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High Battery Drain - Potential Workaround

The below steps are meant to address complaints of increased battery drain that some have reported after recent updates. These steps may not work for 100% of users experiencing this, and for those of you please know we are continuing investigation into a permanent fix. 

Also, we understand that there are other threads on these topics and ask that users only respond to this post if you have attempted the below steps. Whether this works or not, we would like to hear that to aid us moving forward. Thank you all for your patience while we look into this. 

  1. From the Settings->Music menu, change the music provider to either “Control Phone” or “My Music”. Exit the settings menu to the main watch face.
  2. Power off the watch via the normal method, and then power the device back on. The battery drain should return to normal for the duration of the power cycle.
  3. If you prefer to use another music provider, please follow steps 1 and 2 before selecting your preferred music provider. 

If your device restarts for any reason, or if your battery consumption increases again, please repeat these steps. 

  • It is a tricky problem and I don't think Garmin will ever come up with a solution that will fix it for everyone with different mobile devices. They could certify the watch with only certain mobile hardware and OS versions and say "hey this is what we only support and guarantee published performance" but they will never do it because it would severely restrict their potential market. I have resigned to the fact it is a roll of the dice depending what hardware you have. Right now I get 7 day life from the watch with my typical use. It is not great but it is not bad.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    By removing the Deezer and Spotify apps as well as some widgets and clocks, it seems like my problem is solved for now. just 2% since this morning with the FC, the Spo2 activated.
     
    Wait and See
  • We will be locking this thread now to evaluate your feedback and may be reaching out to some of your for more information. To all of you that followed the suggested steps and then posted relevant feedback, we are very grateful. 

    Again, we apologize for the experience many of you have had with excessive battery drain and appreciate your help in resolving this.