How long does your Apple Watch last ?

[KangarooKenny]

I was bought an Apple Watch that I just wanted as a pedometer and heart rate monitor really, but I have to plug it in every night. Is this how long they are supposed to last ?

Yep. One day only really. They do charge quick though. My friend charges in the evening and then wears overnight as well

Yes the battery lasts a day. Charges in less than an hour so can be worn nearly all the time for those who wish to use the sleep feature.

Myself and all my friends who have them tend to charge whilst we shower and get ready for bed!

I charge mine every night, I have no interest in the sleep function though.

Mine doesn’t seem to fully charge in an hour 🤔

I turned off some of the notifications and can usually get away with charging it every other night now. But if I have a particularly busy day with lots of extra steps then every night needed. Annoying as my Fitbit lasted 4-5 days!

I usually get two days/one night out of mine. I always have notifications silenced, vibration only. I charged overnight the night before last and it’s on 62% right now.

Yep as PPs said. One day, unless I've been exceptionally sedentary.
Charge in the evening for 30 mins or so when I'm getting ready for bed / reading and then wear overnight as I like the sleep tracking features. I stick it back on the charger while I get showered and dressed in the morning and it's fully charged before I go out.

I have a Garmin venu, that looks like an apple watch and the battery life is really good, lasts between 7 and 11 days.

Agree I loved my Fitbit, I got a week out of it. I gave my first Apple Watch away, couldn’t deal with the charging.

I only bought another one because I wanted the ECG function after a heart scare.

Can you pay for stuff in shops with it? When I was looking at watches seemed apple was the only one really which did this. I’d previously bought a Fitbit which said it did but turned out you needed to bank with Santander.

I’ve just been in and turned most of the notifications off.
‘I’d like to remove a lot of the apps, but some of the you can’t, but you still have to scroll through them.

My husband bought me a watch by Zepp which seems to have a lot of the same features of the Apple Watch ( comparing it to my PT’s). It’s waterproof and you can swim in it amongst other things. The charge lasts about a week.

I’ve just checked, it’s been plugged in for an hour and it’s only half charged.
I wouldn’t buy one again.

It sounds as if it may be faulty.
I have a 2 year old SE and it charges fully in less than an hour.

Are you using the charger it came with not a 3rd party alternative? Is it an Apple plug.
If yes to the above and it's a new watch, pop into the Apple Store as it doesn't sound like it's charging correctly. I have a series 5 watch so relatively old now and it fully charges in under and hour and will charge to 50% in about 15 mins.
Apple customer service is great and they'll help even if bought somewhere else, as long as it was bought from new and is still under warranty.

Yes, it’s the charger that came with it.

My series 4 would last a day but I got the newest one recently (not sure what series it is but whatever the new one is) and it actually lasts 2 days before needing charging. I do charge it up nightly though; just stick it on charge overnight next to my phone.

is your plug usb or usb-c? With usb-c it takes not much more than an hour to charge. It also depends on the type of plug you’re connecting the charger to. Some can be extremely slow and you’ll definitely see this. (ie and old apple iPhone plug will be shit, for example)

it also depends on what edition Watch you have. My original was used for tracking fitness and I hated it, took too long to charge and was sluggish. I found my Fitbit much better for this.

I don’t need to track fitness anymore and wanted something to pick up my notifications and control music, and the Apple Watch SE suits me better again.

It’s the cheaper of the two watches, but new at Xmas.
The plug is the newer, flatter plug that I use for iPad, iPhone and AirPods.

Mine will last a bit longer, more like one night/two days but I’m not massively active and I do have most notifications turned off, only messages, WhatsApp and calls really.

Mine uses about 70% of the battery between charges. It's a series 3 so very old watch.

I get up at 4 and comes off charge - walk between 17-26k steps a day and record the one or both the walks I do using the workout function. Take it off at 8.30pm ish when I shower before bed.

I have notifications on although the watch is on silent at all times.

I agree yours sounds like it may not be functioning well or the set up needs adjusting and to contact Apple store.