watchOS 7.3 battery drain issue

App & System Services Core OS watchOS Apple Watch

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

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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

notemi OP

Feb ’21

Same issue here with watch series 5 cellular

DrMickeyLauer OP

Feb ’21

Same problem with my AppleWatch SE cellular. Unbearable!

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.

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

Jeroen1976 OP

Feb ’21

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

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.

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!

Chris Denny OP

Feb ’21

Yep, same here. AW 4

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!

JDubya518 OP

Feb ’21

Same.

Battafab OP

Feb ’21

Same problem with my Apple Watch series 6,now the watch literally drain the battery.

lauraut OP

Feb ’21

I have the same issue - massive battery drain by mid-day.

BagNDrag OP

Feb ’21

Same problem here. Prior to 7.3, at the end of the day, my S6 would be at 65% battery. After 7.3 it is around 10%. Huge drain. Please fix.

james_hillhouse OP

Feb ’21

Same battery problem. After watchOS 7.3 upgrade, battery life on my AW 6 GPS is less than a day.