watchOS 7.3 battery drain issue

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Created Jan ’21

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Hi, I own an Apple Watch series 6 cellular. After upgrading from 7.2 to 7.3 battery life has dramatically reduced. Used to use all day and night and when I woke up it had still 30% to 40% battery life before a quick charge. Now battery will be 5% before going to sleep.

please help me to solve the issue.

kind regards

Answer 1

ncre OP

Jan ’21

I have the same problem after updating my AW 4 to 7.3. Battery life went from 30 hours to 18.

Please give advice what to do.

Cheers

Answer 2

Kelvach OP

Jan ’21

Hey,

I'm experiencing a very similar issue as well. I have a series 5 cellular and I normally end the day on maybe 85% with light usage and yesterday I updated and ended the day on around 60%. Currently it is the following day and I'm at 45% where I'd normally be at 70%. WatchOS 7.3 is definitely causing this issue and I have no idea how to resolve the issue. Anyone have any ideas other than wait for a software fix?

Answer 3

fujifezz OP

Jan ’21

Same issue here after updating to watchos 7.3 Battery drained from 100% to 48% overnight when it would normally be 95% in the morning. Also went to 20% after a few hours. Watch wouldn’t last 24 hours when 48 hours was normal. How do we roll back to 7.2?

Answer 4

Bagel123 OP

Jan ’21

I have the same issue.
seems like SLEEP is killing the battery.
fully charged before bed, 9% at wake up.

Apple, please provide a quick solution, and not take ages to resolve.

Answer 5

Jeroen1976 OP

Jan ’21

Same problem here. 7.3 draines the battery of series 6 completely. Due to this battery issue, it makes the apple watch useless.
My advise: don’t upgrade!!!!

Answer 6

Mmburger OP

Jan ’21

Same!!! I have a 5 and it’s at 10% at 430 today. And I slept in, I don’t sleep with mine. What the heck? Come on Apple fix this quick!

Answer 7

vaggelis_car OP

Feb ’21

I have the same problem with my newly buy Apple Watch series 6. After updating to 7.3 I need 2 times charging per day! Something is wrong.

Answer 8

Koskey22 OP

Feb ’21

Same, went to bed at 100% and woke up at 50%. I charged it for 6 hours too. This is a bad bug and it needs to be addressed ASAP.

Answer 9

Musska OP

Feb ’21

Same problem with my older watch. Battery dies in the afternoon now since 7.3 update. Used to be fine all day. Not ideal

Answer 10

Brunitomen OP

Feb ’21

Same here! Please apple, solutions!

Answer 11

Boilermaker08 OP

Feb ’21

Experiencing the exact same issue. Apple Watch 6 GPS.

Answer 12

MLease OP

Feb ’21

I have the same problem and I need my watch for work! Please fix ASAP!!

Answer 13

chinsta OP

Feb ’21

Same here. Apple watch series 4 (WatchOS 7.3). Used up all battery within 6 hours even after reset and turned off background apps.

Answer 14

SurajMD OP

Feb ’21

Same issue on my Apple watch series 6 GPS!

Answer 15

iSteve-O OP

Feb ’21

Same here. Series 4. Usually wear all day & night and wake up with 30-40%, but today 6%.

Please fix!

Answer 16

Tarun1723 OP

Feb ’21

Same here...charged 100% around 10am and by 8 pm it was at 10%. It’s very annoying that I have to keep it for charging twice a day...please @apple fix it ASAP

Answer 17

notemi OP

Feb ’21

Same issue here with watch series 5 cellular

Answer 18

DrMickeyLauer OP

Feb ’21

Same problem with my AppleWatch SE cellular. Unbearable!

Answer 19

iamJeffCohen OP

Feb ’21

...and same here, Series 4 watch
Battery life has been awesome since day 1 until I upgraded to WatchOS 7.3
Huge difference in how fast it drains.
I restarted, removed a few 3rd party apps that where in use for displaying complications. No change.
All complications are native WatchOS complications.

Answer 20

IanGr OP

Feb ’21

Same here. I usually charge it at about 6pm each day and it usually has about 50-60% battery remaining by then. Today, I had 10% remaining by 1pm, no new apps, no changes to anything other than the 7.3 upgrade

Answer 21

Jeroen1976 OP

Feb ’21

Same problem here. Apple watch series 6. After the update to 7.3, the battery drain is severe

Answer 22

Purplegod OP

Feb ’21

Same experience here. I have an apple watch series 6 with cellular and battery life has reduced by at least 4 hours.

Answer 23

Jmstant2 OP

Feb ’21

Same problem. Updated to new OS and the battery is junk. Fully charged 45 minutes ago now down to 70%. Started having the problem on 1/31. Watch doesn’t even get through half the morning. Unusable. Have tried all the restarts, changing settings. No help. Please correct ASAP!

Answer 24

Chris Denny OP

Feb ’21

Yep, same here. AW 4

Answer 25

Hung15595 OP

Feb ’21

I have the same problem with my AW series 4. After update to watch os 7.3, the battery of the watch can only stand for about 10-12 hours after a full charged. This is a bad user experience that disappointed me and make me regret of buying this instead of other smartwatch. Hope apple will fix this soon!