Upcoming Software Update to Address Apple Watch Battery Drain Bug

By: Insha Hashmi

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Updated on: 06-Nov-2023

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Users of Apple Watches have charted issues with battery drain after installing the most recent watchOS10.1 upgrade. Apple is working on a software update to set up this problem. Following an upgrade, a number of models — including the most recent Apple Watch Ultra 2 have endured rapid-fire battery loss. For presently supported models, the release date for the bug- fixing update is still unknown.

Apple has acknowledged the battery depletion issue that Apple Watch owners are seeing in a note sent to Apple Authorized Service providers, as MacRumors reported. Users are hoping for a quick fix as Apple has not specified when the watchOS 10 software update that will address the battery depletion issue in Apple Watches will be released.

The battery drain issue on Apple Watch Ultra, affecting users of current models, has sparked widespread concern on platforms like Reddit, X, and Apple's support community website. The bug has sparked expectations for an approaching fix from Apple, succeeding the release of watchOS10.1 in October.

A software update that Apple is working on to fix a battery drain issue has not yet been announced. The upgrade might be carried in watchOS10.2, which is shortly witnessing beta testing, or it might be a little update. druggies might have to hold off on entering updates.

The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 now have an inventive Double Tap gesture due to the watchOS 10.1 upgrade. With this function, users may tap their thumb and index finger together to conduct a variety of tasks on their smartwatches. Double Tap may now be used by owners of Apple Watches to send and receive text messages, answer calls, snooze alarms, manage music playing, and go to the compass app's elevation view. Only the most recent models can make this motion; earlier models cannot.

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