Apple Watch battery draining fast after watchOS 11 Update

Has anyone had any luck with apple support on this? my aw6 drained a fully charged battery in just over 3 hours...it has been like that since the OS11 update.

So far support says they aren't aware of any issues and have me doing things like low power mode which have no improving effect.

This is a significant concern, and it seems that Apple isn't addressing it. I often hike for 8-10 hours and previously relied on my watch to track my activities. However, since updating to watchOS 11, the battery now lasts only about 5 hours, which disrupts my hiking records. It is impossible to recharche the battery in the middle of hiking! I am going to have to consider switching to a more reliable device that can sustain a longer battery life.

The recent update Watch OS 11.0.1 promised to fix this, but it has NOT. I have a Watch 9, almost new. This is not normal.

watchOS 11.0.1

This update includes bug fixes for your Apple Watch, including:

• Apple Watch may unexpectedly restart for some users
• Music app may unexpectedly quit when loading media
• Battery may drain more quickly than expected
• Touch screen may be temporarily unresponsive for some Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users
• Messages may unexpectedly quit when replying to a message with a shared Apple Watch face

You cannot have actually read what people are experiencing here and written this answer. Massive battery drains in less than an hour. This is not at all normal or acceptable, and users should never have to factory reset your device to get an update to not kill the battery.

So update....

Sitting here after reading all of the same comments and some users wondering if Apple has been contacted, I contacted them yesterday (12/8/24) and informed them of the battery drain since the 11.0 and 11.1 update, . I was just aggravated enough. The short version is, they did a diagnostic, checked the hardware, blah blah blah, etc., and there's nothing wrong with the watch. I could send it in for service if I want to but why? I'll be without it for a couple of weeks and they will send it back and say it's working just fine. The point of this additional post it - I implored them to please read the numerous posts on this subject. Twice! They said "noted" and I can only hope that they will listen to us consumers as we, as ****** off as we are, are still making them very, very rich. I think I am finished with this subject unless they put out a patch for us to fix this debacle. Merry Christmas, everyone!

I have the same issue. Watch (Apple Watch Ultra Gen 1) a week ago would last for ~1 1/2 days on a single charge. Now, even after removing all apps, notifications, etc., basically making it a dumb watch, it is draining in 5-6 hours. I purchased the watch just over a year ago.

At this price point, this is beyond unacceptable and will likely be the final straw for me on Apple Watch. I have been a faithful brand loyal customer for more than a decade and the upgrade degradation is just infuriating.

This is just after I committed to move from PC to Mac… what a roller coaster of customer adoration and disappointment.

I think it is absolutely ridiculous that we keep jumping through Apple hoops to make our devices functional again after these last product updates. These updates have thrown my phone, iPad and watch into limited functionality. Instead of acknowledging and apologizing for all the issues, issuing correction updates, or even warning people about them, they stonewalled. These updates were absolutely not fully tested before issuing. They could and should have issued them in smaller updates rather than trying to make a big splash in the tech world. They made a big splash alright with one huge belly flop.

I have done all the recommended procedures ( restarting and repairing the watch) to fix this problem but it seems it didn't fix it. After doing the restarting and repairing the watch I was at 85% from 95% battery power. In 3 minutes I went from 85% to 79% and all I did was sit. At this rate I will be at 0% in less than 2 hours. I want to know what apple is doing to resolve this problem. This had been going on far too long.

Please refer to my post above.

I have a BRAND NEW series 10 and after updating the iOS it is dead in 3 hours.

My watch is at 10% by 1pm after wearing it from 7am fully charged. This is ridiculous.

Well that could be a solution.

You cannot expect every user to search the internet for a solution. A user just needs to know what to look for. Perhaps they are looking for something else and come across like-minded people who then completely criticize an Apple watch.

Apple should just prevent this. Such a large company and you pay significantly more for their products that you should not expect. And if there is a problem, they have to solve it without a user having to look something up on the internet.

Unfortunately, this was also the case with iOS 10. You can assume that a watch will last for years without these kinds of problems. Or do they do this on purpose? This was also the case with the iPhone a few years ago?

But now I'm also speculating...