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Hello, my watch updated to OS 9.6.1 a couple of days ago and now the battery only lasts 2-3 hours. I have tried hard resetting and unpairing/pairing but unfortunately these things did not help.
Is there anything else I can try? thanks.
Apple Watch Series 7
If the battery drains too fast after an update, see all the replies to:
Battery Drain since watchos 7.4 - Apple Community
WatchOS 7.5 battery drain - Apple Community
FWIW, in some cases, unpairing the watch, completely erasing it, then pairing and restoring the backup will resolve the battery draining issue after an update. (Simply unpairing and pairing again may not work.)
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Also, some people have found that simply waiting a few days after an update resolves the battery draining problem.
Hello,
Thanks for the pointers. I did the full erase and unpairing but unfortunately that did not fix the issue.
I also chatted with support but they were not able to help cause the diagnostics results did not show any battery health issues. Maybe the diagnostics logs are capturing whatever is causing this issues.
Sadly my watch is practically unusable cause battery only lasts a couple of hours.
Apple Watch 7 w/ OS 9.6.1 excessive battery drain
