Apple Watch owners: I suggest you avoid the latest update!

[thewayne]

I own a Watch 5, so it could be related to mine being on the older side, and I know my battery is a little bit weaker, but it is sucking my battery dry! I pulled it off the charger around 7:30 this morning, and now, less than 12 hours later, I'm getting a warning that it's at under 10% battery charge!

Normally when I get home from work, 9 or 10 hours later, I'm sitting at 50-60% charge! So someone really screwed the pooch on this one. I haven't changed any settings, I'm not doing anything unusual, so I don't know what's up. I don't have time to take a look at any forums right now, but I would avoid the current update. Maybe the next will offer some relief.

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[thewayne]

That's the problem.  Unless you're in the developer program, there's no way for an average user to downgrade an iPhone, Watch, or iPad to a previous version!  And a couple of weeks after a patch or new version is released, the certificates for the previous version are revoked, which makes it impossible.  Constant complaint about Apple!  I currently carry two iPhones: a 13 Mini that my Watch connects to - which has no cell plan and runs the current and up to date iOS, and my 8 which my hearing aids connect to and is my phone phone.  They've screwed up how hearing aids work and until that gets fixed, I can't use my 13 Mini!  I keep hoping they'll fix it, but I also have the problem of my hearing aid maker hasn't updated their app in over a year! sigh

[suchasnack]

I didn't know that, yikes!

Well, that's... a series of fuck ups all piling up together, wow. I'm sorry they're causing you all of this trouble ;_;

[thewayne]

They screwed up hearing aids way early in the year, and have been messing with battery life on devices off and on for most of the year.  I have no idea what's going on over there in Cupertino, but it ain't good.