Apple is getting ready a repair for a difficulty inflicting some Apple Watches to expertise extreme battery drain after being up to date to watchOS 10.1, the corporate mentioned right this moment in an inner memo shared with Apple Licensed Service Suppliers.
Within the memo, which MacRumors obtained from a number of sources, Apple mentioned the problem shall be mounted in a watchOS replace that’s “coming quickly.” Apple didn’t present any extra particulars within the memo, so it’s unclear what the underlying reason behind the problem is, what number of clients are affected, and if each Apple Watch mannequin is impacted.
There have been complaints about this situation from clients throughout the MacRumors Boards, Apple Help Neighborhood, Reddit, and X since watchOS 10.1 was launched in late October. The difficulty appears to have an effect on quite a lot of Apple Watches, starting from older fashions just like the Apple Watch Sequence 5 to the most recent Apple Watch Extremely 2.
“WatchOS 10.1 is killing the battery on my Apple Watch,” wrote buyer Martin Cooper on X. “100% to 50% in lower than 60 minutes.”
Apple’s developer launch notes for iOS 17.1 mentioned that replace mounted a difficulty the place “elevated energy consumption would possibly happen” when an Apple Watch operating watchOS 10.1 is paired with an iPhone operating iOS 17, however evidently the Apple Watch battery drain situation has not been fully mounted, so a watchOS replace shall be vital.
MacRumors not too long ago reported that Apple is getting ready to launch iOS 17.1.1 for the iPhone, and it’s possible that the Apple Watch battery drain situation shall be mounted in a watchOS 10.1.1 replace. Nevertheless, it’s doable that the repair won’t arrive till watchOS 10.2, which is presently in beta testing and is anticipated to be launched in December.
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