How can I remedy a short battery life?

[Clancey123]

Short Battery Life, Help

I took my watch off the charger at 8 am, and its lasted until about 3pm. I just bought this watch two days ago. Ambient mode is off, the only other app (besides android wear) that I have installed is MotoConnect app, and I am just using the minimal watch face. Any tips for extending battery life?

Thanks

 

[shamelin73]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

Did you do the two updates? Sounds like you have not done the updates.

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[Clancey123]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

I have, my watch is running version 5.0.2, my phone (Note 4) is running 5.0.1

 

[IAmSixNine]

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I disabled the pedometer and heart rate monitor and my battery life is much improved.

 

[Clancey123]

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Is that done by simply turning the notifications off?

 

[IAmSixNine]

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Tap the screen, scroll down to select heart rate. While its doing that swipe left, On mine i have Daily step Goal to None, Notifications Off, Step History Off, Heart Rate History Off, All of that is just for the health app only.
I still get notifications of email and texts and hangouts.
I honestly think its the heart rate monitor that is the battery killer.
I disabled the step a day or two after i got it, a week later i disabled the heart rate monitor, it was then that i noticed a lot better battery life.
I can still manually check my heart rate if i want.

 

[crxssi]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

Tap the screen, scroll down to select heart rate. While its doing that swipe left, On mine i have Daily step Goal to None, Notifications Off, Step History Off, Heart Rate History Off, All of that is just for the health app only.

I have no such settings available following those instructions. There is just the monitor screen on the left, the goals in the middle with nothing you can do and notifications on the rightmost screen. You can turn off the notifications, I see no other options available. What am I missing?

 

[g2_havok]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

I have no such settings available following those instructions. There is just the monitor screen on the left, the goals in the middle with nothing you can do and notifications on the rightmost screen. You can turn off the notifications, I see no other options available. What am I missing?

i think those options only show up if google fit is turned on. otherwise, my assumption is hrm, pedometer etc are all off if google fit is off on the watch...

 

[crxssi]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

i think those options only show up if google fit is turned on. otherwise, my assumption is hrm, pedometer etc are all off if google fit is off on the watch...

Makes sense... I am pretty sure I would have turned such a thing off, if I had a choice, somewhere

 

[Clancey123]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

Thanks, Ill try that. On average, what is everyone's battery life?

Also, I don't know if this matters, but when I first opened the watch it was dead. I had to let it charge for a couple of minutes before I could set it up.

 

[g2_havok]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

Thanks, Ill try that. On average, what is everyone's battery life?

Also, I don't know if this matters, but when I first opened the watch it was dead. I had to let it charge for a couple of minutes before I could set it up.

so far, i think the reported 24 hours is about average for average use (ambient, tilt to wake, etc off). given that after about ~11 hours of use i've had 47% and ~35% left, its not a stretch to say i could conceivably get 24 hours as well.

fyi, my watch arrived with no charge in the battery as well.

 

[Clancey123]

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Ah, I have tilt to wake on. That could be draining it as well.

 

[Evilnut]

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I does take a few charge cycles & a few days of use to stabilize the battery.

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[IAmSixNine]

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I have tilt to wake on as well.

When you first used the heart sensor, did you use the google one or the motorola one? I had an option for both, i chose the top one with the heart, aka the google one. Also when you check your heart rate, is it a heart with a circle around it or a flat line with pulses?
Heart with circle is the google one. Thats also the instructions i gave.. It may be different for the motorola variant.
I also noticed with it ON i saw a green light underneath my watch every time i took it off. Turning off the heart monitoring shut that off.

 

[crxssi]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

Thanks, Ill try that. On average, what is everyone's battery life?

Also, I don't know if this matters, but when I first opened the watch it was dead. I had to let it charge for a couple of minutes before I could set it up.

24 hours min with "normal" use, ambient off after a week of charge cycles. With light use and tilt-to-wake off, it can be considerably longer.

 

[crxssi]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

I have tilt to wake on as well.

When you first used the heart sensor, did you use the google one or the motorola one? I had an option for both, i chose the top one with the heart, aka the google one. Also when you check your heart rate, is it a heart with a circle around it or a flat line with pulses?
Heart with circle is the google one. Thats also the instructions i gave.. It may be different for the motorola variant.
I also noticed with it ON i saw a green light underneath my watch every time i took it off. Turning off the heart monitoring shut that off.

Ah, now I see. You actually have to go into "Google Fit" on the watch, not the heart rate apps, which was not presented on mine until I chose "Start...." then I could go into that and the last screen has the options you posted. And now I just turned them all off (since I really have no interest in that stuff, anyway!) Thanks

 

[Nathan Rhodes2]

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I was reading this post. I am having issues with battery life as well. I've had my moto 360 since it came out. I have barely eeked 9 hours on the battery. Today for example I took the watch off the charger at 6am this morning and it currently dead and has been dead since 10:30ish. When I took it off it had 100% charge. I have the Ambient lighting turned off, I haven't used it hardly at all, as I wear it at work to monitor notifications and respond to messages if I need. I love the watch but I am unsure what I am doing wrong. I've ready everywhere people are averaging 16-20 hours on the battery but I am no where near that. I have it paired to a Note 3 with 5.0 and the watch has 5.0.2 i believe. can anyone give some strong advice or guide me to wear I can go to adjust something?

I would like to keep the fitness apps all active as I do use them from alittle daily. I am assuming those times I have read about have all that still active.

 

[IAmSixNine]

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i have a note 3 as well. Did you turn off the heart rate monitor and pedomoter?
I took mine off at 640am and its 4pm now and i have 59%battery life left.
Ambient off, tilt to wake is on. Im using minimal and elegant face i got from the play store.

what what face are you using?

 

[crxssi]

Re: Short Battery Life, Help

I was reading this post. I am having issues with battery life as well. I've had my moto 360 since it came out. I have barely eeked 9 hours on the battery. [...] can anyone give some strong advice or guide me to wear I can go to adjust something?

When all else fails, see: http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-360/471939-what-do-when-360-misbehaves.html

 

[TJH132]

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Something is definitely up with the 360.
Thought it was the Wear update, but mine hadn't updated. Thinking it might be the new Google Play Services.

Losing 10% in minutes!

Trued powering off, recharging and still happening.

TJH

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