Watch OS 4.3.1 battery drain

Update to my issues. I went to the apple store and they ran diagnostics on my watch. Battery shows it is fine. No hardware or software issues found. The did a factory reset, but unfortunately it still has the latest iOS 4.3.1. This morning same issue battery latest all but 5 hours. This is with only the factory loaded apps. I did not add any apps to the watch at all. They want me to pay $229.00 to send it out since it is out of warranty. Come on Apple you broke my watch and now you want me to pay to fix it. This is outrageous. Apple please fix your update.

The huge majority of users are not finding problems so it is more likely your upgrade had a problem, or you have a stuck app eating battery. You don't need to downgrade (difficult or impossible) to fix this. Series 1 is also getting older so it is also possible your watch has a battery issue which has made itself visible now by coincidence

Try a forced reset (Press and hold both buttons until the watch starts to reboot).

Try unpairing and re-pairing which will force all the software to be refreshed in the watch

Contact Apple Support if still unresolved, and arrange to get the hardware checked at a Genius Bar appointment or Apple Service Center

I have same issue with Apple watch 2. Its just 6 months old watch. Just before update battery held up for 1.5 days and not its less than 7 hours. I even tried un pairing and resetting the watch as new. still same issue.

I am having massive battery issues also. The only notifications enabled are text msg and heart rate. It’s not set to auto cone on with raising my arm. Prior to the update I could get 48 hours, now I may get 12. I have only 2 heart apps installed and nothing else. I don’t use photos or anything. Very disappointed in this update.

I did the hard reset and noticed no change. Then did the restore from backup and hard reset and saw a minor improvement but battery life is down st least 25% from what it was previously. This makes the watch almost worthless as iit can die during the day with very little useage. We really need a fix or someway to go back to old build. This one *****.

I’m having the same issue. Watch series 1 and OS 4.3.1 has wrecked my battery life. Even loses about 30% when I’m wearing it and sleeping with no motion tracking or notifications.

Used to get home from work with about 40% left but since 4.3.1 the battery is dead about 2 hours before I go home.

Apple clearly hasn’t tested this software adequately. Again.

Same problem here. Apple watch series 3 used to last me 2 days, not it only has 25% charge left after 1 day. Big drop in battery life after watchOS 4.3.1 update on my 42mm Apple Watch. My wife has the 38mm series 3 and her issues are even worse. He watch won't charge at all after the update, the charge indicator flips back and forth from charging to not charging every 2 seconds.

I’ve now found that if I turn the watch brightness to its lowest setting and turn off a lot of the background refreshing I just about scrape through 9 hours. This clearly needs a corrective update to be rolled out quickly by Apple.

I have the same issue. Original Apple Watch. No issues with battery life prior to 4.3.1. I could use the fitness app at the gym and still have 40% battery left when I got home. Now it’s routinely about dead. Something is definitely broken in this release.

I am also having this issue after upgrading to 4.3.1. My watch used to last all day and night and I would charge it in the morning. since the update it dies during the night. this is completely unacceptable, I cannot believe that this update went out untested like this. It doesn't matter that my watch is a series 1, it worked fine a couple of weeks ago and then I upgraded and instantly not so fine.

Because the nonexistent battery life (even after hard reboot and restore) made the watch basically worthless (less than 8 hours with extremely limited use vs 36 hours with moderate use) I decided to do a complete restore to new and reinstall. This appears to have done the trick. With very limited use (no notifications, no music, no raise to see time, low screen display, etc) I got 24 hours of use with about 20% battery remaining after the rebuild. Will reenable limited notifications and see what happens.

Doing an update should not require that item be restored to original configuration and everything reinstalled. But at least now it’s usable.

I am having similar battery issue. Before the update my watch’s battery would last for 36 hours. Now it just turns off after around 14 hours. The battery percentage looks wrong too. I noticed the watch to be around 50-60 percent battery and it turned off. I put into charging and in 40 minutes it was fully charged. Which was fast compared to normal. Then next time when battery was about 70 percent after around again 14 hours, it turned off again. Moreover, it is not going into reserve mode too. This update has major battery issues. You guys should fix it.

Yes, my battery life decreased substantially. Series 3 GPS + CELLULAR.

My watch also won't charge correctly. It's totally erratic. I have to put it on the charger about 10 times to get it to loading.

Actually, this is the first problem, I ever had with my watch.

Same problem here. Apple Watch first generation. No problems with the battery before. After installation of Watch OS 4.3.1 my battery goes from 100 to 10 % within 5-6 hours without using it for sports or other battery draining apps.