Apple Watch Series 2 Battery Life

[James Falconer]

How's the battery life holding up on your Apple Watch Series 2?

So far for me, I get a good 2.5 days on a charge, but I usually charge it at the end of day 2. Honestly it's a bit more than I want to charge (am used to a 3-5 day cycle with Fitbit), but not a huge deal.

 

[StraightlineBoy]

I charge mine daily by putting it on my bedside cabinet and making use of nightstand mode. It's 6pm here and I've got 76% left (no use of bluetooth music or GPS today) so I think I'd get 2 days if I was away and forgot the charger but 3 would be pushing it. On one hand I've come from a Garmin where a weekly charge was plenty so it's much worse than that but given that I was expecting only a single day charge out of it, it's much better than I expected

 

[James Falconer]

Kinda my thoughts too. For some reason I was expecting a daily charge. Nice to have the option for at least 2 days if needed. I suspect when the weather is nicer and I start using the GPS heavily for outdoor workouts, daily charges will be the norm.

 

[StraightlineBoy]

After a half hour run on Sunday morning, with music, it had only used about 10% battery so unless you're tracking long activities I think 2 day battery life will still be possible for many people

 

[Premium1]

How's the battery life holding up on your Apple Watch Series 2?

So far for me, I get a good 2.5 days on a charge, but I usually charge it at the end of day 2. Honestly it's a bit more than I want to charge (am used to a 3-5 day cycle with Fitbit), but not a huge deal.

Mine is holding up pretty well. Currently on the 2nd day and still has a solid charge. Use it throughout the day, I'm not what you would call a heavy user by any means but I get a good amount of notifications so holding up well.

 

[Matty]

How's the battery life holding up on your Apple Watch Series 2?

So far for me, I get a good 2.5 days on a charge, but I usually charge it at the end of day 2. Honestly it's a bit more than I want to charge (am used to a 3-5 day cycle with Fitbit), but not a huge deal.

Im happy with that. Not having to charge something every night is already ticking one box. Obviously, the main goal is to charge something once a week. But we will get there in time

 

[chad_winker]

How many hours does it last when using it on a gym

 

[chad_winker]

How many hours does it last when using it on a gym?

 

[StraightlineBoy]

How many hours does it last when using it on a gym

Sorry I don't understand, on a gym what?

 

[James Falconer]

Not sure what he meant either... but if it helps, I do at least half an hour a day on the treadmill. Nice brisk jog. The watch lasts me through two days, I usually charge it every other night.

 

[Closingracer]

I usually take mines off the charger around 7 AM and it's around 30% by the time I go to sleep around 12-2AM. Today I took it off at 9 AM and it's currently at 75% around 6:45 pm

 

[Closingracer]

After a half hour run on Sunday morning, with music, it had only used about 10% battery so unless you're tracking long activities I think 2 day battery life will still be possible for many people

Mine would be dead by mid morning the 2nd day

 

[Mac Guy]

The mrore you let you Watches run low, the quicker it uses up battery cycles. I try not to let mine drop below 50% or more. Apple has often replaced computer and phone batteries outside of warranty when they fail to charge but have a low cycle count, at no cost to the owner. I don't know about watches.

I wish there was an app like coconutBattery for the Watch. The latest version also supports iOS devices when their plugged into a computer.

coconutBattery 3.4 - by coconut-flavour.com

 

[Closingracer]

The mrore you let you Watches run low, the quicker it uses up battery cycles. I try not to let mine drop below 50% or more. Apple has often replaced computer and phone batteries outside of warranty when they fail to charge but have a low cycle count, at no cost to the owner. I don't know about watches.

I wish there was an app like coconutBattery for the Watch. The latest version also supports iOS devices when their plugged into a computer.

coconutBattery 3.4 - by coconut-flavour.com

Doesn't really matter.... And if it does dies than i have Apple care plus

 

[anon(8910885)]

1-2 day battery life is already awesome by smartwatches standard, given that the Apple watch can do more than fitness tracking - a lot more apps and capabilities

 

[StraightlineBoy]

The mrore you let you Watches run low, the quicker it uses up battery cycles. I try not to let mine drop below 50% or more. Apple has often replaced computer and phone batteries outside of warranty when they fail to charge but have a low cycle count, at no cost to the owner. I don't know about watches.

At this stage there's so much on the net about how to maximise battery life, 90% of which was never true, or used to be true but is no longer, that I just use my devices and don't think to deeply about it. I could spend the next 12 months following some advice only to find out that I've been wasting my time as the advice was wrong. The only thing I do is try to avoid letting my devices get so low that they power off. I figure that the battery will be fine for a couple of years and by then there'll be a newer watch that I'll probably want anyway.

 

[Mac Guy]

At this stage there's so much on the net about how to maximise battery life, 90% of which was never true, or used to be true but is no longer, that I just use my devices and don't think to deeply about it.

Unfortunately, drilling through battery cycles is still a real thing. It'll be interesting to see the Watches battery life spans and use cases.

To that end, I'll still try to keep the battery from discharging below 50%. It's convenient for me to charge every night. When I can get two days use and be at 50% or above, then I'll charge every other day.

 

[StraightlineBoy]

As it is a typical day for me will be a 30 minute run using watch GPS, maybe track a second non-GPS workout that will use the HR monitor plus other use and I tend to get to the end of the day above 50% and I do take the watch off and charge it. That said, days when I use more GPS I'm not going to sweat about it.

It seems to me that whatever you do with devices like phones and watches you're into borrowed time after about 2 years when they get heavy daily use. My iPhone 6 has just gone over 2 years (bought on launch day) and the battery life has fallen off a cliff lately to the point that I'm going to see about a new battery for it next time in town (maybe this weekend). My iPhone 4S was fairly similar.

 

[Pedro Hicken]

Two whole days. No question. Sometimes three.

 

[Fable]

I was going away this weekend and I took it off the charger at 9am Friday. It went back on the charger at 1pm on Sunday. It was still at 24% charge. Pretty solid in my book as normally I charge it every night.