Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch

gone troppo

Mine has been doing this for a long time before the last update prolly 6-12 months ago it started draining like this.

MeazzaS9

@gone-troppo My Vertical had a similar problem a while ago, but it was fixed with an update or bug fix. I don’t remember.
My watch wasn’t updated to the latest firmware as soon as I read about the battery issue.

Jugger

I charged my watch on 30.8 and today I have still 47% of battery left. HR, HRV and sleep tracking ON 24/7. 6,5 hours of running and walking with best GPS and H10 as HR sensor for 4 hours of that time. No battery calibration after last FW update. Batterylife is the same as the day I bought mine two years ago.

lessthanmore

@Jugger Might be related to the manufacturer of the belt.
The H10 is off if not connected to the belt. With Garmin there’s no real “off” as far as I know.

Jugger

@lessthanmore Could be that but overall battery lasts anyway over two weeks. Other users reports 10% per day consumption even without exercise.

Also I’ve never had any problems with new FWs. Is this only effecting people who had dataloss after last update?

gone troppo

It’s not to do with the H10 as I only use the H10 and have the 10-12% drain per day

gone troppo

Further update I can confirm that disconnecting paired device (hr Monitor) did not help battery life still going down at same rate. There must be other potential causes of this that are unknown

Ars Vitae

@surfboomerang 2-3% - that’s too much without activities.

Audaxjoe

@gone-troppo I had data loss (first time with FW upgrade) battery consumption has not deteriorated.

sartoric

@Ars-Vitae
Too much for a whole day ?

surfboomerang

@Ars-Vitae With notifications on an no power saving… I think it’s a good score.
The drain rate is the same as before the firmware update.

Ars Vitae

@sartoric Without notifications, wrist HR off and no workouts mine is around 1-1.5% per day. And so it has been for two years.

Ars Vitae

@surfboomerang I’ve never checked, I don’t use notifications. So you’re probably right, it should be a good score.

larrybbaker

I’m on my second discharge/charge cycle now post firmware upgrade and it seems like the battery life is returning to previous. Also interestingly yesterday I gained back 1% of battery wing outside most of the day in the sun.

fedequei

I’m also trying to fully discharge the battery because the consumption data keeps getting worse.
I’m attaching a chart from the last recharge, which only shows two hours of recorded activity. I have HR tracking enabled all day, but notifications are turned off.