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Battery less than 24 hours

Dear Community,

Since yesterday i've got my Vivoactive 4s. Today at 11am i've charged it 100%. Now, at 4pm Battery Level is 55%. Just in Smartwatch mode
SPO2 is off. Wlan, Musik never used.
Whats up?
Are there someone else with this Problem?

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Raven over 5 years ago +6

This is happening to me too. I just received my 4s yesterday. Charged it to 100% at around 1800 last night, when i went to bed at 2200 it was 87%, and I thought that it was because it was new, I had just…
Raven over 5 years ago in reply to Raven +4

Garmin released an update version 3.30 that claims to fix battery drain issue with IQ Connect watch faces. I put the Lacesis face back on and will see if battery usage changes. The last charge I did to…
Raven over 5 years ago in reply to harryg +3

This watch is a mystery to me. All I can really suggest is to stick with it and eventually the battery drain problem might resolve on its own. I got my 4s in September right after it was released and now…

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0 harryg over 5 years ago in reply to WeslyMKE

I am using a Garmin watch face. Plus while I understand your point technically, but as a customer I feel like they should put a disclaimer not only for pulse ox and gps but also watch faces saying "this watch face may reduce your battery life" so then we know which ones to avoid

0 bradeac over 4 years ago

I've had the same problems.

After updating the software to 3.80 and disabling Always On PulseOx, I get decent battery life (0.75% / hour).

0 1064698 over 4 years ago in reply to Raven

Please how do I display this information? Thanks

0 fallingrock over 4 years ago in reply to 1064698

Install the battery widget (https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/a9c9b981-1f4c-4399-a270-7d6c7317893e)

0 Marty P over 4 years ago in reply to harryg

I think this is the main issue for me. After factory resetting and deleting all music apps, switched to the crystal face, turned off seconds and live hr. Now I'm draining at 0.494% p/hour, at 87%, projected to last for another 7.3 days according to MyBattery.

0 Denise over 4 years ago in reply to Marty P

How do you turn off seconds? All the watch faces I see, except digital, have the seconds. (I use a watch face with hands).

I got mine at Christmas and have had to charge it 7 or 8 times already. It seems to lose about 30% per day. I turned off pulse ox a few days ago but it hasnt seemed to make much of a difference (pulse ox was so terribly inaccurate it didnt matter much, I am rather displeased :( )

0 Ismail.Dakrory over 4 years ago

My Watch setup:

updated all apps and firmware to the last version

Heart rate on
Pulse ox (Sleep Only)
Bluetooth on
Notifications on
Watch face is Titanium and set to display distance
Smart workouts off
Backlight 20%
Auto lock off
Respiration on
Body battery on

and I get 36 hours maximum

0 Raven over 4 years ago in reply to Ismail.Dakrory

Try turning pulse ox off completely. And uninstall Deezer and Spotify if you haven't already.

0 Ismail.Dakrory over 4 years ago in reply to Raven

They are already uninstalled, pulse ox is turned off today but no such big difference.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I am having the same issue, I have tried shutting everything off but the battery still drains pretty quickly and if I have to shut everything down what good does the watch do me.