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Battery life plummeted

After the most recent update a few days ago, my battery life has plummeted on my Forerunner 45S. Just purchased this a month ago and was having to charge it every 6-7 days (use GPS about 5 hours per week) and now I have to charge it twice daily. Nothing else has changed. I disconnected it from my phone and it did not help. Any suggestions or bug fixes coming?

0 Garmin-Brooks over 2 years ago

Hello, I've got a few questions I'm looking for answers to try and address that for you.

Did you charge the device after receiving the low battery alert or did the unit auto power down due to low battery?
Were you in an activity?
Were there any recent settings changes to the watch?

0 7757625 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Brooks

Hello-

The first time it powered down- it caught me off guard that the battery was almost dead; the other times I got it plugged in prior to it powering down. I was not in any activity. I didn't change anything with the watch settings at all. After this happened, I changed my watch face to get rid of the continuous HR monitor and keep it disconnected from my phone. After a couple days, it was back to its normal battery life, though I don't think the changes I made had much of an impact on extending the battery life again.