I installed Apple Watch 2, Beta 5 last week. Since its installation, I'm getting an average of about 6 hours of battery life on my watch. I'm unable to install any non-Apple apps - they indicate they are "installing" but just die, and the watch eats up battery at a rate of about 10% or more per hour, while no apps are active except the normal watch face. I put my watch on at 10:30 a.m. today; it is now 2:30 p.m. and the watch has 44% charge left. I've activated nothing and have used the watch as solely a timepiece. This is not good news. What gives?
Dreadful battery performance Beta 5
>What gives?
It's a(nother) beta, where power management is typically left out until near the end. Be sure to file bugs, etc.
Hi 🙂
What fixed battery life and app install issues for many others is:
- Make sure watch and phone are on same beta
- Unpair the watch from the iPhone
- Pair watch and setup as new device
Of course, it's not ideal having to set up as a new device every other beta, but it's better than poor performance.
Max.
Follow Max108's suggestions and you'll get all-day battery life. I'm getting about 18 hours before a charge, after re-pairing.
-Lee
Setting up as new device is the important step here. Before I would go maybe 3 hours until battery was completely depleted. After all day yesterday it was only down to 47% at bedtime, which seems to be an overall improvement.