Your Apple Watch has better battery life than ever. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 measures battery life in a few days, and the Series 11 isn’t too late.
A recent battery life test measured 28 hours between charges on both the Apple Watch Series 10 and Series 11. Both tests included an hour of training and overnight sleep tracking.
It’s pretty impressive considering the original Apple Watch struggled to reach the promised 18-hour battery life. Since then, the Apple Watch has acquired 5G and brighter displays that can always display time in seconds.
Meanwhile, the Apple Watch Ultra Land will be able to wear the watch on Monday, and you won’t have to close again until Thursday.
That said, the Apple Watch has an old training wheel that you can get off.
Like the iPhone, the Apple Watch requires at least 50% battery to install software updates. Unlike the iPhone, the Apple Watch also needs to be connected to the charger.
why? Now, if your device loses power in the middle of an installation, you don’t want to risk bricking the device.
With a full battery, this Apple Watch Ultra 3 is sure to be able to update to Watchos 26.0.2 without running out of juice. The same goes for the latest Apple Watch, with over 50% battery.
Ideally, updating your Apple Watch software is not something you should consider. By design, it happens overnight while charging. Sleep tracking and charging in short bursts can complicate that.
In reality, you often wear a fully charged watch and receive immediate notifications that no updates are installed.
My instinct is to open Settings, swipe down to General, and tap on Software Updates to install it.
Instead, the install button is staring at me with this 312MB software update that can’t be done without an external power supply.
It’s a small barrier, but of course, as long as it’s connected to the charger, it’s one of the quality of life software improvements, as you’ll see in future WatchOS updates.
