What is the typical/ideal battery drain rate?

[blaze53]

I just bought a Gen 1 yesterday (because why the hell not), used. I've noticed that whenever I actually USE the watch, the battery drops pretty significantly, like, 3% for 30 seconds. The battery forecast says it'll last for 24 hours operating the way it is now, which is really just for checking the time. Brightness is set to 1 and I have Google Fit and Moto Body disabled. Yesterday the battery life was less than half what it says I'll get now. ADB over Bluetooth is also disabled. I've already ordered a replacement battery as the phone was bought new in 2014 to be on the safe side, but I'm still curious.

 

[jojoe42]

Battery usage in your first few weeks will always suck and then improve heaps from experience. Usually I'll average between 4-5%/hr with ambient off and 7-8%/hr with ambient on. Once you get over your new shiny smartwatch your battery life will increase dramatically too

 

[blaze53]

True... but I just watched my battery drop 5% from vibrating due to an incoming call. So that can't be good.

 

[Al Henderson]

My 2nd gen 360 will go from 7am to 11pm on 25% battery. That's with 'Always on watch face' turned off, mind you. With that turned on I could still get to 11pm with 30% left. Seems to be very dependent on your watch face, though. The watch face I currently have drains the battery quite badly if 'Always on watch face' is switched *off* - won't get to the end of the day in that configuration. Using a stock face I do not have nearly as much drain..

Al.