About a month ago, we wrote about our observations of Apple Watch users using watchOS 10.4: The then-latest update could quickly bring even a relatively new Apple Watch to its knees or its battery, it’s why the smartwatch only lasted a few hours. on a single charge.
We were also able to prove the battery problems in practice with an Apple Watch Series 9, that is to say only six months old, but under certain conditions: if I had recorded a training session, the smartwatch consumed approximately 1% battery per minute. As a result, I had to charge the watch at least briefly several times during a multi-hour hike.
Last week, Apple released watchOS 10.5 along with other systems. As is often the case, the release notes were rather sparse: Apple promoted a new watch face for Pride Month and fixed undefined bugs.
I’ve now put it to the test and observed the Apple Watch battery in the same scenario last weekend. Neither on a 6.5 hour hike, nor on a slightly longer 7.5 hour hike, did the watch alert me in the middle of the day that it was 10% full, as c This was the case under watchOS 10.4.
Based on these observations, I assume that the unusually fast battery drain has been fixed under watchOS 10.5, so update your Apple Watch to this version as soon as possible.
This article was originally published in our sister publication Macwelt and has been translated and adapted from German.
