I have the Apple Watch Series 8. The battery would last about 3 days prior to the update to 10.5. Now it lasts about 18 hours. I have checked for things that may have changed in the settings causing the drain and I cannot seem to identify any changes. Looking for suggestions on how to fix this issue.
I've done this forced restart now twice. I have never had an issue with the battery running out before. Now every night before even 7 pm it is almost out of battery. I can't get in all my steps or anything else because I have to put it on the charger. This has to be due to a recent update. Please have them look into this because it is ridiculous and I have had many versions of the apple watch and never had a problem before now. Thank you
I think that Apple may have made the wake on wrist raise too sensitive. I've noticed the display turns on much more often now...especially when using the keyboard etc. I can get a full days worth of usage now but I have to set/disable the following:
1) Wake on Wrist Raise (off)
2) Wifi (Off)
3) Automatic updates / App updates (off)
4) Background App Refresh (off)
5) Brightness (minimum)
6) Reduce motion (on) -- have always had this set to on.
Prior to the update I had wake on wrist, wifi, app updates/refresh set to on. Brightness was medium. But I still was able to get a full day of battery life with normal usage.
I have the same battery draining issues and am constantly needing to charge now, right after th update to 10.5. I have contacted apple support and they are telling me nothing is wrong with my device and they can't do anything to help, but have escalated the issue. Is anyone having better luck with apple support? I don't think it is right for apple to be telling me that this issue is on me when I've had no issues before the update.
I’ve tried everything followed all advice with resetting,unpairing, turned off every thinkable updates, removed apps from the watch, disabled WiFi turned off auto updates, turned off app refresh. My watch is useless within 2 hours. Prior to 10.5 update it would be fine from 6am till about midnight battery typically between 30-50%
I have an apple watch 7 series 45mm
iPhone 15 Pro Max iOS 17.5.1
praying next update addresses this, hope it’s soon!
I’m quite fed up!
I’ve tried pairing , deleting the app, forced reset , complete reset . I’ve tried it all and still the battery drains extremely fast. Frustrating as I’d get two days out of my series 4 watch
How old is your Series 4? Series 4 was discontinued in September 2019, almost 5 years ago.
You will need to do a hard reset. We found this out after 10.4 update
I found turning off WIFI on the watch for my Series 5 returned the battery life to normal
It looks like there is some driver issue for WIFI in the new software causing it to drain the battery
WiFi is obviously an issue. I could fix it by restarting my FRITZ!box router instead of disabling WiFi on the watch. The problem only existed at home. At work everything was fine.
Hm. After some time this didn’t change anything. Sorry. Still high battery usage.
ill have a look thanks!
You’re welcome. I hope you have a great day!
No, Apple Watch cannot revert to prior Watch OS versions.
How long has it been since you did the last paring of devices? It can take up to 2 to 3 days. It depends on charging patterns, availability of WiFi and other factors.
Hardware doesn’t fix itself and then break. Was the watch on a charger during the night?
Apple Watch Battery Drain after updating to 10.5
