The Apple Watch's Release and Battery Life Worries

There were many worries about the battery life of the Apple watch before its release, but it turned out to be one of the device's strengths. The battery life allowed users to get through a full day depending on their usage, which is comparable to other competitors on the market.

Best Practices for Extending Battery Life

After using the device for about a month, we have come up with some best practices on how to extend the Apple watch's battery life even more. Firstly, it is recommended to use a darker watch face. The Apple watch uses OLED as its display technology, and black pixels require much less energy than any other color. The more black you have on your screen, the more batter you can save. Therefore, instead of having a colorful watch face, customize your watch face to be as minimal and as dark as possible to preserve battery life.

Secondly, adjusting the screen brightness is also essential in preserving battery life. Although the OLED display provides good black levels with minimal power draw, it still needs power and the brighter your screen is, the more power it'll consume. There are three brightness levels on the Apple watch: High, middle, and low. We put ours on the lowest setting and found that it helped. By reducing the screen brightness, you can save a significant amount of battery life.

Thirdly, reducing haptic feedback is another way to extend the Apple watch's battery life. One of the coolest features about the Apple watch is its new taptic engine, which provides a gentle buzz whenever you receive a notification or an alert. Although this feature is cool, it also contributes to lower battery life. However, if you have the haptic feedback option A Max, you can turn it down a notch or completely turn it off by going to settings > sounds and haptics.

Fourthly, removing unused glances is also essential in preserving battery life. Glances pull data from your iPhone every time you bring them up, which makes the Apple watch work harder. If you have apps that support glances but don't really use them, delete them not only will you save battery life, but you'll also avoid seeing stuff you don't really care much about when browsing through your glances.

Fifthly, reducing motion is another way to extend the Apple watch's battery life. Watch OS is packed with subtle motions that aim at improving the visual experience of the software. However, these animations can take a toll on the battery life in the long run. You can turn this off by going into settings > General accessibility and reduce motion.

Sixthly, reducing transparency is also essential in preserving battery life. Transparency is also a big part of the overall design language used in the Apple watch, just like motion was added in iOS 7. However, just like motion, transparency can decrease your battery life as well. You can turn this off by going into the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and selecting General accessibility > reduce transparency.

When Everything Else Fails

When everything else fails and you really need your Apple watch to last longer than a day, there is one final option: power Reserve mode. This will shut down every feature of your Apple watch but keep the time. Although it's a basic function, power Reserve mode can be useful in emergency situations where you need to conserve battery life for an extended period.

To enable power Reserve mode, you can either hold the power button down for a few seconds or swipe through your options and select the power reserve option. You can also swipe up from your watch face to reveal your glances and tap on the power reserve option.

Conclusion

The Apple watch is more than capable of lasting for an entire day with minimal use, thanks to the tips outlined above. By using a darker watch face, adjusting the screen brightness, reducing haptic feedback, removing unused glances, reducing motion, and reducing transparency, you can significantly extend the battery life of your Apple watch. And if all else fails, power Reserve mode can be used to conserve battery life for an extended period. Thank you for watching, and we'll see you in the next video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enand a run up to the Apple watch's release there were a lot of worries about the battery life but come to find out battery life was actually one of the devices strengths allowing us to get through a full day depending on our usage that's about on par with other competitors on the market we've been using the device for about a month now and have come up with some of the best practices on how to extend the Apple watch's battery life even more number one is to use a darker watch face since the Apple watch uses OLED as its display technology black pixels require much less energy than any other color and the more black you have on your screen the more batter you can save so instead of having a colorful watch face customize your watch face to be as minimal and as dark as possible to preserve battery life number two is to adjust the screen brightness this one goes without saying but another way to preserve battery life is to lower the screen brightness even though the OLED display provides good black levels with minimal power draw it still needs power and the brighter your screen is the more power it'll consume there are three brightness levels on the Apple watch High middle and low I put mine on the lowest setting and found that it helped number three is reduce haptic feedback one of the coolest things about the Apple watch is a new taptic engine whenever you receive a notification or an alert your wrist will buzz almost as if someone's tapping you lightly while the function of this Tech is really cool it also contributes to lower battery life at the end of the day you don't have to turn it off completely but if you have the haptic feedback option A Max you have the option to turn it down a notch or completely turn it off by going to settings sounds and haptics number four is to remove glances you don't use glances pull data from your iPhone every time you bring them up which makes the Apple watch work harder if you have you have apps to support glances and you don't really use them just delete them not only will you save battery life you'll also avoid seeing stuff you don't really care much about when browsing through your glances number five is to reduce Motion in the same way that iOS 7 introduced various animations watch OS is packed with subtle motions that aim at improving the visual experience of the software the problem is all these animations add up and can take a toll on the battery life in the long run now you can turn this off by going into settings General accessibility and reduce motion number six is to reduce transparency just like motions were added in iOS 7 transparency is also a big part of the overall design language used in the Apple watch and just like motion can decrease your battery transparency can decrease your battery life as well now you can turn this feature off by going into the Apple Watch app on your iPhone go into General accessibility and reduce transparency now when everything else fails and you really really need your Apple watch to last longer than a day turn on power Reserve mode this will shut down every feature of your Apple watch but keep the time which I guess it's basic function anyways now to enable power Reserve mode you can either hold the power button down for a few seconds and enter power Reserve mode by swiping that option and you can also swipe up from your watch face to reveal your glances and tap on the power reserve the Apple watch is more than capable of lasting for an entire day maybe even a bit more with minimal use though these tips should help extend your Apple watch's battery that extra bit anyways thank you guys so much for watching and if you guys found this video helpful make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one andand a run up to the Apple watch's release there were a lot of worries about the battery life but come to find out battery life was actually one of the devices strengths allowing us to get through a full day depending on our usage that's about on par with other competitors on the market we've been using the device for about a month now and have come up with some of the best practices on how to extend the Apple watch's battery life even more number one is to use a darker watch face since the Apple watch uses OLED as its display technology black pixels require much less energy than any other color and the more black you have on your screen the more batter you can save so instead of having a colorful watch face customize your watch face to be as minimal and as dark as possible to preserve battery life number two is to adjust the screen brightness this one goes without saying but another way to preserve battery life is to lower the screen brightness even though the OLED display provides good black levels with minimal power draw it still needs power and the brighter your screen is the more power it'll consume there are three brightness levels on the Apple watch High middle and low I put mine on the lowest setting and found that it helped number three is reduce haptic feedback one of the coolest things about the Apple watch is a new taptic engine whenever you receive a notification or an alert your wrist will buzz almost as if someone's tapping you lightly while the function of this Tech is really cool it also contributes to lower battery life at the end of the day you don't have to turn it off completely but if you have the haptic feedback option A Max you have the option to turn it down a notch or completely turn it off by going to settings sounds and haptics number four is to remove glances you don't use glances pull data from your iPhone every time you bring them up which makes the Apple watch work harder if you have you have apps to support glances and you don't really use them just delete them not only will you save battery life you'll also avoid seeing stuff you don't really care much about when browsing through your glances number five is to reduce Motion in the same way that iOS 7 introduced various animations watch OS is packed with subtle motions that aim at improving the visual experience of the software the problem is all these animations add up and can take a toll on the battery life in the long run now you can turn this off by going into settings General accessibility and reduce motion number six is to reduce transparency just like motions were added in iOS 7 transparency is also a big part of the overall design language used in the Apple watch and just like motion can decrease your battery transparency can decrease your battery life as well now you can turn this feature off by going into the Apple Watch app on your iPhone go into General accessibility and reduce transparency now when everything else fails and you really really need your Apple watch to last longer than a day turn on power Reserve mode this will shut down every feature of your Apple watch but keep the time which I guess it's basic function anyways now to enable power Reserve mode you can either hold the power button down for a few seconds and enter power Reserve mode by swiping that option and you can also swipe up from your watch face to reveal your glances and tap on the power reserve the Apple watch is more than capable of lasting for an entire day maybe even a bit more with minimal use though these tips should help extend your Apple watch's battery that extra bit anyways thank you guys so much for watching and if you guys found this video helpful make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one and\n"