These are notes that I took while trying to find the optimal Apple Watch settings that maximize my battery life.
- Update 3 - Day 6: What happens when you forget your charger at work
- Update 2 - Day 5: Battery seems ok so far
- Update 1 - Day 4: Battery died by 2:10.pm
Day 1
- Started day at full charge at 8:30 am.
- Made a phone call from my watch to test it. About 90 seconds.
- Received a phone call on my watch. Also 90 seconds.
- Took a couple of pictures with the phone app.
- Otherwise normal usage.
- Battery above 10% when i went to bed at 3:00 am.
Day 2
Not tracking today’s usage because I woke up so late and it was a short day.
Day 3 - Monday
- First weekday.
- Put watch on at 8:20 a.m.
- Added mirroring of Starbucks alerts.
- Added mirroring of Slack alerts.
- Added the Starbucks in my building as a favorite store. As a result, every time I activated my watch there was a Passbook alert waiting for me.
- Battery went down to 10% by 10:43pm and died soon later, despite switching to reserve power.
- Removed the Starbucks at work as a favorite store.
- Turned off mirroring of Slack alerts.
Day 4
- Put watch on at 8:20 a.m.
- Went to Starbucks at train station. Also a favorite store. Decided not to use watch because wait was too long. Used phone instead.
- Removed Starbucks alert mirroring off phone.
Update 1
- Checked battery at 10:00 a.m.: 14%. WAT! Perhaps I knocked it off the charger last night.
- Battery died completely at 2:10 p.m.
- Will try again tomorrow and check power as soon as I wake up.
Day 5
- Started the day at 0550 with a full charge.
- It’s currently 1338 and I’m at 80%.
- It’s looking more and more like yesterday was a user error.
Day 6
- I took my charger in to work yesterday, just in case it wasn’t user error.
- Because I’m a genius, I forgot my charger at work yesterday. Noticed it at 1800.
- By then I was at 67%.
- Put my watch on ‘Reserve power.’
- Turned my watch back on at 0800 this morning. Glad to report it was at 63%.
To be continued…