[JaakkoP]

They came up with a new Apple Watch (Series 6) that measures blood oxygen content! If that actually works as advertised, this feels like enough of a reason to upgrade.

My wife has Series 3 and I have Series 5, but I haven't seen a major difference between the two. Series 5 is slightly sleeker and smaller, but the updates didn't feel important enough for her to upgrade.

[reillyse]

They've got to fix the battery life. I tried the apple watch earlier this year and returned it a couple of days later. After using a whoop (where I get 5 days of battery) the less than one day charge makes the product pointless.

[DonaldPShimoda]

Huh. I've got a Series 2 that still lasts nearly 2 days on a single charge.

I know sometimes something in the software update can glitch and cause aggressive battery consumption. I wonder if you were affected by something like that (which is something they should address to prevent from happening in the future).

[reillyse]

Nope. Apple itself says the watch will last 18 hours so if you've got one that lasts for 2 days, thats great.

https://www.apple.com/watch/battery/#:~:text=Apple%20Watch%2....

[DonaldPShimoda]

That's assuming a 60-minute workout, using apps throughout the day, and the GPS model (which is slightly more energy-consuming anyway). The workout is really what'll get you; those switch the heartrate and other bio-monitoring from passive to active, which greatly increases battery drain.

If you use your Watch more passively, all-day performance is not out of the question. It all depends on your individual use case.

Besides, 18 hours should be sufficient since you ought to be getting more than 6 hours of sleep a night anyway. Somewhere in that offtime is when you can charge. I do it overnight, but plenty of people charge during their morning routine (shower, etc.) and say it charges more than enough to last all day.

[skibble]

My S4 easily lasts the best part of two days. Perhaps you had a software glitch?

[r00fus]

S5 has worse battery life due to always-on display. Presumably if you toggle that, your battery life is much better.

[JaakkoP]

Since I don't sleep with the watch it's not too big of a burden to charge it each night. I just wish there was a better charging mat so I don't need to connect it to a charger.

[shajznnckfke]

Any word on battery life in the new model?

My expectation is each time the chip will be more efficient, but they can choose to use that on a brighter screen/more features, or better battery life.

[enlyth]

This is true, I've started wearing it with a dead battery, and charge it only when going out.