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[Moto 360] 640k:
can somebody else confirm the following?

so the other day i turned off the BT on my phone so audio wouldn't go through the car. about 20m later, my watch died. once i finally charged the watch back up, it said that BT used 10% of the total usage. I might try it again today but didn't know if anyone else experienced the same.
[Moto 360] nielsbrakel1998:
Did you use your watch?
[Moto 360] jco23:
for me, BT has always been on the bottom at 1%. but this all depends on what your watch's battery level was prior to the BT disconnect (in which it shouldn't cause a significant drain). however, i'm sure that if you didn't realize that the watch was trying to communicate with your phone and couldn't, this would cause the battery to drain much faster (similar to how our phones' battery dies quicker when searching for a cell signal but can't find one).
[Moto 360] 640k:
agreed on all fronts, which is why i thought it odd. most weekends, i'm putting the watch back on the charger with 60% + battery left. not sure what caused it to drain that day but i was surprised to see it was completely BT.
[Moto 360] jeremiahw124:
Yes I'll say moderate use, (texts coming in about every 2 minutes or so for about an hour and various notifications such as Facebook and Trivia Crack lol)

And the red at the bottom of the screenshot is where the screen was on.
[Moto 360] nielsbrakel1998:
Thats really impressive! I get about 3% loss every hour
[Moto 360] azsde:
Since the last update my battery life decreased drastically, running 5.0.1, build LWX48T.

The watch used to last for a day and a half without recharging before the update, but now I cannot end a regular day with my watch ... I "unplug" it at 9 am, and by 18 pm battery is already out.

Any idea why this is happening ? Is there somewhere when I can see power consumption details ?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Cheers,

Azsde.
[Moto 360] dlotters:
Have you tried Wear Battery Stats?

Also, perhaps try resetting the watch then re-syncing the apps you have running?

I have had my watch off the charger since about 8:30am and, 11 hours later it's at 70% with numerous notifications and a constantly changing watch face image (500px app)
[Moto 360] Orito:
I ordered my Moto 360 off of Swappa and got it on Monday. On Tuesday, from a full charge it had died by 5PM (taken off charger at 7:30AM); in fact, on a 15 minute drive to work, it had drained ~20% alone. Turning off ambient mode and tilt to turn on allowed it to last until 5.

After speaking with a Motorola support agent who had me reset the device and told me to discharge completely; it seems today that the battery life has been extended greatly. After about an hour of casual usage it's discharged 4% and my phone expects it to die in another ~25 hours.

I will note that, ambient mode and tilt to turn on, both are still off. Could probably kill it earlier if I turned them on, but with the device turning on randomly while I'm on the computer for work or when driving, it doesn't make sense to turn it on. Ambient mode would be nice, but I find myself using the "cover to turn off" method, so I wouldn't see it anyway.
[Moto 360] jco23:
interesting for me is that each of the past two days, my battery life has been more than exceptional. however, today, it's been awful. off charger for about 5 hours, and already down to 30% - battery stats show bluetooth at 9% and android wear at 6% when normally they are at 1% each.

i'm restarting my watch to see if that makes a difference and then check back in an hour - after then, I'll try turning bluetooth off/on on my phone next.
[Moto 360] jco23:
3 hours later, I'm down to 22% - so clearly the battery/issue has gone away.

so for anyone that experiences this issue, first try restarting the watch and/or turning bluetooth off/on on your phone.
[Moto 360] wired335:
I'm getting really good battery life, but I expected it to be a lot better than what everyone else has reported based on my usage levels.

I'm running in airplane mode from about 6:30am till 6:30pm with ambient and tilt to turn on modes both turned on. I check my watch quite often, as well as check step and heart rates periodically through the day. Right now my watch is sitting at 75% battery remaining and it's 1:15pm. usually I'm at 30% by the time I throw it on the charger around 11:00pm. It syncs with my tablet when I get home.

Now, I got a Sony Z3 in the mail... so we will see how it it fairs being paird all day. :)
[Moto 360] ttown:
My battery life has increased greatly over the last several weeks. I bought my watch in October and have the latest update installed. I get two days with about 10-15% left on the second day when it goes on the charger.

I usually take the watch off the charger around 8-8:30 am and turn off the watch at 11:30-midnight the first night. I turn the watch on around same time the next morning and then on the charger around 11:30 to midnight again. I do have tilt to turn on mode turned on, but ambient mode is off.
[Moto 360] bkeaver:
Mine has been great, I took it off the charger at 8am and its now 7:55pm and I still have 68% of the battery left and this is with a custom Facer skin with battery percentage and weather temp. I'm pretty happy
[Moto 360] pbrauer:
Sudden massive change

I have had mine since early December and have consistently gotten around 18 hours normal use from it, without tilt/ambient on. Last two days however all of the sudden I am lucky if i can get 6 hours of life out of the device. No new apps loaded, so I am thinking something somewhere must have updated.

Frustrating.
[Moto 360] thrasher9:
I too have just realized that I have lost 44% in about 3 hours. No ambient and brightness set to 1. I haven't installed any new apps either. Very odd and disappointing.

Trying a restart to see if the free fall continues.
[Moto 360] seh6183:
My battery life has been awesome since the day I bought the watch (well without ambient anyway). In the last couple of weeks I have noticed that sometimes, a few hours after its off the charger, a massive amount of battery is missing. I used to be able to go 2 days no problem. I've tried investigating the issue but it seems to come and go. One thing I know for certain that I have changed, and is relatively new, is the google music option to store all music on the watch. I recently enabled that and think it may be the culprit. Not sure just yet though. Anyone else with battery issues enable that new google music setting?
[Moto 360] Lexite:
Im seriously considering returning this item. I just bough the moto 360 yesterday and im getting unaceptable battery life. I see people on this forum able to use the watch for a full day and it still got battery while mine is struggling to run for 6 hours straight. Right now my watch has been running for 4 hours and a half and its down to 44%. I have tried every troubleshoot,I have resetted my watch 4 times now,I have cleared the cache of my application and reinstalled the whole thing. I even tried running it without any application installed, completely stock and my battery is still draining like crazy.

Im not using it that much. Right now I have insta weather installed,skymaster skin and wear battery stats and thats about it. I love this watch but i cant deal with this kind of ****. I consider myself pretty good with hardware and new accesories, and I cant believe how much time ive wasted trying to make this thing worked. Is there something to do really?
[Moto 360] seh6183:
Okay so just to give some concrete info I took my watch off the charger exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes ago and verified it was at 100%. I checked it just now and it has 66% battery life and I haven't touched it. The drain will stop here and it will last me through the rest of the day just like it always does. I'm going to factory reset the watch and reinstall the android wear app here in a minute to see what happens.
[Moto 360] rjohnstone:
I've been using mine daily now for better than 3 weeks and regularly get to the end of the day with 50%+ battery life left.

No, I don't ignore it all day either.

I'm using a stock watch face (I have Facer and WatchMaker installed), Wear Mini Launcher and AccuWeather.

Maybe I got a good one... not sure, but I'm really happy with battery life.
[Moto 360] seh6183:
Thats exactly how mine was until recently.
[Moto 360] chaco81:
when u reset the watch, it has to sync all apps again, expect the battery to be shet that first day

once all sync is complete, and u charge it, u will see good life

let it settle
[Moto 360] seh6183:
Yep I decided to wait until tonight to do it. Something is killing my battery though. I installed a couple of heart rate apps and was messing with google fit as well. I have since uninstalled google fit, but these battery apps remain. I wish the battery monitor for the watch that is build into the android wear app actually worked.... It doesnt seem to accurately list what is draining the battery.
[Moto 360] whatsupthere:
I forgot to peel off the plastic film on the back on the first day of use, and charged the battery the first time with the film on the back. But that won't cause anything bad I guess? I imagine it can irritate the heart monitor in first place, but I wasn't using it anyway.

Battery life is better than expected, using it now three days, getting around 17-24 hours of battery life.
[Moto 360] dlotters:
That does sound pretty terrible. If you've tried the usual things like factory resetting it and giving it a couple of days to settle down - while sticking to the default watch face, etc and your battery life is still crap then yeah, maybe you do have a defective unit.

I just checked my watch and it came off the charger about 12 hours ago and is sitting at 74% still. That's with a number of notifications throughout the day and the 500px watchface plus jawbone up app and a few other things. Looking at Wear Battery Stats my usage is sitting around 2.6% per hour. It does fluctuate between 2.0% and 4.5% depending on the day (and whether i use things like google maps navigation) but after my first 3 days I've never once had a risk of it being anywhere near depleted after a full day. As it stands, it's tracking to just shy of 48 continuous hours which is more than enough for me given it's nightly 40 minute charge.

I don't know whether or not it makes any difference (and it really shouldn't) but I never leave it on the charger for more than 30-40 minutes (it charges fast) and I charge it up to 100% before bed (so I can use it as a sleep tracker with Sleep as Android) and charge it briefly in the morning again just to get back the 25% nightly drain that happens with the sleep tracker.

I've definitely noticed that some watch faces (not just the ones loaded with Watchmaker/Facer, etc but some available from the Play store too) suck a heap of battery but the 500px one doesn't seem to use any more than the default minimalist one.
[Moto 360] o1d8oy:
I'm after second day with my moto 360. After 24h it has 30% juice left. I haven't used it at work at all but I had some notifications and few phone calls during the day. At night I used sleep tracking. I knew battery life will not be amazing but it is not that bad I think.
[Moto 360] Badelhas:
What's the battery life with ambient Mode on, at the moment?
[Moto 360] Rikoman17:
ive had this for a day and so far im disappointed for example i took it off charge at 10:00 now at 10:25 its at 90% and the battery says it will last 1 hour
[Moto 360] EVOme:
I charged to 100% and took it off around midnight. I woke up this morning to 86%. I didn't get any texts. I did get emails through the night, but I don't think they make the screen come on. You just notice them when you turn the screen on.
[Moto 360] Character Zero:
It seems the depletion is not linear and I wonder if any reviews tried to estimate the life. Like they were at 50% after 6 hours, so 12 hour battery life. It could have taken 8-10 hours to get from 50% - 0%. So its really hard to tell what kind of battery life you are going to get unless you run it straight from 100%- 0%. Also I think a better test is a fee days after you have it because you won't be playing with android wear as much.
[Moto 360] EVOme:
Well it's been off charger since midnight, put on my wrist about 745am. Going to run it to dead today and post results. My GF and I are fighting right now, so she's texting the crap out of me, so we'll see.
[Moto 360] brucipher:
Yesterday with pretty heavy usage and playing around with it I went from 100% to 50% in about 5 hours.

I have to say, I am not overly impressed. It is definitely a beautiful watch, and got a lot of attention from my friends last night, but the screen did not always come on when I tried to look at it, and in Ambient mode the screen still turned off. I was in a noisy environment and the voice recognition did not work (not a big surprise there) so I still found myself pulling my phone out to reply to text messages. Kind of defeats the purpose. For me it is not worth $250 to have notifications on my wrist, and not even work consistently.

Nice 1st gen device, but at this point I will wait for gen 2 or 3. I already sold mine via craigslist...
[Moto 360] hotleadsingerguy:
Wow, and you're sounding worse than them. The Verge is fine...they test products the way they test them. In this case they probably were *using* the thing, which kills battery.

Maybe you don't get many emails, but I have had my work email tied to my phone for a few years now. With the LG G Watch I'd end the day with 20% battery every single day, because I was constantly swiping away work emails and the like. I removed my work account from the phone, and now I end with 40-50% every day. If the person reviewing the unit at The Verge was getting emails and whatnot, it's entirely possible.
[Moto 360] menendez1293:
Thank you, I wasn't sure if only Google apps supported the notifications or if it was all apps. The Exchange emails from my default mail client on my M8 are more important to me being on the watch than Gmail.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[Moto 360] jeux_1:
Can you thanks her for being part of your heavy usage moto360 battery test?
[Moto 360] PsychDrummer:
Here's a post from the moto 360 subreddit. It's not mine, I'm just posting it here. The person made a spreadsheet of his usage vs battery. http://www.reddit.com/r/moto360/comments/2fn66f/my_moto_360_battery_usage_near_real_time/

Also, inb4 "Which ROM/Kernel gives me best battery life????" =]
[Moto 360] etc6849:
I finally found one today as my BB received a shipment last night. I was able to charge it enough so that it would update (I think it was at 81%). However, three and a half hours later it's at 20%. Time will tell, but things don't look good. I even kept it on the charger while it updated...

I've been using the Samsung Gear Live since it came out and it's battery life is great (and the display stays on all the time). There's been many times when I wake up at 6am and still had >25% after midnight.

I use the GV search function a lot as I control my home with it. Hopefully I can get similar results with the Moto 360.
[Moto 360] holabola:
Been using it for about 3 hours with constant use and it's at 82%. I'm very pleased. That will easily last me a full day consistently.
[Moto 360] AJerman:
Fully charged at 10:15 pm last night. Wore the watch while sleeping (so who knows how much it came on and off when I was rolling around). I've used it lightly today, but probably about as much I usually will. As of almost 4PM I have 39% left. I'm quite pleased with the battery life so far and believe it will easily last me an entire day, not just 12 hours. I expect 24 hours with light to moderate use isn't out of question at all. Note that I don't keep the screen on constantly because there's no reason to. It turns on when you lift your wrist to look at it or you can tap it so I don't see the point in keeping it on constantly for my use.
[Moto 360] Phlip00ws6:
I'm at almost 9 hours of average use.. 2-3 notifications per hour/checking time and I'm at 79%. I see it easily lasting 18 hours even with moderate use. Ill be keeping it on until DEAD.. since we know power usage isn't linear. Will be updating with the final time, hopefully tomorrow!
[Moto 360] Character Zero:
To update this

4:00pm - 28%

Put it on the charger to make sure I had some juice this evening. I could have no doubt made it to 6:00pm (full 24 hours). I don't think I will have any problem taking it off the charger in the morning and getting all the way to back on the charger before bed.
[Moto 360] kuronosan:
This is what's draining the battery the most. The constant querying of the sensors keeps the CPU from going idle.

Charge rate looks to be about 1.5%/min, full discharge at the moment takes about 9 hours unless you don't constantly lift your arm.
[Moto 360] prulleman:
It should not... the sensors have a separate controller, just like the always listening of the moto x or pedometers in other smartphones and smartwatches. Sure it will consume some extra juice, but the cpu should go to sleep. I think the screen is just the most consuming part ( as always, but with the 360 even more).

Probably fine to use without "always on", but with "always on" on, the max 12 hours could be right..

I'm still waiting for a positive review of some normal user, specifying which options where on. That's the most important thing missing from all the other reviews
[Moto 360] PsychDrummer:
I think he means that it might be turning on randomly from wrist flicks.
[Moto 360] shawnfr:
It's sort of academic as we can't get the 360 in the UK, but I am getting put off by the reports of people using it with the screen off.

I have the G Watch and with the screen always on it lasts me for a day and a half on average, matching LG specs.

For me a watch has to be always on so I can see the time when I take it off...

So I'm interested to hear what the ambient mode battery life is really like, as if it can't last 24 hours then I guess the 360 isn't for me.
[Moto 360] AstroDigital:
People wanted a watch that looks like a watch from the 70s.

Here is the thing the watch always has to be on.

If you need to raise your arm or press a button to get the time ,,,, it is not a watch.

My Gear Live the screen dims but I can always tell the time.

If the Moto-360 will get me from 6am to 11pm, with 10 cards notifications at least per hour and with the screen always on, I may think about it.
[Moto 360] DrexelDragon:
I've been running this thing for 7.5 hours, bunch of notifications, setting up it, changing clock faces, a little heart rate sensor etc... Only down to 60%. Battery life is perfectly fine.
[Moto 360] DaRacerz:
Day two of testing, took it off the charge in the morning and just going to put it back on the charger. After 14 hours of (and I stress) light usage (couple of alerts an hour) I was at 68% battery. So yes, it will last the day but will vary greatly on your use.

What I've learned is having the screen on seems to drain the battery fast.

Still don't know why biking event the other day drew so much battery. Possibly the sensor theory some of you guys have, would be nice if there was a way to disable and run the same test. If anything, I know for sure this display sucks the life away out of the battery fast. Wish a more efficient panel was used. I know its black and white, but an eInk display would give it awesome life.
[Moto 360] apallohadas:
That's far from normal.

Make sure that you've done all of the updates and restart it.
[Moto 360] Rikoman17:
i have restarted it several times and im on my third charge today it lasted 6 hours , i have also found a stuck pixel
[Moto 360] apallohadas:
Did you buy this new, refurbished, or from some private buyer?

I'd take it back if it has issues like that out of the box.
[Moto 360] Rikoman17:
it was brand new out of box im so disappointed i was waiting for ages to get this
[Moto 360] thecapuchin:
I'm on day three with the Moto 360 and so far today has been the most disappointing day in terms of battery life. WIthin an hour of getting up this morning, I was down into the mid 70s for battery. Ended up having to recharge completely (thankfully I did bring my Qi with me to work) around midday. I'm hopeful that after a reboot (just now), I'll see some better stats.

Anyone have suggestions for stuff to turn on/off to extend life? Theater mode, I know, is one, but I'm looking for any other information.

Thanks,
[Moto 360] Rikoman17:
today it lasted a lot more but that was with small use it lasted 10 hours and a half
[Moto 360] o1d8oy:
[MENTION=5881756]Rikoman17[/MENTION] do you have ambient and tilt to wake on or off?
[Moto 360] warwagon1979:
One day I put my watch it on at 9am and it was dead by 4pm.

So I restarted both the phone and the watch, then the next day I put it on at 8:30 am and by 11pm I was at 33%

Much better.

But I still don't like the thing very much, damn notification issue :(
[Moto 360] Rikoman17:
ambient mode off and tilt to wake on, ive decided to return it because if i use it like i want to it dies quickly and also i think it needs to mature
[Moto 360] distortedloop:
I've had this watch for several months now. It's had its ups and downs with battery life. For at least the last 6 weeks I've been getting 24+ hours on the watch battery, but this week the battery has died twice after 14 hours.

Battery monitor app is showing 5-6% per hour now.

I have changed nothing at all. Exact same apps, watchface, display settings. Very frustrating. Must have been a software update.

Sent from my XT1095
[Moto 360] Badelhas:
I just ordered this smartwatch. What battery life should I expect if I have auto brightness, tilt mode on?
[Moto 360] o1d8oy:
It all depends what and how many apps you will install. What watchface you will use... and autobrightness sucks. With tilt mode on one day for me was easily achieveable. No autobrightness though.
[Moto 360] olipheus:
I bought mine just yesterday, and this is the first day of usage. I've turned of tilt and auto-brightness. I've installed instaweather, the James Bond Golden Eye face and an app drawer.

I tend to get alot of e-mail and I get all notifications on the clock.

After 5,5 hour usage today I still have 79% battery and an estimated remainder of 20 hours usage. Since the charger is so damn neat I have no problem charging it every night, but I would guess I'll have two days (turn it off at night) of usage if I trim it in just right. The battery should get a bit better after a number of charges to.
[Moto 360] Jess813:
Please post screen shot of your watch battery stats, I am barely getting 6 hours of battery life with brightness at level 1.
[Moto 360] Jess813:
An hour or so in and I'm ready down 20% wow...

UPDATE: Battery life is getting better, i just checked it on my phone and its extended to 3 more hours, i guess it just assumes based on how you use it, but yeah i am happier now. Will report back tomorrow.
[Moto 360] olipheus:
It's been running for 9 hours now.
[Moto 360] Jess813:
Thanks bud, but honestly it looks like you have your watch on idle a lot compared to the average user.
[Moto 360] Robles23:
Long time moto 360 owner?

Someone who has had the Moto 360 since day one.. How is the battery life been up to this point? I'm a bit afraid since it's a non removable battery. Just like smartphones, the battery will eventually wear out and hold less charge. But someone who's been a long user please share your thoughts with detail. Thanks.
[Moto 360] olipheus:
I didnt realize that. How much more can you use it? I check the time every now and then, today I've read approx 25-30 short emails. I screen calls and clear all notices I get. What exactly are people doing on the watches that I don't?
[Moto 360] Jess813:
I am not sure, but its great that these devices are capable of moderate battery life.
[Moto 360] TjPhysicist:
See I don;t get it. I do the same stuff you are, maybe even less email TBH, i don't really look at the time that often, maybe 2-3 times a day...and i get 8-10%/hour drain (sometimes goes up to 15).
[Moto 360] serge_harle_z:
TjPhysicist, what watch face are you using. I remember when I used Skymaster watch face that I had a nasty battery drain. when I saw it in the battery stats. I unistalled it and battery life when back up to last about 1 full day and sometimes 1 day and half depending on how many notifications I receive.