iPhone Excessive Battery Drain Apple Watch since iOS 13 Beta 5

[Gator5000e]

Public Beta 5 is out. Downloading now.

 

[Selcher]

Public Beta 5 is out. Downloading now.

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[boxermansr]

One of my co-workers who insisted on installing WatchOS 6 Beta dropped his watch off at Apple this morning to have it sent back to be downgraded. The other co-worker who updated last week is still on WatchOS Beta 5 I believe, and is still having the message in the Health app saying that his watch is no longer paired with his iPhone (it seems it is tracking activity, etc.) but he's paranoid that he'll loose his stats or whatever -- for those who are using the beta of WatchOS (whether it's Beta 5 or Beta 6) in the Health app on your phone, does it show under devices that your watch is no longer paired with this device (it says "this apple watch is no longer paired with this iPhone").

He's debating upgrading to WatchOS Beta 6, as he doesn't want to send his watch back, so I figured I'd ask here to let him know. I told both of these guys it was a bad idea (since I had issues with the earlier betas, which I knew could have been the case), but they didn't listen. :/

 

[Dwood1970]

One of my co-workers who insisted on installing WatchOS 6 Beta dropped his watch off at Apple this morning to have it sent back to be downgraded. The other co-worker who updated last week is still on WatchOS Beta 5 I believe, and is still having the message in the Health app saying that his watch is no longer paired with his iPhone (it seems it is tracking activity, etc.) but he's paranoid that he'll loose his stats or whatever -- for those who are using the beta of WatchOS (whether it's Beta 5 or Beta 6) in the Health app on your phone, does it show under devices that your watch is no longer paired with this device (it says "this apple watch is no longer paired with this iPhone").

He's debating upgrading to WatchOS Beta 6, as he doesn't want to send his watch back, so I figured I'd ask here to let him know. I told both of these guys it was a bad idea (since I had issues with the earlier betas, which I knew could have been the case), but they didn't listen. :/

So now that you’re had the newest beta overnight are you still thinking the watch 5.3 problem is fixed?

 

[PBz]

Public Beta 5 is out. Downloading now.

Found this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios13beta/...n_ios_13/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

 

[boxermansr]

So now that you’re had the newest beta overnight are you still thinking the watch 5.3 problem is fixed?

Pretty sure, took watch of charger around 12:00 PM yesterday, and when I woke up this morning, about 7:00 I was at 64% so after 19 hours, I dropped from 100% to 64%, whereas for the short period I used the previous iOS Beta it'd have been stone cold dead well before those 19 hours.

Now I'm stuck fiddling with my co-workers watches -- one is without his until Saturday (if he's lucky -- they told him at Apple he should have it back Saturday), and the other who we're just going to update to the newest WatchOS Beta since he was on 5 already. But overall, yeah I think the issue between iOS 13 and WatchOS 5.3 was fixed - hoping it stays that way and they don't break it again on the next beta.

 

[PBz]

Pretty sure, took watch of charger around 12:00 PM yesterday, and when I woke up this morning, about 7:00 I was at 64% so after 19 hours, I dropped from 100% to 64%, whereas for the short period I used the previous iOS Beta it'd have been stone cold dead well before those 19 hours.

Now I'm stuck fiddling with my co-workers watches -- one is without his until Saturday (if he's lucky -- they told him at Apple he should have it back Saturday), and the other who we're just going to update to the newest WatchOS Beta since he was on 5 already. But overall, yeah I think the issue between iOS 13 and WatchOS 5.3 was fixed - hoping it stays that way and they don't break it again on the next beta.

Interesting. Are you on Dev or Public beta? I want to put my iPhone and iPad on the Public beta but leave my Apple Watch on stock OS. I don’t want to do this if significant AW battery drain is likely.

 

[Dwood1970]

Pretty sure, took watch of charger around 12:00 PM yesterday, and when I woke up this morning, about 7:00 I was at 64% so after 19 hours, I dropped from 100% to 64%, whereas for the short period I used the previous iOS Beta it'd have been stone cold dead well before those 19 hours.

Now I'm stuck fiddling with my co-workers watches -- one is without his until Saturday (if he's lucky -- they told him at Apple he should have it back Saturday), and the other who we're just going to update to the newest WatchOS Beta since he was on 5 already. But overall, yeah I think the issue between iOS 13 and WatchOS 5.3 was fixed - hoping it stays that way and they don't break it again on the next beta.

Great thanks for the update

 

[boxermansr]

Interesting. Are you on Dev or Public beta? I want to put my iPhone and iPad on the Public beta but leave my Apple Watch on stock OS. I don’t want to do this if significant AW battery drain is likely.

Developer beta, Public Beta 5 and Developer Beta 6 are exactly the same, aside from being released a day, or sometimes hours later, as they get closer to final release.

 

[PBz]

Developer beta, Public Beta 5 and Developer Beta 6 are exactly the same, aside from being released a day, or sometimes hours later, as they get closer to final release.

Can I stay stock on AW OS?

 

[boxermansr]

Can I stay stock on AW OS?

Yes, the issue that was happening was related to iOS 13 Beta 5 and it was causing extreme drain on Apple Watches (seems to be more Series 4 than any other) that were on WatchOS 5.3. iOS 13 Beta 6 seems to have fixed that drain, and you can safely use WatchOS 5.3 with iOS 13 Betas. Ideally, hopefully Apple won't take a step backwards and break it again on the next release of iOS 13 but for now, it's working as expected.

 

[Dwood1970]

Yes, the issue that was happening was related to iOS 13 Beta 5 and it was causing extreme drain on Apple Watches (seems to be more Series 4 than any other) that were on WatchOS 5.3. iOS 13 Beta 6 seems to have fixed that drain, and you can safely use WatchOS 5.3 with iOS 13 Betas. Ideally, hopefully Apple won't take a step backwards and break it again on the next release of iOS 13 but for now, it's working as expected.

I will definitely be waiting to move to PB6 to see if the issues rears it’s ugly head again.

 

[danipersing]

One of my co-workers who insisted on installing WatchOS 6 Beta dropped his watch off at Apple this morning to have it sent back to be downgraded. The other co-worker who updated last week is still on WatchOS Beta 5 I believe, and is still having the message in the Health app saying that his watch is no longer paired with his iPhone (it seems it is tracking activity, etc.) but he's paranoid that he'll loose his stats or whatever -- for those who are using the beta of WatchOS (whether it's Beta 5 or Beta 6) in the Health app on your phone, does it show under devices that your watch is no longer paired with this device (it says "this apple watch is no longer paired with this iPhone").

He's debating upgrading to WatchOS Beta 6, as he doesn't want to send his watch back, so I figured I'd ask here to let him know. I told both of these guys it was a bad idea (since I had issues with the earlier betas, which I knew could have been the case), but they didn't listen. :/

For some reason, I have 7 watches listed under the device section, plus my iPhone. The 4th one down is connected, but all the others say “‘this Apple Watch is no longer paired…”

(Running Watch beta 6)

 

[Dormammu]

I take that back. Battery drain is still there. Have tried restarting both the watch and phone. Bummer.
Might try unpairing.

 

[Dwood1970]

My drain is gone. I restarted the watch and took it off the charger about 3 hours ago and it’s still at 100%. PB5 and WatchOS 5.3

 

[Dormammu]

I take that back. Battery drain is still there. Have tried restarting both the watch and phone. Bummer.
Might try unpairing.

unpairing didn’t help. Still seeing crazy usage numbers on my watch.

 

[groovyf]

PB5 also fixed battery drain for me too. I restarted the watch as soon as PB5 had installed and let both watch and phone charge overnight.

 

[zshan000]

PB5 also fixed battery drain for me too. I restarted the watch as soon as PB5 had installed and let both watch and phone charge overnight.

i don't think mine is fixed

 

[Dormammu]

Ok, so overnight my battery drain seems to have fixed itself. 9 hours standby, 30m usage and I am at 90%.

30m usage still seems a bit high considering I was asleep. But my battery seems normal ...

 

[mtrctyjoe]

I installed the latest ios 13 Public BETA yesterday ... and I have had my watch on since 6 AM (10:30AM now) .. and I am down to 85% on the watch. Watch is running 5.3.

I would say that I am seeing an improvement in battery life on the watch since the last public ios beta.

I have a the latest watch - GEN 4 with cellular.

 

[richpjr]

My battery drain is back to normal with the latest beta.

 

[blotto80]

Latest PB seems to have fixed the battery issues for me. I wear my watch to bed, before i would go to bed with 100% battery and wake up to about 55% battery left, this morning i woke up to 94% battery left. Only thing that changed was that i updated to latest public beta. Will keep an eye on it throughout the day, but so far so good.

 

[CalmEnvy]

Latest PB has fixed my battery issues as well. Off the charger since 6AM and currently at 85%, Series 4 with cellular. Last PB I would be around 60-65% right now so thank god it's fixed. Hopefully it doesn't go back when the next beta is released.

 

[KeanosMagicHat]

Hope it maintains but my battery life on both the iPhone XR & the Series 4 Watch are astounding on iOS 13 DB6/PB5 and WatchOS 5.3.

Standby 21hrs 49
Usage 1hr 44

74%

 

[Fantasigraphic]

One of my co-workers who insisted on installing WatchOS 6 Beta dropped his watch off at Apple this morning to have it sent back to be downgraded. The other co-worker who updated last week is still on WatchOS Beta 5 I believe, and is still having the message in the Health app saying that his watch is no longer paired with his iPhone (it seems it is tracking activity, etc.) but he's paranoid that he'll loose his stats or whatever -- for those who are using the beta of WatchOS (whether it's Beta 5 or Beta 6) in the Health app on your phone, does it show under devices that your watch is no longer paired with this device (it says "this apple watch is no longer paired with this iPhone").

He's debating upgrading to WatchOS Beta 6, as he doesn't want to send his watch back, so I figured I'd ask here to let him know. I told both of these guys it was a bad idea (since I had issues with the earlier betas, which I knew could have been the case), but they didn't listen. :/

mine does the same thing. Says it’s no longer paired, yet still tracks everything, while one that says IS connected doesn’t track anything..