For some time now, Apple Watch has been reliably monitoring your health. To this day, it remains the best smartwatch on the market. This wristwatch has various health-tracking features, including a heart rate monitor, a heart rate recovery tracker, and a calorie counter.
A few problems might arise with the smartwatch and disrupt everyday use. If you find yourself in one of these situations, when the battery on your Apple Watch drains far more quickly than usual, you’ve come to the perfect spot.
Let’s discuss the issue that causes the most concern without further ado: a rapidly depleting battery.
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Why Does My Apple Watch Die So Fast?
Unmanaged timings, the wake screen, too many background apps, or too much screen brightness can all contribute to an Apple Watch’s battery depleting quickly after an update or making the problem unpredictable.
Consider making adjustments to repair the issue and prevent further harm to your valuable gadget. This article will go through the most typical methods for resolving battery issues on an Apple Watch.
How To Prevent Your Apple Watch from Rapidly Draining After An Update
If you want more use from your Apple Watch between charges, try following the advice below.
Method 1: Lower Wake Screen Time
The Apple Watch ‘wakes up’ and displays for a few seconds whenever you lift your wrist or press the screen. A battery can quickly deplete if the wake time is set to more than 15 seconds. Thus, it would help if you thought about taking the following measures to shorten screen time:
- Launch your Apple Watch app.
- Select “My Watch” and then “Display & Brightness.”
- Next, set Wake Duration to 15 seconds.
Method 2: Reconnect Your Watch to Your iPhone.
The rapid depletion of your Apple Watch’s power supply is probably due to improper setup. That’s why it’s advised that you link the smartwatch again. This should eliminate any corruption draining your battery and cure any temporary bugs or glitches.
- Launch Apple Watch
- Select My Watch and All Watches
- Press information and select Unpair Apple Watch
- Re-pair the watch as before
Would you prefer to use your watch with an iPad? Please read How to Connect Apple Watch to an iPad which goes into detail.
Method 3: Enable Motion Reduction
When you turn on the Reduce Motion option on your mobile device, the UI animations and automatic resizing are slowed down or eliminated. Here’s how to activate your phone’s Reduce Motion setting:
- Launch Apple Watch Settings
- Select the Reduce Motion option by going to Settings > Accessibility > General.
- Flip the switch adjacent to Motion Reduction to the On position.
While you are in the Accessibility section you can fix your zoom settings if your Apple Watch Keeps Zooming In and making text hard to read.
Method 4: Turn off Siri
Although Apple’s digital assistant, “Hey Siri,” is helpful when wearing an Apple Watch, it can deplete the wearer’s power supply. Therefore, temporarily turning it off is recommended to extend the battery’s life.
- Open the iOS Watch App.
- Select Siri under My Watch.
If you want to disable a feature, you must go into the Ask Siri box and flip the switch next to it. You could, for instance, want to turn off the “Raise to Speak” feature, etc.
Method 5: Disable The Wake Screen
The Apple Watch’s screen will illuminate whenever your wrist is raised. The fifth-generation Apple Watch includes this functionality. This is, however, a readily modifiable preference. So, to proceed.
- Open the Settings menu and select General.
- Wake Screen should now be visible; touch it.
- Activate the “Wake Screen on Wrist Raise” shortcut and disable it.
Method 6: Engage the Energy Savings Mode
Your Apple Watch’s rapid battery depletion may be because you’re not using the power reserve mode. Since the Apple Watch can do so much, it will alert you to important events and keep tabs on a wide range of data. To activate the energy-saving settings,
- Step#1: Swipe up for Apple Watch Control Centre.
- Step#2: Tap the battery percentage.
- Step#3: To activate Power Reserve, drag the slider towards it and click Proceed.
The Apple Watch’s time display is disabled while in Power Reserve mode. You can exit this mode by holding the side button until the Apple logo appears.
Note: If you are using Energy Saving Mode, then some health tracking options will be disabled. If you would like to turn them back on, please see How to Track Calories on Apple Watch.
Method 7: Verify All Activities
It would help if you kept tabs on everything on your Apple Watch. It has been observed that Workout apps continue functioning after you have finished using them.
If you want to keep tabs on your workout, you should check the data either in the built-in Workout app or in a separate app.
When using an Apple Watch, the fitness app is likely still active, which causes the battery to deplete more quickly. When you’re done with an exercise, press the End button.
Method 8: Apps In The Background
Several of the applications you have launched will continue to operate in the background even if you don’t actively use them. Nothing shocking here, as this is also true with smartphones. If you don’t want your Apple Watch’s battery to go too quickly, you need to disable its background programs.
To enable background app refresh, open the Watch app on your linked iPhone, and navigate to Settings > General > Watch. Select the App from the list that displays to disable its background activity on your Apple Watch.
Method 9: Modify Display Backlighting
Because it adds to the watch’s other functions load, the screen’s brightness can quickly deplete an Apple Watch’s power supply. I recommend you to have the brightness down. Launch the Settings App and navigate to Display & Brightness to disable Always On. If you change your mind later on, we have a guide that explains How to Make your Apple Watch Brighter.
Method 10: Manage Alerts
If your Apple Watch screen is asleep because you have too many applications or activities open, you may quickly switch between them with a notification. The battery life of an Apple Watch will soon deplete because of the constant display of alerts from all of these apps.
Controlling it requires using the Watch app on a linked iPhone. Select Notifications from the My Watch menu. First, pick the App from which you wish to remove alerts. To turn off alerts, choose Notifications Off.
Method 11: Turn off Find My App
Many users have reported that the Find My app drains their battery quickly due the Apple watch regularly contacting the devices it is tracking. Turn it off, and your battery life should be greatly extended. For more details on the app, please read How to Find a Lost Apple Watch which goes through how the app is used.
Method 12: Enable Low Power Mode
Low Power Mode extends battery life on your Apple Watch by turning off some functions that consume battery.
- Touch and hold the bottom of your Apple Watch screen.
- Once the Control Centre is visible, swipe up.
- Tap on the battery percentage button.
- Enable Low Power Mode.
Be aware that enabling low power mode turns off some functions. You may find that your Apple Watch is Not Tracking Activity while this is turned on.
Now that you have minimized battery use, you can customize your watch further. Read on with How to Change Ringtone On Apple Watch.
Conclusion
If you follow these steps, you should be able to reduce the rate at which your Apple Watch’s battery drains. If your Apple Watch stops operating, we hope you can fix it without difficulty.
I hope this article helped you in resolving your problem: why does my Apple watch die so fast. For more information, stay tuned!