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Just a simple basic tip to really improve battery life

Thanasis over 2 years ago

Uninstall all custom watch faces and plugins and use a preloaded watch face without seconds.

By doing this I got a 24% consumption in 48 hours with:

- HR monitor always activated;

- 2 daily alarms activated;

- 50 minutes of running with GPS+GALILEO activated;

- 76 minutes of non-GPS activities (strength, pilates)

I did this after a huge battery drop overnight from 50% to 25%.

PS: I didn't reset my watch.

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PallMe over 2 years ago +1

Disable puls ox during sleep. It is a big battery drainer without any real benefits unless you suffer from sleep apnea or are traveling in heights. It doesn't affect sleep tracking.

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0 2555557 over 2 years ago

Have to agree with you about using non fancy watch faces. On Facebook forums you regularly see posts from people complaining about poor battery life. They then post a photo of their new watch face and it's like a house lit up with Christmas lights. No wonder battery life is poor in those cases

0 Thanasis over 2 years ago

Update:

51% consumption in 96 hours (4 days):

- 104 minutes of running with GPS+Galileo;

- ~150 minutes of non-GPS activities;

- +all the other listed above.

0 gaalx (UA) over 2 years ago in reply to Thanasis

Good afternoon. Are you using the default dial?

0 PallMe over 2 years ago

Disable puls ox during sleep. It is a big battery drainer without any real benefits unless you suffer from sleep apnea or are traveling in heights. It doesn't affect sleep tracking.

0 Thanasis over 2 years ago in reply to gaalx (UA)

I'm using this preloaded watch face.

0 2555557 over 2 years ago

I have disabled WiFi and also Bluetooth in the watch settings and that's made a big difference to the battery life. I just turn Bluetooth back on when I'm syncing to Garmin Connect.