He Apple Watch It is a must-have device for many of us. Beyond receive notifications that we have on our iPhone, with it we can control our health metrics, play sports and have our calendar with the upcoming events that we have coming up always at hand. In addition to performing countless other tasks.
Since the first version that landed on the market, the battery has always been one of the great opportunities for improvement that the Cupertino firm’s watch has. And, although its operating system is increasingly optimized and allows us to completely forget about the charger for a good number of hours, the reality is that we still expect more from it, especially if it is usually our training partner, one of its more demanding activities.
From the latest update to WatchOS 11, Autonomy has been significantly reduced for no apparent reason. Luckily, with some adjustments we can cushion this drop and get a few extra hours of use. Although, yes, we will have to sacrifice some functions until Apple finds the definitive solution.
The screen, the great sacrifice
As we have already mentioned, to get that extra battery, we will have to choose to sacrifice some functions of our Apple Watch. And, as it could not be otherwise, we have to start with the always active screen. Although it is one of my essentials since the Cupertino company incorporated this function, the current situation does not give rise to a choice.
Disable the Always On Display It will turn our Apple Watch into a much more energy efficient device. Which translates into a few extra hours of battery life at the end of its corresponding use cycle. We can deactivate it from the general settings menu within the Watch app on our iPhone.
In addition, not only have I eliminated the function that the screen is always on, I have also had to reduce the time that the screen stays on when we interact with it. Our Apple Watch offers us two options following the same route as previously mentioned: 15 or 70 seconds. If we choose the first option, we can still reduce the consumption of our watch even more.
Complications and dial color
One of the main uses of the Apple Watch is the complications of its spheres. With them, we have information that is updated in real time directly on the dial, without having to access the specific application. If our battery works well, it is worth the energy consumption they require in exchange for having certain information always updated. For now, however, I have preferred to leave those that I consider essential until I can recover normality with WatchOS 11.
A situation quite similar to the one we have when it comes to choose the spheres. The Apple Watch is one of the most customizable devices out there. Which is why it is almost impossible to find two Apple watches configured exactly the same, given the large number of options we have at our service. A fact that also applies to spheres. However, my recommendation is that you opt for dials in dark colors, preferably black, instead of light dials, given the differences in their consumption.
Although these adjustments will not help you have the same autonomy as before watchOS 11, Yes, they can get pretty close while Apple Watch releases a new version with all the bugs fixed.
