Apple is getting ready a repair for a difficulty inflicting some Apple Watches to expertise extreme battery drain after being up to date to watchOS 10.1, the corporate stated immediately in an inside memo shared with Apple Licensed Service Suppliers.
Within the memo, which MacRumors obtained from a number of sources, Apple stated the problem will likely be fastened in a watchOS replace that’s “coming quickly.” Apple didn’t present any further particulars within the memo, so it’s unclear what the underlying reason for the problem is, what number of clients are affected, and if each Apple Watch mannequin is impacted.
There have been complaints about this subject from clients throughout the MacRumors Boards, Apple Help Group, Reddit, and X since watchOS 10.1 was launched in late October. The difficulty appears to have an effect on quite a lot of Apple Watches, starting from older fashions just like the Apple Watch Sequence 5 to the newest Apple Watch Extremely 2.
“WatchOS 10.1 is killing the battery on my Apple Watch,” wrote buyer Martin Cooper on X. “100% to 50% in lower than 60 minutes.”
Apple’s developer launch notes for iOS 17.1 stated that replace fastened a difficulty the place “elevated energy consumption may happen” when an Apple Watch operating watchOS 10.1 is paired with an iPhone operating iOS 17, however evidently the Apple Watch battery drain subject has not been utterly fastened, so a watchOS replace will likely be mandatory.
MacRumors just lately reported that Apple is getting ready to launch iOS 17.1.1 for the iPhone, and it’s possible that the Apple Watch battery drain subject will likely be fastened in a watchOS 10.1.1 replace. Nevertheless, it’s attainable that the repair may not arrive till watchOS 10.2, which is presently in beta testing and is predicted to be launched in December.
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