battery Life

[dentalexel]

I started wearing the watch at 6 am this morning. Not too much in the way of notifications. It's now 5 PM and I'm down to 34% battery. Does that seem off to you? My Moto 360 wasn't doing as badly

 

[dbregman]

The first day or so my battery seemed to drain quickly. Yesterday (day 4) it was at 27% after wearing from 7:30am until 10:30pm. Let it settle in a bit over a few charge cycles.

 

[N4Newbie]

Mine has rarely gone below 50% after a full day (which, for me, begins at around 4:30 AM and ends at about 9:30 PM.

Keep in mind that the single biggest battery killer most people will encounter is the bad choice of watch face. A watch face which always shows the seconds (whether with a second hand, a blinking colon, an advancing perimeter wheel, whatever) will consume huge amounts of battery. See https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/watch-faces/performance.html

 

[Thomas Hemetri]

I am thinking of replacing my moto 360 for the Urban. How's the battery life finally ? Is it worth it ?

 

[jfoofoo]

I have ambient mode on, gets over 200 notifications each day from 4 different email account. Initially the battery life was not so great, however for the past few days after a typical 16 hours day, the battery usually is still above 40%. I do have the cloud sync turned off.

 

[nexus89]

The first day or so my battery seemed to drain quickly. Yesterday (day 4) it was at 27% after wearing from 7:30am until 10:30pm. Let it settle in a bit over a few charge cycles.

Hmmm did not think to let it settle, yesterday was first day with it on and it was at 10% by 3pm. Started with it at 6am.

Today charged to max and when checked on Android wear app it said 98% battery with 8hrs left. Just did a factory reset , hope it improves

 

[joantbak]

Mine has rarely gone below 50% after a full day (which, for me, begins at around 4:30 AM and ends at about 9:30 PM.

Keep in mind that the single biggest battery killer most people will encounter is the bad choice of watch face. A watch face which always shows the seconds (whether with a second hand, a blinking colon, an advancing perimeter wheel, whatever) will consume huge amounts of battery. See https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/watch-faces/performance.html

I like to use WatchMaker Premium Ed. get the watch face I like then use the app to customise removing unrequired layers and backgrounds, most of which are not noticed like charcoal backgrounds in stead of black/blank, or very subtle shadows etc. Also change the dimmed face to just a pair of hands and hour markers.

 

[BlurryEyed]

I get about 2-3 days on a single charge depending on usage. Good enough for me, I'm rarely without a plug for power. This watch charges pretty fast too. Using the Ranger watch face, which does not have a second hand or seconds count. It's a pretty sweet watch face