I’ll often get two days out of mine, at that can include a bike ride where it’s tracking me.
Ten hours is far too short and I imagine will need some more changes than just brightness. Tim Sent from Tim's iPhone > On 8 Jan 2020, at 1:44 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Righto Brian, thanks for that, will check with Mum on doing that - if she > even knows how to will be the hard part. I certainly don't but I am sure > knowing Apple gear it will be intuitive. > > > > Kind Regards > > > Peter Crisp > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [email protected] > > To: > <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Wed, 8 Jan 2020 13:39:35 +0800 > Subject: > Re: Apple Watch 5 - battery preservation > > > Hello Peter > My wife had the same issue, try lowering the display brightness. > > Brian Risbey > OS13.3👨🏻💻☕️ > > > On 8 Jan 2020, at 12:54, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Happy New Year folks. I am assuming some of you have an Apple Watch (which > ever revision you have maybe matters) but I arranged a Apple Watch 5 for my > 85yo Mum as a means of providing ready to hand communication and the > emergency services call up feature it has. She's slowly getting used to it. I > reviewed the online Apple information about typical battery life and with > normal usage (the online site provides details about what constitutes normal) > should yield around 18 hours before needing recharge from a full "overnight > charge" - it states. > > Well, Mum hardly knows how to use it so is basically only looking at it > occasionally for telling the time and the occasional incoming text is about > all of the actual activity and she finds she is getting <10 hours before > needing recharge. > > Does anyone have a similar experience and are there some tips about > configuration (pairing with iPhone) to minimise battery consumption so that > she can avoid a during-the-day recharge? > > > Kind Regards > > > Peter Crisp > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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