How to fix Apple Watch series 5 battery life

Many users expect the battery of the Apple Watch 5 to last for days, but the thing is that the battery lasts for about 18 hours. It means that you will have to charge your watch every day. But, if the battery lasts for just a few hours and you have to charge it more than once, it means that you should make some changes in the Settings. There are many features that can be adjusted so that the Apple Watch Series 5 battery life can be extended.

Change Wake Screen time

The best place to start is by changing the Wake Screen time. If you set it to 70 seconds instead of 15, the battery will drain faster. Here is how you can change this:

Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap General on the “My Watch” tab
Now tap Wake Screen and select 15 seconds.

In addition, you can disable the “Wake Screen on Wrist Raise” feature.

Disable Push notifications

Notifications are not always friends to your smartphone and the same goes for your smartwatch. Too many notifications send to the watch will have an impact on the battery. So, you may disable some of them. Here is how:

Open the Watch app on your iPhone
Tap Notifications on the “My Watch” tab
Now disable notifications for some apps.

Disable Background App Refresh

The apps on the watch can be frequently updated with new data if Background App Refresh is on. While this is cool, it can drain the battery much faster, so you can disable the feature completely, or you can disable it only for specific apps.

Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap General on the “My Watch” tab
Now tap Background App Refresh and make changes.

Enable Reduce Motion

Reduce Motion is a feature that controls animations and other effects that can drain the battery so you should enable it. Here is how:

Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap General on the “My Watch” tab
Next, tap Accessibility > Reduce Motion
Swipe the button next to Reduce Motion to turn it on.

Unpair the watch and the phone and pair them again

Here is another thing to do. Unpair the phone and the watch and pair them again.

To unpair:

Open the Watch app on your iPhone
Tap on your watch on the “My Watch” tab
Now tap the info button (i)
Tap Unpair Apple Watch

To pair:

Place the watch close to your phone
A message on the iPhone saying “Use your iPhone to set up this Apple Watch” will show up
Tap Continue
Next, tap Start Pairing.

Make sure to make the changes we mentioned here so the battery on your Apple Watch can last much longer.

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