rare, but sometimes happens when both my phone and watch have been turned off and charged a few times) it's the use of the Workout app that seems to restart the behaviour.

I'm in contact with Apple Support, who have now replaced my Watch once, but it hasn't fixed the problem. This replacement suggests to me that even if I got a new watch, I'd still be getting this issue.

It'd be nice if there was some sort of fix on the horizon, but at this stage, I'm not really holding out a great deal of hope.

Was the same for me!

Updating my Apple Watch 1.Gen 38mm to watchOS 3.1.1 fixed this battery drain issue (with unreliable heart rate and workout monitoring) that started with watchOS 3.0.

After I did update on my Apple Watch only battery last for less than a half day without using it.

It is so disappointed :( I hope apple fix this as soon aspo