To maximize the battery life of your watch, try the following tips:
TRY CHANGING TO A DIFFERENT WATCH FACE
Some watch faces, especially those with animations or interactive abilities and brighter colors, use up more battery life than others.
ADJUST SCREEN BRIGHTNESS
The brighter your watch screen, the more battery your watch will use. Turn down your watch screen brightness to save more battery power.
TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS YOU DON'T WANT
Turning off notifications can save your battery.
See "HOW DO I BLOCK NOTIFICATIONS?" to learn how to block notifications.
TURN ON THEATER MODE
Turn off the display and notifications by turning Theater mode on temporarily.
See "HOW DO I USE THEATER MODE?" to learn how to turn on theater mode.
UNINSTALL APPS
If you recently installed an app and notice that your battery is draining faster than normal, try uninstalling that app. To uninstall an app on your watch, you need to uninstall the app from the phone your watch is paired with.
LIMIT WI-FI USE
If your watch is Wi-Fi enabled, you can save battery life by adjusting the amount of time your watch can use Wi-Fi.
TURN OFF ALWAYS ON FEATURE
Turn off the always on screen feature to save battery life. You can set the display to show the time or turn off completely when you're not using the watch. If set to turn off, the screen will turn on when you turn your wrist or touch the screen.
Here's how to change the setting from your phone:
- On your phone, open the Wear OS by Google app.
- Touch Settings.
- Find Always-on screen and use the switch to turn on or off.
From your watch:
- If your screen is dim, touch the screen to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Swipe from right to left until you see Settings and then, touch it.
- Touch Always-on screen to turn on or off.
Comments
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Hi Team,
Firmware version: HM0.0.2.4r.v1
Serial number: M0F601114C
Vibration strength : Low
Battery drained from 89% to 21% in no time. Not able to charge the watch.
Can you please help us with this?
Regards
Prasanth
ppvadan@gmail.com
Hi Prasanth,
I've created a support ticket on your behalf. Our agents will reach out to you soon!
Hello. Just got new gen 5 updated watch.charged to 100 percent and it died in 2 hours. I tried to change battery mode but there is no option even after update. Put in daily mode when Initially setting up the watch can't find option to change but still shouldn't have died that fast. Can you help please
Hi Torrey,
I am sorry about your situation. I have created a support ticket on your behalf. One of our agents will be in touch to assist further.
Hello, I bought Fossil Gen 4 day before yesterday. With bluetooth, wifi, ok google, Always on display turned off watch has drained completely in just 3 hours. Could you please help with this.
Hi Rohit,
I am sorry for your unpleasant experience. A technical agent of ours will contact you soon to help with the issue.
Hi, I bought the fossil gen 5 about 4 months ago and am getting the same issues. Lost 30% of battery on an hour. This has only started happening in the last couple of days, and I haven't installed any new apps or updated software
Hi Charlie,
We will be in touch as soon as possible to help with your issue.
Hello ,
i bought my fossil gen 5 3 weeks ago , battery doesn't last for more than 4 hrs , i've swiched off the Bluetooth , wifi , using a black wallpaper , i've no app installed , i don't know what to do else ! i am suffering from this quality , please advise , is that normal ?!
thanks.
Hi Omar,
One of our representatives will contact you soon for further assistance.
I have the fossil gen5 for 4 days, I have no apps installed, and in "Extended" mode the battery lasts less than 10 hours, I have an inactive screen and automatic brightness. Can it be a factory battery failure?
Any idea how to fix it?
Had my watch for 3 months. Yesterday had 40%, put it on the charger. When I woke up it was at 19%. Now it is dead and won't charge at all or even start. Have tried everything. Help!
Hi, Purchased Gen 5 Smartwatch and observed the battery life to be just about 8 hours..From 100% to 5% just in 8 hrs..Is it the actual battery duration? I have a feeling it is draining too fast.
Hi everyone,
Support tickets for your cases have been created. Our technical agents shall be in contact with you for further assistance.
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