Battery life with Watch OS2

[Anthony Colletti]

technically spot on - from an end user perspective, the last thing they want a feature referred to is a "complication" - 'noun: a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty."

 

[kch50428]

I'm at 57% after 14 hours or so...

 

[iEd]

technically spot on - from an end user perspective, the last thing they want a feature referred to is a "complication" - 'noun: a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty."

That's what it is for timepieces any timepiece. Complications.
You buy any watch with more than a simple face it's a complication.
End users have been buying watches and timepieces throughout history with complications used in the description of the piece.



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[iEd]

8 Hours 79%


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[trifster]

Is anyone experiencing severe battery drain?

GM candidate was great. Differential update to public release caused severe battery drain. Going to wipe and reset watch.

 

[csal80]

Same thing here. First time I ever saw 10%. I just read that the reason for the software delay last week was because of a problem they found which massively drained battery. I wonder if they never really corrected it.

 

[miguelo45]

Horrible. Used to have >65% by this time (10pm) after watchOS 2 is on 20%. Ridiculous. There has been no changes in the amount of usage

 

[Steven Sabo]

No real change in battery life for me. 16 hours and at 32% which is about the same as every night at this time. That is with two workout periods, 3 hours total.

 

[djmuzi]

today 7:00am I toock my watch away from the charger and at 11am I had 32% left... horrible ... I did only one short walk of about 30 minutes and tracked it as outdoor walk. I had the New York time laps wallpaper on. When my watch arrived at 55% I choose the simple watchface but it didn't help, the battery dropped for one hour to 32%... Very bad... trying to reset not, bit it takes ages... so I hardresettet. lets see it it helps...

 

[djmuzi]

after the reset and setup as a new watch I installed almost no apps (only runtastic I think) and after 1 hour of use including 20 minutes workout only 5% battery usage compared to 30% before reset.
So do a complete reset, set up as new and for the first time don't install too many apps.

 

[trifster]

I reset my watch last night, set it up as new (not from back) and reconfigured all the settings how i like. Charged to 100% this morning and im seeing normal battery life again. its nearly 11am and I'm only down to 88%. I'm guessing there is some odd upgrade issue with the battery drain. I suggest doing a full reset (erase all content and settings) then setup as a new Watch.

 

[csal80]

Unpair and pair seems to have solved the problem for me. Thank god because I am really enjoying the speed improvements of the new os.

 

[kch50428]

I suggest doing a full reset (erase all content and settings) then setup as a new Watch.

I'd try un-pairing and re-pairing the Watch and phone first...

 

[stefp]

The first day after updating it did seem to run down quicker to me but now it's back to the good battery life of before.

 

[Larry Cook1]

12 hours and at 71%.

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[geekymcfly]

I bought the Apple Watch today loaded 2.0 and I'm having nothing but problems. My battery drops 15% within an hour. Asking Siri to play a song always gets a result of "hmm, I'm having trouble playing that. If you aren't on Wi-Fi, make sure cellular data is enabled," but the song ends up playing anyway. I unpaired the device, repaired it, reset my network settings on my 6+ and finally reset the phone. I'm disappointed so far.

 

[bboykin87]

I just experienced this myself. Took the watch off the charger at 830pm and by lunch time (2am) it was down to 30%. I happened to have the charger with me and I charged it up to 90+% and now it is at 6%. This is with light usage. I'm going to try to reset unpaid and setup again and hopefully that fixes it.


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[tcuprof]

I'm very pleased with the battery life. Checked last night after 15 hours including 120 minutes in various workouts and had 45% left.

 

[RobtRoma]

For the most part, battery life seems about 5% better with Watch OS2 for me. After 11 hours today, I'm at 65% remaining on a very lazy day. This past week, I've gone to bed with over 50% remaining at least twice. I don't think I've ever seen that prior to OS2. Last night, I had 45% remaining with 50+ Move minutes on the Activity app. Again, slightly better than normal for me.

 

[Larry Cook1]

I got two full days out of mine.

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