Is anyone else having battery issues since v27?

I went from a full charge lasting 5-7 days last week to a full charge lasting less than 2 days. I shouldn’t have to charge every day.

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5508 553580 over 1 year ago +5

Yes my battery life has also been affected with this update(27.00). Is this another trick to lead us to upgrade to a newer device?
9160077 over 1 year ago +4

Same here. Since the update came through last weekend I lose 20% overnight while sleeping and am down 75% in 48h with only one activity that didn’t even require GPS. Used to last me a week full of activities…
Forssman over 1 year ago +4

Need to get back on v26 for the full battery capacity. Where can I find the v26 and instructions, please?

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0 53bc6a5b980c4f559a60f7e77fff204c over 1 year ago

I haven't noticed an exceptionally high battery drain on standby with v. 27.00, but for every hour of activity with GPS enabled, the remaining battery time is down by two days, which is much, much more than before.

Disappointing.

0 skopek over 1 year ago

6X Pro: Just did my first activity with FW 27. Battery drained 10% (from 95% to 85%) within 56min Trail Run activty. This is about 30% more than FW26. HRM was connected during the run.

I'm going on a longer hike beginning of June and may not have the chance to charge for 3days. I need max battery life for this. Can someone guide me through the manual FW change back to FW26.

Where can I find the FW?

What is the procedure?

Thanks

P.S: Restarted the watch 3 times after the FW change.

0 3353212 over 1 year ago

Exactly the same problem. The problem ocured few days ago, but it was still on v26.0. I even done a factory reset and I think it was much better for half of the day. But automatic update brings in the v27 and now the watches are useless. Not sure about the battery, but I am facing a problem with lag of about 15secs! after pushing any button.

0 53bc6a5b980c4f559a60f7e77fff204c over 1 year ago in reply to 3353212

Do you use alternative watch faces downloaded from the CIQ store? If yes, try to disable them and see what happens.

These UI lags with CIQ watch faces is another known and longstanding bug, that Garmin ignores and leaves the users alone with.

0 random_disco over 1 year ago in reply to skopek

Having the same issue since FW27 and about to go away on holiday. I also want to know how to rollback to FW 26!

0 9160077 over 1 year ago

Same here. Since the update came through last weekend I lose 20% overnight while sleeping and am down 75% in 48h with only one activity that didn’t even require GPS. Used to last me a week full of activities and runs before the update. Very disappointed.

0 Adam over 1 year ago

Mine is actually the same as it was before the update. However, I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't I bought mine in 2019 and it has a battery that degrades, I have always charged mine uo to 100% but never let it drop too low.

I am amazed I still get 14 days and suspect witchcraft.

0 3832068 over 1 year ago

I guess I didn't realize I came off the beta version and was on v27 and yes, my battery drains in a couple days even if I don't use it.. it was lasting 2 weeks before with just wearing it

0 kvasimodoo over 1 year ago in reply to Adam

14 days is amazing? Mine with the 19.78 still lasts 20-21 days on a charge and that only seems amazing to me !!!

0 3832068 over 1 year ago in reply to kvasimodoo

I didn't say it was amazing. It actually lasted more like 20 days, but I was being cautiously conservative