I’ve had my watch a little over a month now, my first apple watch and been very happy. One thing I’m confused on is how the optimized battery charging works exactly?
My charging habbits are pretty much like this: in the morning when I shower & brush teeth I charge a little, afternoon when I finish my workout and shower I charge a little and evening before bed as I’m getting ready I charge a little. This way I keep the watch between 20-80% most of the time and it doesn’t take any effort for me.
However, if I forget myself or take longer to shower, the watch always blasts past 80 and charges to full immediately, I never get the optimized charging icon where it stops at 80%. Even though my charging habbits are pretty consistent. What gives?
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It does not, for me it’s never activate on home but when im in travel train it suddenly thinks this is good time to slow charge because I’ll not be able to get charger in next 12-24h 😡
Optimized Charging and optimized charge limit is not the same as charge “consistently” in short bursts several times a day.
Optimized charging is meant for people who pop the watch on once a day around the same time and leave it until they wear it. So either at night because they’re not sleep tracking or whenever they’re showering and/or getting ready.
You putting it on the charger several times a day won’t trigger optimized charging because the watch doesn’t know for sure that you’re only want it at 80%. Or when you’ll charge it next as you’re not charging it based on sleep schedule or anything else consistent from a machine learning POV
With the Optimized Battery Charging feature enabled the Apple Watch learns from your daily charging habits to improve the lifespan of the battery of the watch by reducing the time it spends fully charged.
When the feature is enabled, the Apple Watch delays charging past 80% when it predicts it will be connected to a charger for an extended period of time. In these situations, the battery remains between 75% and 80%. The algorithm aims to ensure that the watch is still fully charged when you remove it from the charger.
With the Optimized Charge Limit feature enabled the Apple Watch learns from your daily usage habits and determine when to charge to an optimized limit (80%) and when to allow a full charge. The watch might charge to 100% on some days, and to a lower value on others.
it’s best suited to people who charge their devices overnight. charges to 80% right away, then charges the rest of the way a bit before you get up and put on your watch and grab your phone to start your day.