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.

Comments

[disneydream06]

I think I will stick with my Eco Drive regular watch. lol.........
Hugs, Jon

[suchasnack]

Darn, that must be frustrating! Can you downgrade to the previous update, as you wait for the new one to be pushed?

[moxie_man]

Something I don't need to worry about. My Timex has never needed an update. Eventually, it'll need a $3 battery, but it has never needed an update.

[lovelyangel]

Interesting. I got my Apple Watch last November, and by default, I think, it was configured to automatically update the OS overnight when the watch is attached to the charger. But, coincidentally, I changed that setting upon this current update. Now it just reminds me every morning that an update is waiting. The reminder is kind of annoying.

I tend to like to wait a while before installing new OS releases – mainly to see if there's any fallout.

(My watch never updated overnight because I never keep my watch on the charger overnight. In the morning I'd get a reminder anyway. I'd always manually update the OS.)