Apple has in the present day launched watchOS 10.1.1, a major bug repair launch that guarantees to repair an ongoing — and annoying — drawback that many Apple Watch homeowners have been experiencing since updating to watchOS 10.1.
Shortly after Apple launched watchOS 10.1 in late October, studies started pouring in of oldsters experiencing dramatically shortened battery life on their wearables. These weren’t only a matter of not getting by way of the day on a single Apple Watch cost — some might barely get by way of two hours earlier than they discovered their battery depleted. These issues had been accompanied in some circumstances by studies of overheating throughout charging as effectively.
There gave the impression to be no rhyme or motive as to why this was taking place. All Apple Watch fashions had been affected, and whereas some customers had success with utilizing much less demanding watch faces or restoring their Apple Watch to manufacturing unit settings, that was on no account a common repair.
On the similar time, many Apple Watch homeowners had no issues with watchOS 10.1, reporting regular battery life — and there gave the impression to be no sample to which Apple Watch fashions had been okay versus which had been most severely impacted.
Fortunately, Apple sat up and took discover, circulating a memo to Apple service technicians {that a} repair was on the best way. Nevertheless, the memo didn’t say when that might be anticipated apart from that it was “coming quickly.”
The excellent news is that “quickly” on this case seems to have been higher than many hoped, with a watchOS 10.1.1 launch dropping earlier in the present day that particularly “addresses a problem that might trigger the battery to empty extra shortly for some customers.”
As with the mysterious iPhone 15 Professional overheating drawback, Apple doesn’t present any perception in any way as to the reason for this drawback, so it’s troublesome to know for certain if watchOS 10.1.1 will repair it for everybody till we see some studies from of us who’ve tried it. However, it’s value a shot for many who are getting much less battery life from their wearable than anticipated.
As typical, the discharge notes additionally counsel that watchOS 10.1.1 contains another “bug fixes,” though this time round, there aren’t any particular safety patches included in watchOS 10.1.1, so the most important repair right here seems to be the battery drain challenge.
You possibly can test for watchOS updates by way of the Watch app in your iPhone or straight from the Settings app on the Apple Watch. In both case, they are often discovered underneath Basic > Software program Replace. The replace will be downloaded straight onto the Apple Watch whilst you’re sporting it, but it surely have to be linked to a charger with no less than 50% battery capability for the replace to put in.
In the meantime, Apple already has watchOS 10.2 out in beta for each builders and those that have signed up for the general public beta program. It’s unclear if the identical drawback existed within the present watchOS 10.2 beta, but when so, it’s unlikely to be fastened but, as the primary watchOS 10.2 beta arrived solely a day after watchOS 10.1 confirmed up.