For those concerned about Moto 360 battery life

[jschu22]

Re: For those concerned about battery life

I don't even know why anybody would think everybody will have the same battery performed.

This thread is, no offense, not very helpful, in that it doesn't really provide any guidance for anybody.

Maybe a new thread regarding how to conserve battery should be opened.

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This is a very reasonable comment as no two people are going to use this the same way. One person wont even have used the watch the same way everyday as this early point.

The reality is that this watch is at best just as bad as the previous two AW watches and most likely, its a bit worse. Both of the other watches achieve their results with screen always on by default. The Moto does so without which tells me they know the watch can't go the whole day without some sort of compromise.

That being said, its still a great watch from a design standpoint and to me that's a significant part of wearing a timepiece.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Re: For those concerned about battery life

I don't even know why anybody would think everybody will have the same battery performed.

This thread is, no offense, not very helpful, in that it doesn't really provide any guidance for anybody.

Maybe a new thread regarding how to conserve battery should be opened.

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I agree. That said, the hardware choice in this thing is a huge mistake. I'm sure it was to keep price competitive with round screens costing more, but there's no way it's NOT going to consume more power than the other Android Wear devices out there. It's a deal breaker for me. The new LG doesn't appeal to me, so I guess it's a Moto Hint for me.

The point of a smart watch is to have the notifications you care about hit your watch. If getting more than a few emails/texts means 12 hour battery life, well, that's unacceptable in my opinion. Sure, it takes time to get a feel with any new toy and to just leave it alone. But if my Moto X can easily last 24 hours, I want what's on my wrist to as well. That's MY expectation, compliments of Motorola.

 

[turnerm]

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OK... MUCH better results so far today. I've had it on since 7:50 this morning and I've still got 68% remaining (as of 4:40pm - so just shy of 9 hours). That's respectable to me - I can easily charge it at the end of the day.

Something must have been mucked up with the connection to my phone. Last night I reset the Moto 360, deleted Android Wear from my phone and set the device back up again as if it were new.

I've had a ton of notifications on the watch today - probably 100 or so emails, and about 25 texts so I'd say that have 68% remaining is about where I expected it to be. Plus... I've probably fiddled with it more than I normally would on a day to day basis once the newness wears off.

So for those of you getting horrendous battery life (defined as the watch won't even last half a day without dying) then reset the watch, delete and reinstall Android Wear and then pair it back up as if it were new out of the box.

 

[Stang68]

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I'm really saddened by how bad the battery life is. Are you guys seeing stutter and lag, too?

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[turnerm]

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I'm really saddened by how bad the battery life is. Are you guys seeing stutter and lag, too?

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What do you consider to be bad battery life? I think it's an important frame of reference. For me personally... as long as it lasts for my awake hours during a typical day (with a little cushion - say around 20-30% remaining by midnight) then that's perfectly acceptable to me. They made the charging dead simple (and rather elegant) so it's not a problem to drop it on the charger each night.

As far as stutter and lag - I honestly haven't noticed that at all. The watch has been super responsive for me. The ONLY thing I've encountered is that I had to reboot the watch earlier today because it wasn't turning on when I turned my wrist to view it. I had to tap the screen to get it to turn on. But a reboot fixed that. Seems about par for the course when considering this thing is hot off the press. I'm guessing firmware releases will improve these sorts of issues in the near future.

So far - I'm pleased with the watch.

 

[monkmullen]

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I'm really saddened by how bad the battery life is. Are you guys seeing stutter and lag, too?

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So far, I have no issue with battery life. With moderate use today (the first full day I've had it, so a fair amount of tinkering ) I'm down to 63% after 10.5 hours. That is a hell of a lot better than I expected.

I have noticed some stuttering here and there, but I'm okay with that. Far from a deal breaker. I'm sure it'll be ironed out with updates.

Overall, I'm really digging this watch.

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[turnerm]

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So far, I have no issue with battery life. With moderate use today (the first full day I've had it, so a fair amount of tinkering ) I'm down to 63% after 10.5 hours. That is a hell of a lot better than I expected.

I have noticed some stuttering here and there, but I'm okay with that. Far from a deal breaker. I'm sure it'll be ironed out with updates.

Overall, I'm really digging this watch.

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Very similar results as I'm now experiencing. Completely agree with your experience. I was really worried yesterday and was seriously one day from returning it to Best Buy but I'm glad I tried one last thing... it worked and I'm happy.

 

[alee]

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In terms of battery conservation, my #1 tip - if you're in front of your computer, mute your watch.

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Re: For those concerned about battery life

I'm really saddened by how bad the battery life is. Are you guys seeing stutter and lag, too?

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I think its typical for it to be a day, for anyone getting more than a day kudos to you
I took the watch of the charger at about 7:25AM, it is currently 10:04PM and I am at 36%
This considers the fact I have been getting notifications on the watch throughout the day
I do wish the battery was longer, but it does last me through the day so I have no complaints

 

[88 FLUX]

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Been on my wrist since about 9:30 AM this morning. It's currently 10:42 PM. Similar usage as the last few days. Currently at 61%. Brightness set to auto. Ambient screen off. I could care less about the screen being on when I'm not looking at it. It's as useless as having the screen of my phone on while it's in my pocket. To address a previous request, it is paired with a Moto X (let the conspiracy theories begin about the relation between the Moto products). Still not a single bit of stutter or lag.

 

[88 FLUX]

Re: For those concerned about battery life

I don't even know why anybody would think everybody will have the same battery performed.

This thread is, no offense, not very helpful, in that it doesn't really provide any guidance for anybody.

Maybe a new thread regarding how to conserve battery should be opened.

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Think whatever you'd like but I disagree. No one should reasonably expect to find an end-all-be-all answer within this thread. This is simply for discussion. That doesn't mean it's not helpful though.

 

[88 FLUX]

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The reality is that this watch is at best just as bad as the previous two AW watches and most likely, its a bit worse. Both of the other watches achieve their results with screen always on by default. The Moto does so without which tells me they know the watch can't go the whole day without some sort of compromise.

Are you saying that based on your own experience or an assumption based on the testimonies of others? I'm asking seriously, not in a sarcastic way. Reason being is that I used a Pebble for the last year, previously owned the G Watch, and am now using the Moto 360. The performance on my Moto 360 as well as the battery life have both been better than the G Watch. Clearly, the Pebble blew them both out of the water in regards to battery life. But it lacks in the style and fluid UI department.

EDIT: For the record and to clarify, I disabled the always-on screen on my G Watch as well. So the battery life comparison is valid. I know this is strictly opinion but I could care less about the always-on setting. My Moto 360 has never once failed to wake when lifting my arm to look at it. The same cannot be said about the G Watch though. It had an occasional hiccup. I do wish though that the dimmed daydream mode had been implemented better or, even more preferably, Active Display for standby so that better options were available for those who want it.

 

[raju130000]

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Battery is great u be judge

First day with my 360 off the charger at 9am this morning it is not 10pm n phone has 20% remaining. I used it all day about 50 text, about 30+ emails, used as GPS, check my heart 4 times. Showed it off to all my work buddies.

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[cjohn4043]

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For anyone who is interested, I received my Moto 360 a day ago and today was my first full day with it on. I took my 360 off the charger at 8AM with 100%. It lasted me until about 12:20AM with 1% remaining before I powered it off manually. It adds up to be about 16 1/2 hours give or take a few minutes really. I had ambient mode off which worked perfectly fine for me, there's no reason to keep it on really. I would also say that I'm an "average" user with a couple of messages coming in every hour or so, several emails throughout the day, and maybe a couple social media notifications here and there. I'm a college student if that helps at all.

The 360's battery is perfectly fine for me. It lasts a whole day which is pretty much the length of time my Moto X does anyway. I just charge both at night and with the 360 having wireless charging, there's nothing too bothersome to worry about. Definitely a gorgeous device too.

 

[gmtom1]

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For anyone who is interested, I received my Moto 360 a day ago and today was my first full day with it on. I took my 360 off the charger at 8AM with 100%. It lasted me until about 12:20AM with 1% remaining before I powered it off manually. It adds up to be about 16 1/2 hours give or take a few minutes really. I had ambient mode off which worked perfectly fine for me, there's no reason to keep it on really. I would also say that I'm an "average" user with a couple of messages coming in every hour or so, several emails throughout the day, and maybe a couple social media notifications here and there. I'm a college student if that helps at all.

The 360's battery is perfectly fine for me. It lasts a whole day which is pretty much the length of time my Moto X does anyway. I just charge both at night and with the 360 having wireless charging, there's nothing too bothersome to worry about. Definitely a gorgeous device too.

I concur with his opinion. Got mine this morning and put it on after charging up to ~90% around 9am. Same usage pattern - checked my heart rate a couple of times, had about 20 email notifications, 15-20 GMail notices, a handful of SMSs and other miscellaneous Google Now cards pop up, read and dismissed from the watch. Also had ambient screen off. As of 11pm, it said 66% remaining. No complaints here. Also concur with earlier comments by Phil and others re: charging speed. It went from 35% on opening the box for the first time to 90% in about an hour. Granted, it has a tiny battery, but I wish my phone could charge wirelessly at that (relative) speed.

 

[NavasC]

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Ars also says that the processor is not powerful enough and the screen stutters and hangs. Have you experienced this?

Sorry didn't see this before today. I haven't had any stuttering or hanging on my device. Runs nice and smooth.

Also, I wore it from 5:20 AM till about 10:30 PM yesterday, and it was still at 19%. As long as you don't keep turning your wrist up to look at it and dicking with it all day, I think it would last a full 24 hours easy.

 

[On2Vegas]

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Here's a link by an owner who is performing a fairly extensive daily usage report on battery life. Very interesting.

Summary seems to be that with Auto-ON and allowing any and all notifications, drastically increases battery drain, so ~13 hours use.
With Auto-OFF and controlled notifications they appear to be averaging ~20 hours.
I obviously cannot attest to the legitimacy of the post.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...bVrBTsuIHeueh6alT3NlgxCWks/edit#gid=735779864

 

[gtg465x]

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On the issue of lag / stuttering... I do notice it stuttering a bit when I first start touching the display, but after that first swipe, the CPU speed seems to ramp up and then it feels just as smooth as other Android Wear devices. I wish it was totally smooth 100% of the time, but honestly, on a watch, it's not a big deal at all. I understand that to preserve battery life, especially on this older SoC, they have to throttle down the CPU when you're not touching the watch, and it takes a second to throttle up once you start touching it. I would be annoyed with little stutters like this on my phone, but on a watch, where I'm not doing anything intensive like web browsing, it's fine. If Moto can just work on performance and battery life for the second generation, they will have a phenomenal product, but even with its imperfections, this first gen 360 is still great and still worth the price IMO, unless you're on a tight budget and can't afford to sell and upgrade your watch after a year.

 

[Duncan J]

First thank you to all who have posted I appreciate your time, effort and tests.

but it only seems to last with ambient off, I would say that 50% of my watch looking is done with my wrist on the desk looking at my watch so no movement to activate the display.

I would be happy with 0600 - 2130 with ambient on, from reading all the posts I'm assuming I have to change my habit/ view point. Is it a big deal to "flick" my wrist to see the time I guess not but I have to change. Its a watch shouldn't it show the time first and foremost??

look assuming it ever comes to Australia (moto x took 10 months officially) and there is nothing better by then I'll most likely get it (nice metal bands are requred) but already I know I'm compromising (even if only a little) right out of the gate.

 

[jschu22]

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Are you saying that based on your own experience or an assumption based on the testimonies of others? I'm asking seriously, not in a sarcastic way. Reason being is that I used a Pebble for the last year, previously owned the G Watch, and am now using the Moto 360. The performance on my Moto 360 as well as the battery life have both been better than the G Watch. Clearly, the Pebble blew them both out of the water in regards to battery life. But it lacks in the style and fluid UI department.

EDIT: For the record and to clarify, I disabled the always-on screen on my G Watch as well. So the battery life comparison is valid. I know this is strictly opinion but I could care less about the always-on setting. My Moto 360 has never once failed to wake when lifting my arm to look at it. The same cannot be said about the G Watch though. It had an occasional hiccup. I do wish though that the dimmed daydream mode had been implemented better or, even more preferably, Active Display for standby so that better options were available for those who want it.

Based upon my own experience. The G Watch lasted noticeably longer for me, even with screen set to always on.