Apple Watch Battery draining fairly quickly; Battery Health stuck at 80%

If you ask, they may offer an upgrade path.

Battery aging is not a linear progression. It’s the way the chemicals age and change in structure.

Apple Watch Series 7 was introduced in September 2021. Since you purchased at launch it’s almost 3 years old. Your battery has exceeded expected aging. Batteries Health decreasing to about 80% is expected after 2 years. Your battery exceeded that easily.

My brother has an Apple Watch 5, which he bought a full year before me getting an Apple Watch 6.

Both are stuck at a battery health of 80%.

My Apple watch 6 went down from 86 to 80% in about 4 months, and has been stuck at 80 since October 2023.

Fishy? Then again, I am sure Apple will not want to face another lawsuit for throttling batteries percentages.

Mine dropped to 79% few days ago. It took about 2 months to get there from 80%.

Looking forward to getting a replacement. I hope they are out of stock and will get a series 8. Has anyone got newer model as a replacement?

It was stuck at 83% for the longest period since I started monitoring it (about 4 months)

You will get the identical watch. No upgrade.

My wife’s Hermes had the three year AppleCare plan. We extended it on a monthly basis. Three months later, the battery went under 80%. Apple shipped a brand new Hermes case, of the identical model.

With my series 4, they shipped me the identical one, but used with dings, not new.

I realized that they have a ton of old watches kept in stock for this purpose. I guess only Hermes owners get a brand new one. If you have the stainless steel, get zAppleCare and pay the monthly extension until the battery drops below 80%. I pay $ 3.99 a month on my four year old IPad Air series 4. My Hermes was $ 5.99 a month. Prices vary. I wouldn’t do it for an aluminum one.

No need to panic.

My Watch v. 6 was stuck at 80% for 8 months before it went down to 79%.

I just think that the top portion of the battery deteriorates faster and then things settle for a while.

Give it time. It will go down. don't be in a rush to get a new watch. As long as it works, right?

I’ve a Series 5 I bough shortly after they came out in September 2019. So, mine dropped below 80% when it was 3 to 4 years old. So, it’ll definitely drop below 80%.

Batteries age differently depending on usage patterns, charging patterns, temperatures and many other factors. No two batteries are going to age identically.

Apple never messed with the percentages. What the law suite was about was throttling the performance and not telling the device owner. The result being the device performed slower and slower as it aged. Apple argument for doing so, was they were protecting battery capacity so if the user needed to use the phone or Watch need to call 911 because of a a fall and an accident, battery capacity would still be sufficient. People sued and now, you are free to drain your battery and have nothing when you might need it most.

Mine was stuck at 83% for a few months. Since then dropping about 1% per 6-8 weeks. Currently at 80% - nearly there 😂

I don't wear it during the sleep - charge once a day.

so… it’s all good now.

My brother’s Apple Watch 5 now shows 79% of battery health.

So he will get a new battery.

Regards

How long it took to get from 80 to 79?

8 months

Good tip. Sometimes we forget about simplest solutions 🤷‍♂️ mine is Steel Space Black - I just think their stock levels were lowers vs aluminium one.