Extending Your Apple Watch Battery Life with Low Power Mode in WatchOS 9

Apple is introducing a new feature that will allow you to extend your actual watch's battery life for nearly days at a time with the new low power mode in watchOS 9. This feature will be widely available on September 12th, and we'll take a look at how to enable it.

To access Low Power Mode, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get into Control Center. You can find your battery indicator right here at 69 percent (or in a different spot on your watch). Tap on Battery Status to see how much battery life you have remaining and what features will be impacted by switching to Low Power Mode.

If you tap on Power or Low Power Mode, you'll notice that it does much more than the previous Power Reserve mode. When you toggle this on, there's an alert that appears with information on Low Power Mode. This feature helps save battery life by turning off the Always-On Display, limiting sensors, and disabling cellular and Wi-Fi connections of your Apple Watch.

When you scroll down to see more information about Low Power Mode, you'll find out how notifications may be delayed and emergency alerts may not arrive if you have Wi-Fi and cellular enabled but are not within range of your iPhone. You can also expect some background heart rate, irregular rhythm, and oxygen measurements to be disabled to help save battery life.

Now that we've explained what Low Power Mode does, let's dive into the different options for how long you want your Apple Watch to last on a single charge. If you hit Turn On for 4 days, you'll see a pop-up with options for a day, two days, or three days. Choose one of these options to set your desired duration.

If you're ready to enable Low Power Mode right away and don't need to choose an option, simply tap on the button and then turn it off again to exit Low Power Mode. You'll see that you're in Low Power Mode based on a yellow indicator. At any time, you can go back to turning it off by tapping on the button.

The main goal of Low Power Mode is to help your Apple Watch last longer on a single charge, especially when you're not using it constantly and want to minimize notifications. You can expect this feature to be available for series 4 or later Apple Watches, as well as for Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 5, Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch Series 7, and the new Apple Watch Series 8.

Additionally, Low Power Mode will also be available on the Apple Watch SC and Apple Watch Ultra when they arrive. In these cases, you can expect an extended battery life from 30 hours to nearly a full week of use.

Overall, this new feature is going to provide a huge benefit for Apple Watch users who want to minimize their notifications or just need more battery life without having to sacrifice their features and functionality.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhere's how you can extend your apple watch battery life for days with the new low power mode in watchos 9. welcome everybody to apple insider it is andrew here and you can find me on twitter at andro underscore osu with watchos 9 that will be widely available on september 12th apple is introducing a new feature that will allow you to extend your actual watch's battery life for nearly days at a time let's go ahead and take a look at how to enable this new feature so here i am with my apple watch running watch os 9 we're going to access low power mode very similar to power reserve mode that we had on previous versions of watch os i'm going to swipe up from the bottom to get into control center and you'll notice i have my battery indicator right here at 69 percent yours may be located in a different spot but it'll still be inside of control center just one of these other little areas now if i tap on my battery status it tells me again i have 69 of my battery life remaining and down here at the bottom i have power or low power mode which used to be where the power reserve toggle was power reserve would just put the battery or the time on your lock screen and that was it you couldn't see anything else on your watch low power mode does much more we're go ahead and toggle this on and when you do there's an alert that appears that gives you information on low power mode low power would help save battery by turning off the always-on display limiting the sensors as well as the cellular and wi-fi connections of your apple watch if i scroll down there's more information of low power mode such as how notifications may be delayed and emergency alerts may not arrive this makes sense because if you have um wi-fi and cellular limited and you're not within range of your iphone those alerts may not show up or may be late and here are some other features that may be impacted such as background heart rate heart rate notifications irregular rhythm notifications but oxygen measurements all things that are being disabled to help save battery life now your apple watch to last longer so we can go ahead and turn it on turn on for a specific amount of time or dismiss so if i hit turn on four it gives me another pop-up where you can choose for a day for two day or for straight up three days go ahead and tap on cancel and i just want to enable it for right now and i can go ahead and turn it on scroll down to the bottom again turn on low power mode and now i'm good now you'll see i'm in low power mode based on that yellow indicator and at any time i can go ahead and tap on that again and turn low power mode off with low power mode enabled you'll be able to extend your battery life for up to 36 hours typical apple watch battery life is all day battery life if you don't wear apple watch asleep and you stick in low power mode you could conceivably get multiple days of use out of your apple watch on a single charge this can be great for weekend trips other times when you don't want to get a bunch of notifications anyway you're close proximity of your iphone and you can get alerts that way and you don't need the features of the always on display the new low power mode will arrive in watchos 9 and will be available for series 4 or later so if you have the applewatch series 4 series 5 series 6 series 7 or the new series 8 you'll be able to use this new low power mode it'll also be available on the apple watch sc and the apple watch ultra when it arrives for apple watch ultra later this year you'll be able to extend the battery life from 30 hours to a total of 60 hours that can be nearly a full week of your apple watch in low power mode it's pretty crazy or at least a five day work week maybe if you're wearing it for only part of the day but still this is a huge benefit for apple watch users let me know what you guys think if you have any other questions let me know on twitter at andrew underscore osu and if you'd like to grab any of the new apple watches we started compiling some deals for them down below in the descriptionhere's how you can extend your apple watch battery life for days with the new low power mode in watchos 9. welcome everybody to apple insider it is andrew here and you can find me on twitter at andro underscore osu with watchos 9 that will be widely available on september 12th apple is introducing a new feature that will allow you to extend your actual watch's battery life for nearly days at a time let's go ahead and take a look at how to enable this new feature so here i am with my apple watch running watch os 9 we're going to access low power mode very similar to power reserve mode that we had on previous versions of watch os i'm going to swipe up from the bottom to get into control center and you'll notice i have my battery indicator right here at 69 percent yours may be located in a different spot but it'll still be inside of control center just one of these other little areas now if i tap on my battery status it tells me again i have 69 of my battery life remaining and down here at the bottom i have power or low power mode which used to be where the power reserve toggle was power reserve would just put the battery or the time on your lock screen and that was it you couldn't see anything else on your watch low power mode does much more we're go ahead and toggle this on and when you do there's an alert that appears that gives you information on low power mode low power would help save battery by turning off the always-on display limiting the sensors as well as the cellular and wi-fi connections of your apple watch if i scroll down there's more information of low power mode such as how notifications may be delayed and emergency alerts may not arrive this makes sense because if you have um wi-fi and cellular limited and you're not within range of your iphone those alerts may not show up or may be late and here are some other features that may be impacted such as background heart rate heart rate notifications irregular rhythm notifications but oxygen measurements all things that are being disabled to help save battery life now your apple watch to last longer so we can go ahead and turn it on turn on for a specific amount of time or dismiss so if i hit turn on four it gives me another pop-up where you can choose for a day for two day or for straight up three days go ahead and tap on cancel and i just want to enable it for right now and i can go ahead and turn it on scroll down to the bottom again turn on low power mode and now i'm good now you'll see i'm in low power mode based on that yellow indicator and at any time i can go ahead and tap on that again and turn low power mode off with low power mode enabled you'll be able to extend your battery life for up to 36 hours typical apple watch battery life is all day battery life if you don't wear apple watch asleep and you stick in low power mode you could conceivably get multiple days of use out of your apple watch on a single charge this can be great for weekend trips other times when you don't want to get a bunch of notifications anyway you're close proximity of your iphone and you can get alerts that way and you don't need the features of the always on display the new low power mode will arrive in watchos 9 and will be available for series 4 or later so if you have the applewatch series 4 series 5 series 6 series 7 or the new series 8 you'll be able to use this new low power mode it'll also be available on the apple watch sc and the apple watch ultra when it arrives for apple watch ultra later this year you'll be able to extend the battery life from 30 hours to a total of 60 hours that can be nearly a full week of your apple watch in low power mode it's pretty crazy or at least a five day work week maybe if you're wearing it for only part of the day but still this is a huge benefit for apple watch users let me know what you guys think if you have any other questions let me know on twitter at andrew underscore osu and if you'd like to grab any of the new apple watches we started compiling some deals for them down below in the description\n"