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[Moto 360] fendee1:
I think it take a week to sort battery, its human interaction that drains the battery. I increase my screen on time through watchmaker to one minute and it severely depleted the battery. I think when you get a new technology you play with it a lot. I got this so I know when I get a text and email and it last a full work day. So it suits my needs. And not looking at my phone evey few minutes.
[Moto 360] thenewguy821:
I was getting terrible battery life, from both my phone and watch, after the update. I wiped dalvik and cache on my phone, and battery life went up drastically on both. Maybe there was an app that wasn't playing nice after the update.
[Moto 360] jco23:
battery life has dramatically improved for me - back to the best it has been. off charger for 10 hours with 70% remaining. this translates to 3%/hr battery drain which is fine in my book. i do have wifi and ambient display turned off - everything else is on.
[Moto 360] wmoore:
I was getting decent battery until the last few days. Now it is running out by 8-9pm (12-13 hours off the charger). Must have been an app update but I'm not sure which one. I guess I'll have to remove them one by one .....
[Moto 360] jco23:
thing is, I can't seem to figure out how to remove apps from my watch. I certainly do not need amazon or paypal on my watch....
[Moto 360] wmoore:
Actually that's a good point. I made the comment but I don't know either.
[Moto 360] Zammo76:
You have to remove the app from your phone.

Or if you want you can just block alerts from that app appearing on your watch. I've done this for a few apps as it was pointless getting them on my watch as I couldn't do anything with them on their.

To do this open Android Wear on your phone, hit the settings gear symbol then go to 'Block app notifications' and press the + symbol then select the apps you want to mute.
[Moto 360] FraserGJ:
I'm having the same issue - watch is already down to 83% and only be off charge for about 2.5 hours. The battery stats shows I only have about 12 hours left and the biggest usage showing in the Android Wear app is "Watch idle".

It has very bad yesterday too but no problems at all prior to that - regularly have 50% left at the end of the day. No updates that I'm aware of although I took it off charge recently and there was an "Customize" screen I've never seen before showing - new watch update maybe?
[Moto 360] jco23:
There was an update to Google play services yesterday, so that could be a contributing factor.
[Moto 360] battleeagle:
Very good battery life

after resetting my watch and flashing a lollipop custom rom on my z3c i'm at 2%/h.

I'm home from work now an at 75% with little use. In my opinion you can use the watch now perfectly for 1 perhaps 2 days without worrys :good:
[Moto 360] Casyis:
Whenever Play Services updates, it causes a significant drain on the battery. If you use Wear Battery Status, you can pinpoint when the update occurred and see if it coincides with the drain. The only time I get a huge drain is when this happens. Otherwise, I take the watch off the charger at 7:00 a.m., and when I get home at 7:00 p.m., I'm usually at about 60-65% with moderate-to-heavy use.
[Moto 360] fendee1:
Another update coming up, go it from apk mirror.
[Moto 360] rommo_911:
so in my moto 360 i have a great dicovery .... somehow i removed the original moto body app , an i dont have the fit app . so the watch is not watching me moving and though ....

i have a greatv battery upto more than 24 houres in ambient mode ! and at least 36 houres normal use .
[Moto 360] medievalspawn:
Hi, my moto 360 shotdown to 20% of battery remain. when reloading, the charge starts from 20 %. Solution??? thanks
[Moto 360] VIVAS700:
How did you manage to do this, can you post a link or a mini guide on how to? :good:
[Moto 360] panchoskywalker:
Well battery life is very important in smart watch, I wonder which one last long.
[Moto 360] BLACKSTEG:
the moto battery life are kinda acceptable

for first generation
[Moto 360] Cookiedroid:
For first 4 months was almost 2 day battery life, now it's barley 10 hours :(
[Moto 360] Jawbox:
The solution seems to be replacing the battery. I just picked up a battery and transplanted it this weekend. It is working, however I won't know how well until I get a new back, which is going to take a week or two. My old battery was swollen up at least 50% when I pulled it.
[Moto 360] AndrewM3:
my battery lasted me two days now I can barely get a day. I updated the moto body app and naptime got a new feature to turn off body detection when screen is off to enter doze faster. Every since that day my battery went to crap.
[Moto 360] amoramor:
Hello everyone! Has anyone problem with the battery, pairing the moto with an iphone?
[Moto 360] RLShiftyDoggit:
3-4 days one charge I'll post how I set it up if interested

(4days is really stretching it tho will be completely dead by the end of the day if not already dead depending on how long your day is)
[Moto 360] mranon32:
Yeah, post it up although I'm not sure what all settings could give you that much extra time but certainly interested!
[Moto 360] inflewence:
Just purchased the 1st gen a few days ago, cause it was cheap. I'm loving the battery life. I get about 12 hours with ambient mode on and full brightness. I'm a moderate user. I use the gear s and that life was trash so maybe that's why I love it lol.
[Moto 360] Zekial:
Two hours is about what I'm getting nowadays with my launch 360. Might be time for a new watch.
[Moto 360] EP2008:
Got my Moto 360 last year. I had ok battery life when I first got it but lately I go to bed and it's still over 70%. Pretty happy about it.
[Moto 360] tevil:
Ever since my GF got me the 360 sport and Ive loaded up Fit and MotoBody Im BARELY getting the day with my battery. I done even keep BT on through the day, only when I work out. Other than that I wait until Im home on my wifi for them to pair and sync.

Anyone have ANY tips to keep my phone from draining so fast? I just turned off high accuracy most in fit so Ill see if that helps. I know its FIT because a long time ago I installed it when "google tracks" was being discontinued and it was horrendous with my battery (nexus 5x) so I uninstalled it and my battery went back to normal.

Im wondering if I installed fit on my tablet and let the watch sync to that when I got home if it would save battery life. I could leave android wear and moto body installed but off during the day.

thanks
[Moto 360] frenzyboi:
Please do so. Would really love to know how you do it.
[Moto 360] RLShiftyDoggit:
Over time the battery will obviously not preform the greatest but turn off litterally every setting you can and don't use any of the active Moto apps ie body etc definitely turn off heart monitor and the ambient wake up
[Moto 360] Kokela:
I dont know if anyone could help... my moto 360 got updated to 6.0.1 and the watch when pairing with the phone starts freezing like hell and android wear inst responding error occurs randomly. i cant even use the watch as it becomes hot causingthe battery to dies withinin 1.5 hours. help!!!!
[Moto 360] ElBeaner:
Used to last a full day easy when I got my watch. Now I take off the charger at around 6am and by 7pm Im at 10%.

Luckily I have a spare charger at work, guess I'll start doing a bump charge before leaving to get me until bedtime
[Moto 360] Spott07:
The new Android Wear app from the Play Store is causing that. Get on apkmirror.com and sideload version 2.0.0.145450541 onto your phone instead.
[Moto 360] Kootu:
I can't launch this version of Android Wear apk. There is white screen with logo and nothing more. Are you sure that this will help to improve battery life?
[Moto 360] Spott07:
No. I never said it would help improve battery life. What I said, was that it would prevent the phone Bluetooth from locking up, stop the watch freezing, and prevent massive battery discharge and overheating, as described by the user I responded to.

If you're not having those problems, then don't follow my suggestion. Go back and restore the backup of the version you had before, and learn how to read and comprehend what was posted.

If you're​ having those exact problems, and the APK I suggested doesn't work, then try incrementally older versions until you find one that works. Make sure you pick a variant that matches your phones processor architecture, Android OS version, and screen DPI.
[Moto 360] DaPoets:
Yesterday I went through the process of replacing the battery in my Moto 360 Gen 1. I watched a few youtube videos on it and found that it was an easy enough process to slide the back off, unhook the 2 circuit connections and unplug the old battery. Replacing it w/ the new battery was a bit tricky as you have to get the connection at the right angle, but after that it was just a reverse process and now w/ my 1st day of full use w/ BT, Wifi, ambient, and rotation all on I got a solid 9 hours out of it today. Before I was getting about 45 minutes before the watch would die so that's a win. Tomorrow I'll have all that on again but turning off the ambient display and see how much usage I get. It feels like a new watch and the battery only cost me $12.
[Moto 360] crazynapkinman:
I bought a refurbished one recently. It lasts about 12 hours. With everything on also.
[Moto 360] reggiexp:
mine i have it for like 3 years i think first gen

it holds euh with all off just bluetooth and i reply to sms sometimes if i do it last from 10h to 16h... and it dies around 20% great...

if i dont reply to text it last till 19h.... its horrible. i reset the watch but that helped 1 day lol

i bought a new battery but i need to install that. btw i had a ticwatch S in white, with wear os 2 damn its horrible android wear 2.... cant get used to it. so i sended it back and im back to my moto 360 its looks way nicer and works better android wear 2 seems like its rushed and its wierd
[Moto 360] etc6849:
You're saying the Moto 360 screen is better than the Samsung Gear Live? I have both watches and the Gear Live has much better colors; the difference is very obvious, especially if you have them side by side. Things clearly look washed out on the Moto 360, especially with auto dim turned on in a dark room.

Screen uniformity is also an issue with LCD's, and if you bring up a grey background on the 360, you can see small issues with screen uniformity that the Gear Live doesn't have. One thing the Moto 360 display does very well for an LCD is view angles. I'm impressed by that aspect.

I'm going to try it out next week, but I am skeptical of battery life too. I charged it fully last night. However, it's at 63% after only 5.5 hours of infrequent to medium use (with the ambient screen turned off). I think the 12 hour review might be true, and if that's the case I'm not keeping it.

The Gear Live gets much better battery life and will make it through a long day (>12 hours). I like the fit and finish of the Moto 360 better though.
[Moto 360] Character Zero:
I don't think the heart monitor is constant. When I go to have it take my bpm it waits and then displays the information. If it was continuous I would expect it to be instant.
[Moto 360] 2k4ever:
yes, enough said indeed and I'm not gonna feed the trolls anymore
[Moto 360] Phlip00ws6:
If you go into the fit app, swipe left twice the settings come up and you can turn off save fitness data.. Not sure if this means turn the sensors off or if it just doesn't store the data.
[Moto 360] premneo:
I started at 6:30am with full charge and it came down to 5% at 3:30 PM

So it looks like it works for about 9 hours..

I had the always on setting checked. The watch was on my hand the whole time. I got like 3 notifications an hour. I used it like I would normally use it.

I am not impressed by the battery life at all. I will try it without the "always on" option. But it does not always show the time when I look at it, sometimes I have to press the button!

I am going to hold on to my qualcomm toq for now. I wish they had made the moto 360 with the mirasol display.
[Moto 360] Character Zero:
You can also tap the screen. It helps to hold your wrist horizontal to have it show the screen.
[Moto 360] premneo:
Thanks for the tip. I am still learning... I just learned that you could customize the watch faces through the motorola connect app.

I changed the background of all the watch faces to black. I think it looks better that way.
[Moto 360] Phlip00ws6:
If that was the first time you powered the device that is why you got such bad battery drain. Mine along with pretty much everyone else's was terrible initially. I have mine on ambient mode now and its been on a little over 8 hours and still have 42%. Ambient mode off I went 25 hours.
[Moto 360] Dusty Rhodes:
I hope my battery improves tomorrow. This is my first 24 hours with it and I took it off of the charger at 8:30a. I'm sitting here now at 6:25p with 8%. I didn't fiddle with it too much today. I played with it for 10 minutes while getting my car washed but everything else was a "regular" day with about 4-5 notifications per hour.
[Moto 360] Secretcow:
Bad battery life

The battery life is horrible. First day I got 7 hours with always on. Second day I got 9 hours with always on. And it's not even "always on". I don't see the point to not having "alway on", on.

My LG G watch would get 1.5 days with always on turned on. And the screen would always be on. This watch is just a useless bracelet. I returned it to Best Buy today.
[Moto 360] ChrisNee1988:
My first day battery life was pretty bad but i was constantly playing with it (installing apps, checking heart rate, testing navigation, etc. it probably lasted half a day.

Today, it's doing a lot better with lighter usage, its at 75% with about 8 hours of unplugged time. At this rate, it could last about 32 hours on a full charge.

The battery life really depends on screen on time and how much you actually use it.
[Moto 360] Digil:
Yeah, I've had about 9.5 hours of moderate usage and I'm at 65%. More than happy with battery. Of course that's with screen always on disabled. I'll check that out tomorrow.
[Moto 360] Phlip00ws6:
One thing I've noticed is it checks for a heart rate exactly every 5 minutes. I even have save fitness info off. Thats 12 times per hour that it turns the LEDs on and the sensor/cpu to process the data.
[Moto 360] Character Zero:
Is that the green light on the back? I saw that light just a minute ago as I put it on the charger. I buckle the band when I put it on the charger, it seems to sit better that way.
[Moto 360] Phlip00ws6:
Yup thats the green lights on the back.
[Moto 360] Mr Ian B:
Off charger since 8am cst today for the first day. As of now, at 46% after 10.5 hrs w average use. Loving this, got a black steel band will get it put on tomorrow.

Ian B
[Moto 360] Solutions Etcetera:
Please let us know how that goes.
[Moto 360] Mr Ian B:
No problem, got a black pebble steel band and follow this thread in general forum.

http://xdaforums.com/moto-360/general/thread-to-discuss-22mm-watch-bands-t2868429

Ian B
[Moto 360] etc6849:
I can't find a way to disable this either. Even with save fitness data and show step turned off, heart monitoring still occurs for me too. As you state, I think it's related to the Heart Activity app on the watch. I never noticed my Samsung Gear Live doing this.

Has anyone attempted to uninstall the "Heart Activity" app via adb?
[Moto 360] ChrisNee1988:
Anyone test difference in battery life with ambience on/off?
[Moto 360] mi7chy:
Battery life usually improves after several complete discharge/recharge cycles. I did that with the Surface Pro 3 and the actual capacity is now higher than factory capacity. Keep this in mind before judging the Moto 360's battery on the first charge.

Second column is actual and last column is factory capacity:

2014-06-20 - 2014-06-27	41,893 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-06-27 - 2014-07-04	43,018 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-07-04 - 2014-07-11	44,062 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-07-11 - 2014-07-18	43,605 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-07-18 - 2014-07-25	43,449 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-07-25 - 2014-08-01	44,036 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-01 - 2014-08-08	44,030 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-09	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-10	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-11	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-12	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-13	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-14	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-15	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-16	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-17	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh

2014-08-18	44,270 mWh	42,157 mWh
[Moto 360] dottat:
I would concur with this. Seems battery the first day sucks like it does on our phones.... After a charge or two gets even better. I still had half the battery left at the end of today. % wise it was tie with my HTC one max which is pretty swell too.
[Moto 360] TheEmpyre:
Took moto360 off the charger at 830am, I had what I would call moderate usage today. Used to navigate around the city a little bit and reply to and check many text messages today. Just slapped it back on the charger and it actually reads 0% interestingly.

I used ambient mode all the way until about 1 hour ago. There's no doubt in my mind this device will last my entire work day tomorrow, as I won't be messing around with it nearly as much as I did today

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[Moto 360] Nlue:
10 hours 35 mins of moderate usage with 10+ notifications(work emails) an hour. I even used the watch to reply to Hangout messages during the day. I'm sitting at 69% with ambient off. I for one, am very happy with that. That doesn't even include the multiple FB posts and gmail alerts. I can totally see how Mr. Gadget was able to get 2 days out of this watch. With it being football Sunday, I was inundated with messages from my buddies and my fantasy team and still, the watch didn't drain like the reports are claiming. When I first got it, it did drain rapidly but since then, it's been a champ. I think the reviews were based on an older firmware. Either that or the reviewers were expecting far more than what was realistic based on the purpose of the device.
[Moto 360] its_dale:
1st charge yesterday took me to 100%. Second charge this morning wouldn't go past 94%. I'm about to charge it again before bed and I'll report back.
[Moto 360] spinedoc:
So is the consensus so far about 10-12 hours with screen always on, and maybe double that with the screen set to turn off? It's not incredible by any means, but it's pretty adequate for something that is kind of an alpha product. Just like our phones I'm sure we will mostly get on the upgrade treadmill and battery life will be one of the bullet points they market to force you to upgrade.
[Moto 360] ChrisNee1988:
Moto 360: To Ambient Screen Mode or Not to Ambient Screen Mode? http://www.droid-life.com/2014/09/08/moto-360-ambient-screen-mode/

Here's a nice article on how ambient works and its affect on battery life
[Moto 360] ChrisAshton84:
I've been using Sleep as Android, which afaik only uses the accelerometer, and for 6 hours sleep it went from 100% charged to 10%. This should be screen off the whole time. Not too happy so far, especially since with the metal band the phone will be difficult to charge on a standard Qi charger - and it doesn't look like Motorola sells the m360 chargers separately.
[Moto 360] skally:
charge time

Not exactly on topic, but can anyone say how long it takes to recharge? From completely dead, and from say ~20-30%

My thought about this are that I would like to utilise the device as a sleep monitor so i would prefer to wear it overnight.

I was thinking a small power pack, maybe ~1.5Ah battery with QI output wouldn't be too large and could be slipped behind the watch for 30 minutes or so. This could be charged overnight rather than the watch itself, and would provide a boost or two throughout the day.

Any thoughts?
[Moto 360] spinedoc:
That's nuts if that were the case, hopefully they will be released soon. I'd definitely want to have a spare charger in my office.
[Moto 360] Phlip00ws6:
Seems to be a little over 1% per min.

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I got 12-13 hours with pretty decent usage ambient mode on. 25 with ambient mode off.
[Moto 360] Predator04:
But I'm at 75percent after about 2 maybe 2 and a half hours of use. Shoot I charge it at night and when I take it off the charger I loose 2 percent off the bat. I have both the black and the silver watch. The silver ( the one I use) is connected to a galaxy s3. The black is connected to the moto x. We went for sushi today and the black watch got off the charger we drove to the sushi place (15 min one way) stayed for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Made a couple stops and came home and the watch shows a 65 percent. I just don't get it. They are both on auto brightness and ambient turned off. Anyone have any idea?

Update: So im driving to work today and it took about 1 hour 10 minutes. it went from 100% to 86%. i only got about 6 notifications. that is terrible battery life. and mind you the watch and phone were maybe 1 foot apart at most.. didnt even use the navigation. if i did i would prob be around 10%. maybe someone can figure this out. Ive tried everything i can think of.
[Moto 360] dadsterflip:
Crazy about the battery... I text a lot I wonder how that would be. I am debating on buying one but reading this thread makes me think twice. I'll keep lurking around here.
[Moto 360] Jonny:
Reading through some of the other threads it seems like the watch needs a few charge cycles for the battery life to stabilize. In any case, there are reports of around 25 hours battery life with ambient mode turned off.
[Moto 360] Bobbika:
Im sure software updates will iron out some issues, but I wouldnt expect much from a TI OMAP 3 from 2010 (probably 65nm) cpu, compared to a much lower power consuming QC Snapdragon 400 in the LG watch for example. The battery life will always be bad, or worse than the competition. It's a shame really that Motorola raided a dumpster at Texas Instuments for the 360's cpu.
[Moto 360] ChrisNee1988:
Here's a gizmodo post about battery life: http://gizmodo.com/moto-360-battery-life-test-so-far-not-as-bad-as-you-h-1631839974
[Moto 360] Predator04:
i will try it out for the next couple days. ive had it since friday. Thank you!
[Moto 360] EVOme:
My buddy here at work has the G Watch. We come in a same time. Both at 100% this morning...8ish. I'm at 59% and he's 67%. Nothing more than text messages today.

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Give me the option whether or not I want it doing all that crap on its own.
[Moto 360] johnomaz:
I'm going to chime in. I got my 360 yesterday and did a full charge on it so it could do its update and all that jazz. Played with it and when I went to bed it still had over 50% battery life. It was full charged around noon. I woke up this morning and it came off the charger at 8am. Its not almost 1pm and its at 86% battery. I've sent a couple dozen texts, set a couple reminders for myself, checked the weather, checked my heart rate (medical reasons and keeping track of it for an upcoming doctor visit) and also drive about 80 miles. The driving part I noticed that every time I moved my hand or turned the steering wheel, it would come on because the motion was similar to looking at the time. I thought for sure I'd have a terrible battery experience when I got home. Nope, its going just fine. I am still playing with it, trying out the features. The pedometer is active on it too. I wonder if this is something where people will have different results. Maybe a software issue or even a hardware issue. Honestly I would have liked to see a bigger battery in it but I have no idea of the space constraints inside the housing so maybe it wasn't possible. One thing I don't do is wear it when I'm at home. Well, I am now because its new and shiny, but once the newness wears off, when I am at home I will be putting it on the charger. I have no doubt it will be just fine during the work day when I am back at work (had surgery, not going to work at the moment).