Apple Watch battery drains in 2-3 hours after update

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Apple Watch battery drains in 2-3 hours after update

My iWatch is running 10.3.1 and has been fantastic UNTILL my iPhone updated two days ago to 17.4.1

Looking into my iWatch stats - Apple ran two reports showing bugs now in my watch dated 4.11.2024.

This was an overnight change once this new update occurred on my iPhone.

Not sure why this is. I have removed most apps from my iWatch and I hope today is a better watch day for I only purchased the iWatch for the medical assist it is for my health status.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.

Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 10

Posted on Apr 12, 2024 04:35 AM

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redwing57

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May 3, 2024 06:24 AM in response to redwing57

Overdue follow up - indeed, unpairing and re-pairing the watch to the iPhone fixed the rapid battery drain. Thanks so much for the suggestion. It is a fairly major thing to do, as it seems to wipe the watch and reload everything from a backup. (Really, REALLY, annoying that a software update created that kind of problem, with NO WARNING.)

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May 2, 2024 08:44 PM in response to ArtbyPenny

Unpairing and restoring from the very recent backup totally fixed the horrible battery drain from 10.4. This is on an Apple Watch Series 4 too!

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Apr 12, 2024 08:30 AM in response to ArtbyPenny

My iWatch 9 battery died overnight. Full charge at midnight, dead before 5am. Just updated iPhone to 17.4.1. iWatch running 10.3.1. No idea why.

It has rarely used half the battery in 24 hours before this iPhone update.

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Apr 12, 2024 06:20 AM in response to ArtbyPenny

Absolutely the same issue with my watch. My iPhone was updated to iOS 17.4.1 last night and my watch battery is now draining for 2-3 hours. My iWatch is running on 10.3.1 as well.

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Apple Watch battery drains in 2-3 hours after update

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