…see OS 9!
The Apple Watch Series 6 was my first smartwatch. I was never embarrassed by the time of their work, but recently I saw that the maximum battery capacity dropped to 84%. But with 80 observations, the battery has worked out its normal resource.
But all two years of background feeling from the time of the Apple Watch on a single charge of the investigation, it looks like I just bought them.
WatchOS 9, a new watch operating system, was released this fall, which includes access to useful features that have been completely redesigned. It’s been replaced eco modewhich turns a smart watch into… a regular watch.
Apple claims that the new savings algorithm includes many features, and at the same time includes the operating time from 18 hours to 36 hours, that is, twice.
Below are two tests that were done over a few hours of use with a two year old battery. On the one hand, it is suspected how much worse the battery charge is in the old built-in one, and on the other hand, the efficiency of the redesigned control panel from watchOS 9 was discovered.
With all the functions enough for a day and a half
To keep the measurements realistic, I changed almost nothing in my routine.
I slept in hours, worked, walked, traveled around the city. An exceptionally unusual voltage, because those of any models squeeze out all the juice, and we are talking about the usual device registry.
From 100% to 0% hours worked 34 hours and 31 minutesthat is almost an hour and a half.
Detailed measurements and observations under the spoiler.
December 8
2:48 Charged up 100%went to sleep.
9th December
10:40 saw in the morning 90%. Sleep took 10% in 7 hours 52 minutes.
12:14 Getting started on 84%. The hours are simply added up and lost 6% in 1 hour 34 minutes.
19:44 Finished, on the clock 55%. It took 29% in 7 hours and 30 minutes of work.
22:35 Evening walk brought to 43%. Minus 12% in 2 hours 52 minutes with listening to an audiobook.
01:05 I watched the series, the watch lay without wearing until 34%. This time we lost 9% in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
December 10
10:28 woke up and saw 12%. Lost 22% confidence in 9 hours 22 minutes. He took off his watch.
11:30 Started working at eight%. For the morning routine and breakfast, it took 4% in 1 hour and 2 minutes.
13:14 Worked for hours, ran out of power 0%. The last 8% returned in 1 hour 45 minutes.
Total working time: 34 hours and 31 minutes.
Surprisingly, with monitoring, sleep tracking, settings, and all background activities turned on, the Apple Watch Series 6 has the same result as in the first weeks of use.
And all this without any restrictions at all. Perhaps the point is that the location system is in recent years, but this is a real example without tricks. In a review from February 2021, I wrote about the same results, also without taking into account training.
How AWS6 was discharged without power saving
At the same time, “a day and a half of use” is easy to fix on one side of the day.
If I went to bed at midnight instead of 3 o’clock and did a workout the next evening, the clock would run out either by midnight or on the second night of sleep release. Would get a job around 29 hours.
Unfortunately at work. When the watch is not worn and just lies, it is still discharged, as if they are being actively observed. Therefore, saving a charge without tracking sleep will not work. Observations under the display spoiler, as in an hour and a half it just took 6% for the first time and 9% for the second.
But economical this trick works.
Energy saving is made for another 20 hours
The console in the Apple Watch could be made so that they only display the time – and that’s it. The feature called “eco mode” turned into horrible little numbers and didn’t let me do anything else.
After 8 years, it was converted into a normal power saving mode like on an iPhone. When you turn it on, it stops working:
☒ Always on screen
☒ Notifications for high and low heart rate, irregular rhythm
☒ Background heart rate measurements
☒ Background blood oxygen measurements
☒ Workout start reminder
☒ No Wi-Fi or cellular coverage without an iPhone nearby
☒ And incoming phone calls with terminals
Apple warns that regulation may come with a delay, but I did not notice anything critical. We don’t know when the recipient sends the message, so a gap of a couple of seconds is hardly a big deal.
It turns on in the same place as the eco-mode, he replaced it.
If you forgot, I remind you. On any watch face, swipes the surface up to reveal Control point. Scroll to battery percentage icons, click on it. press energy saving and scroll to the button Turn on.
If you click on Turn on…select the number of days from one to three that the watch should operate in this mode.
What price do we pay when these features work? Like a big river. At the end of the second test, I counted 54 hours 29 minutes work from 100% to 0%. Even from the Apple Watch Ultra, they do not promise to wait so much in promotional materials.
Detailed measurements and observations under the spoiler.
December 10
15:15 On the 100% include savings.
16:08 Finished work (Saturday) and still see 100% almost an hour later.
20:59 After long walks around Istanbul I see 91%. It took 9% in 5 hours and 45 minutes of hill walking and boat rides.
02:11 Before going to bed, hours are simply counted and measured 84%. We lost 7% in 3 hours and 12 minutes, that is, two times less than in normal mode.
December 11th
10:49 In the morning after sleep I saw 71%. Minus 13% for 8 hours 38 minutes of tracking.
18:49 Finished working on 59% battery. Accounting hours separately and lost 12% in 8 hours. I hope back.
23:58 show 49%. After a walk, dinner and watching a movie in the evening, it took 10% for 5 hours. Went to sleep.
12 December
1:46 I’m sleeping, but at this point the watch would run out of power without the power saving mode. On mine 46%.
10:04 I see in the morning 32%. This time spent 17% in 10 hours 6 minutes in sleep mode. I take off my watch.
11:28 I put on AWS6 with 26%I start working. In passive mode, it took 6% in 1 hour 24 minutes. Too much.
17:05 finished working with ten%. The watch was on me, it took 16% in 5 hours 37 minutes.
21:15 I see one% after a walk and exit to the city exactly 54 hours later.
21:44 Discharged at the bar.
Total working time: 54 hours 29 minutes.
How did AWS6 discharge under power saving
The best part about this is that in terms of use, I did not notice a difference with the usual state of the watch.
I have no problems with the regularity of the pulse, so turning off its production did not affect me in any way. There is no cellular communication module either, it turns out that I did not lose access to it.
A distinctive feature is the lack of Always-On, without it one could own one of the first watch models, in order to view the time, you need to constantly jerk your wrist.
Data not available during the period when energy savings are detected
Here too
If you set the mode to always, all these indicators will disappear.
It is not recommended to constantly use the watch in this mode. Although you don’t notice right away, it depends on 4 daily readings and 4 more rarely from heart rate readings.
Among them are important ones such as cardio endurancereflecting your anaerobic endurance and high heart rate temperaturereminiscent of calming down in a stressful situation or often occurring if the disappearance occurs for no apparent reason.
Almost three days of work after two years. iPhone so
I saw this on the third day
Apple continues to squeeze all the juice out of its miniature devices with the help of software. The role of test results is dumbfounded, and a large one in this usual mode.
Feelings did not disappoint, confirmed by tests. Apple Watch Series 6 give out a day and a half (34.5 hours!) on a single charge even with a battery capacity of 84%. This is with the display on with two nights of sleep display.
Eco-state with a simple watch face in watchOS 9 has been replaced with a full-fledged power saving mode that provides a functional clock, removing maximum background activity. Gives truth 54.5 hours I have and probably all 65 hours on the new Apple Watch out of the box. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Apple Watch Ultra works every week.
It’s a pity that the iPhone does not work for a very long time in this state, I checked.
And what do you say, satisfied with the clock? Write the resource and time as a result. Let’s see if everyone is so lucky.
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Source: Iphones RU
