My watch battery used to last more than 1 day. Since the last update 11.2) my watch drains MUCH more quickly. Watch won’t make it for even 1/2 that. Hasn’t even been 4 hours and it is half drained.
series 8 no cellular.
how can I fix thus?
I have most apps set to no background update, notifications turned off on most.
A week ago it lasted nearly 1 1/2 days.
please help
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Apple Watch Series 8, watchOS 11
My Series 9 lasted for a smidgen over 2 days now isn’t even getting thru 24 hours since it updated 2 days ago. This is terrible. Especially since these watches were advertised to have a longer battery life. It’s the only upside I had when I upgraded from my series 6, when unbeknownst to me, they had taken away the O2 functionality!!
Did you try to force restart by pressing and holding the Digital Crown and the Side button together for about 10sec, until the Apple logo comes back again?
If this does not work, unpairing the watch would be the next step:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Some users disabled the Bluetooth connection between the iPhone and the watch as a workaround, until Apple addresses this issue.
You can use the Feedback link to let them know, that your watch also has battery issues after the latest update, if the steps above do not help to stop the draining of your battery.
Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple
Thank you for your reply. I think I figured it out as the days since have been more normal. Then it happened again today. It appears to be use of the ECG function drains 30-40% of battery.
probably no longer on Apple’s radar since the newer watches had to exclude that functionality/app.
Hoping that is mystery solved.
It’s been over a month now since the latest update and my watch still isn’t doing more than 22 hours charged. And I have turned the Bluetooth off. This is really upsetting since I always had it on before and the longer battery life is why I upgraded my watch!!
The latest releases as of January 27th were watchOS 11.3 und iOS 18.3
Apple watch Battery drain after watchOS 11.2 update
