The Apple Watch are one of the most important smart watches in the world, due not only to the brand, but to their quality and control of topics such as sleep, where few are as precise as this. However, like any device, it has its negative points.
Among them, we find one that many users, and is the subject of the batterysince you have to load it every day. Apple estimates some 18 hours of normal useand 36 hours for ultra models, where we give us a somewhat greater margin so as not to plug it daily. However, that could change with iOS 26.
Battery consumption with Watchos 26
The first thing to make clear is that all the tests performed are made with a beta version of the system, since the final has not currently left, and it is only the first of them, which does not guarantee that this will be so, and logically it will improve throughout the weeks.
However, it is true that the design change, unification with the rest of the systems, and new functions, makes that, in a clock that has not increased from battery capacity, this is consumed fasterwhat is a real problem for many, since, as we said, it did not even last 1 day, so it will now be.
This without counting people who have a model for years, where optimization is worse, its major consumption, and, in addition, battery degradation is higher. In my case, in a series 8, the useful life is 80%, which means that I have 20% less of those initial 18 hours, marking about 15 hours total, to which the excessive consumption (at least for now) of Watchos 26 would have to be subtracted.
In summary, we have a great clock, but with an autonomy of an Asian model of 10 euros, which makes much of the public end up opting for brands that promise up to 1 week, and that have very similar functions, despite the fact that the strongest point of the Apple Watch is synchronization with the ecosystem, something that we do not see in the rest of companies, as it is logical.
However, as we commented, We will have to see the next betassince, although it does not paint well, Apple may improve this, and, although it will not have a better consumption than in the current version of Watchos, at least we hope they are not as bad as now, since we would go from a disadvantage of the clock, to a possible reason why not even buy it.
And you, what do you think of the battery life of the Apple Watch? Do you think Apple should focus on optimizing everything so that its consumption is less, instead of unifying designs and functions that make the battery degrade faster? Leave us a comment with what you think, and if you have already tried Watchos 26 on your smartwatch. The truth is that for now I would not recommend it.
