Apple Watch: Battery Alerts

Doddsyuk wrote:

.. from my experience this would stop the whole getting to work the next day only to find its down to less than 25% ..

You may find it most convenient to charge your Apple Watch nightly, overnight.

Apple advises that you can charge Apple Watch whenever you want. The battery cannot be overcharged and there is no need to let it discharge to any particular level first, nor any benefit to be gained from doing so:

Batteries - Why Lithium-ion? - Apple

Apple's tips for maximising battery life and battery lifespan on Apple Watch are detailed here:

https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/#watchtips

The battery will not suffer any harm from regular charging. Charging will stop automatically when the battery is fully charged and start again if and when required due to ongoing battery usage.

Be sure to follow Apple's safety and handling instructions (see the links below) and also note that:

• It is not possible to turn the watch off whilst it is on the charger and connected to power - this is normal.
• It is also normal for your watch, power adapter and charging cable to become warm when connected to power.

You may also find (the optional) Nightstand Mode useful:

Use Nightstand mode on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

More information:

https://www.apple.com/watch/battery.html

Check your battery and charge your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Keep Apple Watch within acceptable operating temperatures - Apple Support

Important safety information

Hi

If you would like to submit a feature request to Apple, then you can do so here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html

(You are not talking to Apple here - this is a user-based technical support community).

As I hoped to explain - and as Apple advises:

"Charge your Apple lithium-ion battery whenever you want. There’s no need to let it discharge 100% before recharging. Apple lithium-ion batteries work in charge cycles. You complete one charge cycle when you’ve used (discharged) an amount that equals 100% of your battery’s capacity — but not necessarily all from one charge".

"With lithium-ion batteries, the capacity diminishes slightly with each complete charge cycle".

More information: Batteries - Why Lithium-ion? - Apple

The battery on Apple Watch is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1,000 complete charge cycles.

Doddsyuk wrote:

Thanks, that's what I wanted to do but I couldn't find the page!

You're welcome! 🙂