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[Asus ZenWatch 3] worldsoutro:
Luckily for me the things that will consume the most battery I have off because I do not want them on. I disable wifi, health fitness sesnor, tilt to wake and gestures but keep the watch on always on display. I get close to two days on it
[Asus ZenWatch 3] harlin73:
I mostly use watch face from Watchmaker Premium, because I can customize my always on/dimmed watch face and normal/bright watch face.

I like my dimmed watch face to be very similar to normal/bright watch face.

I don't like plain ugly black/white always on display.

That surely will eat battery more, but 14 hours is enough for me since I always charge when I'm taking shower.

I am considering to turn off health fitness sensor, wifi currently is off already, gesture also off.

But I need those tilt to wake gesture, otherwise all you see only dimmed face unless you touch it.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] worldsoutro:
I turned off tilt to wake because for me it was turning on in moments I didn't want it to due to motion. I don't mind tapping it to wake
[Asus ZenWatch 3] TabGuy:
I've made no changes to any power consuming settings. I put the watch on at 5:30am and take it off at around 10pm. When I put it on the charging stand at night it's around 44%.

I think I figured out why I get such good battery life. My job requires me to wear long sleeve dress shirts. Yes, I'm a "desk jockey." This means that when the watch turns on via natural movement of my arms (when I'm not really looking at it) the sleeve is covering the watch so the light sensor thinks I'm in a dark room and it's very dim. I notice that on weekends when I wear short sleeve shirts the life of the battery is less.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] harlin73:
Well I tried to disable tilt to wake, it's not so bad because my dimmed watch face (WatchMaker Premium) already look good enough for me.

Battery life very good with tilt to wake disabled, can get around 24 hours.

Indoor use, I can just glance on my dimmed watch face.

Outdoor, I have to touch my watch, no big deal...

But it seems tilt sensor itself is still working, because sometimes when notification arrived and watch is in certain position, it awake itself and showing the notification full screen.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] JaviDran:
In my case I've had it for 3 days.

It lasts aproximately 22 hours (4-5%/hour). I charge it at night, before going to sleep, and it dies the next afternoon.

I expected the watch to last at least 2 days, not sure If I should return it.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] YdenJ:
Debugging over bluetooth engaged?

Having same issue as OP, I Turned off "Debugging over Bluetooth" Hopefully that will make a difference. my battery was full at 10AM and flat dead at 7pm. (first day of use) brightness is auto, and my screen is set to stay on for 30 seconds. I would expect it to last WAY longer, after checking battery diagnostics in android wear 14% bluetooth, 12% Screen, 10% Android System, 7% android OS, 3% Android Wear... Will advise if unchecking "Debugging over bluetooth" helps with the issue.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] harlin73:
Any update?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] oTeMpLo:
How to fix battery life == ?? (usning Pujie Black watchface) ..

zenwatch 3 --> lasts 7 hour until poweroff ..

2 years old LG watch R has after 7 hours 77% left using sam watchface ..

WTF ??? is Zenwatch 3 realy that bad ??
[Asus ZenWatch 3] paatha13:
I think those having battery issues it's just bad unit with problematic battery.

Mine the battery life is solid 1.5 month having it.

If I had this issue I would have been returned it right away and not figured out what's going on.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] YdenJ:
Yes, It seems to be slowly improving.

First day I had it It died in 4 or 5 hours (loaded apps on it and played around a lot and had opened the box later in the day that day)

2nd day I had it I started with 85% (because I charged the night before and put on eco before bed) It died at around 8 pm. (12 hours or so maybe?)

3rd day I started with 89% (charged the night before again) it lasted till about 19%

4th day I charged over night (all night) started with 100% at around 8 am and went to bed with around 29% left

5th day I charged over night again, started with 100% at around 8 am again, and went to bed (10 pm ish) with 39% or so left

Looks like it's improving slowly (or maybe I'm using it less because 4th and 5th day were work days?)

6th day, It had 51% Battery life when I went to bed so I put on eco and charged in the morning for about 45 mins 44% - 99% (had to rush out to work)

Still have 85% left at 2:45pm, I'm not using it for much, although I get close to 6+ notifications/hour
[Asus ZenWatch 3] JaviDran:
After some weeks of use and some factory resets the battery has improved. I get thought 24 hours without problems and still have 25-35% of battery left. Wish it could last at least 2 complete days. Let's see if AW2 helps the watch.

(Always ON, Tilt to Wake OFF)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
More Battery Life

Here are a few things which will really help

in getting a lot more battery life:

1: Disable always on screen mode.

2: Disable auto-brightness

3: Set brightness level to 3

4: Disable tilt to wake

5: Select a watch face with a black background.

6: Don't disconnect the charger as soon as it gets to 100%.

7: Keep the watch on the charger for an additional 10-15 minutes

letting it trickle charge to top the battery off.

8: Go into the watch settings scroll down & open "permissions"

then disable both of the two asus zenfit permissions.

9: In "permissions" disable "fit" permissions too if it's enabled.

Doing these things will dramatically increase battery life.

I'm getting about 40-45 hours with 8-10% battery left

before I charge the phone.

Good luck,

Have a great day everyone!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] paatha13:
Well I've disable Asus zenfit but still getting measurements about that.

It's really strange behavior.

But I'm not having any complaints about battery life.

It's solid as I'm getting 2 days with always on display on from 9:00 AM in the morning to 21:00 PM at night(12 hours per day use)

I have auto brightness settings and tilt to wake gestures is on.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] John Sorensen:
Newcomer here. I've had my watch since November 6th and loved it. Since these recent updates my battery is draining at a crazy rate. Just today I took it off the charger at 12:20pm and as 5:03pm it's at 8%! It's completely not usable. Watch battery indicates Android OS @ 22% and Android System @ 19%. Any help would be appreciated as I can't get more than 5 hours out of this thing when I used to get a day and a half.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
Try a factory reset. In most cases of such sudden drains it helps.

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] John Sorensen:
I had previously performed a factory reset twice however I did it again this morning but this time did not re-install the ZenWatch Manager app. I'm happy to report I took it off the charger at 8:15am and at 2:15pm I'm at 89% battery left. Remarkable difference. After reading recent reviews of the ZenWatch Manager app it appears others are having the same issue. It's unfortunate because I've lost a lot of customizable features and watch faces but at least the watch is usable now. Hopefully Asus will issue a update to fix the battery drain and watch faces not loading and then I'll re-install it again. The version everyone is having trouble with is v3.2.0.170126.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
Darn! That's the version my Manager updated 5 Minutes ago ... hopefully it does not matter as I use Watchmaker watchfaces .
[Asus ZenWatch 3] John Sorensen:
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That's strange you just got it. Says updated 1/25/2017.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
Sorry, my bad. Got 3.2.0.170213

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] Hoffmanns:
My battery life is around 40-48hrs with all notification from phone and 1-2 calls over watches per day...

Autobrightness ON

Tilt to wake OFF

Always ON display OFF

Darker watch face

Vibration ON

Sounds OFF

All permisions ON

If it´s battery fully charged I wait some time on charger, maybe 10-15minutes :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] paatha13:
Yes always leave it 15-20 minutes more after reaching 100%

That's I do with all my device.

Btw I'm having 3.2.0.161220 and everything rock solid.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] John Sorensen:
I'm curious if anyone else has v3.2.0.170126? Some people are trying to find previous versions so they can revert back to them. I'm at 48% after 24 hours now.

I did try installing ZenWatch Manager yesterday and battery immediately began to drain so this version is definitely the problem on my watch.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
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[Asus ZenWatch 3] ingbrzy:
I am really happy with my ZenWatch 3 battery life..!

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] VS88:
Right now my ZW3 has 49% left, after circa 16h of usage, and it says another 17h are left. I can get 3 working days out of it, which is comparable to what LG Urbane could do. LG G watch is a little bit better. On standby, I tested ZW3 and it used around 40% through weekend (about 62h)

And of course, first weeks (not days) were bad, when I could get only 1 working day. It slowly improved, removing zenwatch manager helped a lot, plus removing zenfit app from watch made a significant difference to battery life and to performance also. Inbetween I did a lot of FRs. So the solution is somewhere there.

And as someone wrote, yes, if you get a notification, and manage to tilt the watch towards yourself in some unknown short time, the display will light up. It is really convenient, as you can have tilt to wake off.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] glaudrem:
Why not disabling notifications, charging the watch and then turning it off, and using a traditional analog watch to check time? this way battery last almost 1 month!

Seriously, if there is a problem of battery drain, the best we can do is to tell Asus, not to try to hide it disbaling things the watch was designed to do. Is like when someone complains about battery life on a phone and the answer is: force it to gsm and disable wifi/bluetooth, battery life will be better... yeah it will be better also with an old nokia, but what i want is an smartphone/smartwatch capable to do things, not a paperweight
[Asus ZenWatch 3] mdecker79:
I just picked up this watch but I've been using Android Wear on my LG Watch R for two years.

With this new watch I have had some really bad battery life but it's not the watches fault.

Some faces that worked fine on my LG Watch R are draining the battery like mad on my watch AND phone (Pixel 5")

For me at least. If a face provides weather updates then my phone will stay almost constant awake trying to pole for GPS. The watch face has updated the weather perfectly fine but it keeps pinging my phone for weather updates / GPS location even though it already has it.

Once I uninstall the watch face then the issue is resolved and my battery life on my watch and phone go back to normal. It stinks because some of the watch faces are good watch faces.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Hoffmanns:
Great battery life ;)

My battery life with all notification and 1-3 calls over watch per day ;)

Very good
[Asus ZenWatch 3] crowley123:
Zen watch 3

Hi I have excatly the same problem? Tried factory reset also finding after removing from charger its very hot!! Android wear does work great either I tried to silence my phone not working only if I personly mute it
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
It settled down after a week or do, now I can get 2 days.

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] rotkiv3451:
Can someone please help? I bought it used (he claimed using it for just a month). I have always on display on and battery is pretty bad. I took it off the charger at like 11AM and by 2PM it was at 83%, and I didn't even touch it, not once. In my battery usage I see that Android System is using up more battery than the screen, I'd like to know if that's normal or not. If not, does anybody know what I can do to fix it? I thought the battery might be damaged but I installed an app called AIDA64 that claimed the battery health was good, but I don't know if I can trust what the app says. All I know is that the situation is unmanageable.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
Did you reset the watch? Give it a few days to settle.

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] jrtomsic:
3 hours for 17% is a little worse than I usually get. I usually have 10-20% at the end of 24 hours, but it looks like you will drain fully in about 18. Give it a few days and it should settle. Connecting to a new phone, android system running through your apps and system to check for updates, and general new-toy factor makes the battery drain faster for the first week or so.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Alcagoita:
Turn of wifi, in Android 2.0, the wifi it's always on and it drains battery.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] JaylanPHNX:
Has anyone removed ZenWatch Manager since the 2.0 update? Did you have to remove from both the phone and the watch to get battery improvements? My battery life has been very poor since the update, with the same settings. I used to get a day and a half some days and now even on a light day I'm hardly making it til dark.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] paatha13:
So after AW2.0 do we really need zenwatch manager installed on our watch?

If we could get improvements on battery life that sucks after the upgrade to 2.0 i would more than happy to remove zenwatch manager.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] amoghsuvarna:
Battery drain fix

Somehow, the watch faces affect the battery drain to a huge extent. All the stock zenwatch faces mostly drain the battery. I fixed it by using watchmaker and making my own custom face with simple features.. now my battery last more than a day
[Asus ZenWatch 3] mh7:
make sure that u are using the original charger

it can make a different
[Asus ZenWatch 3] jco23:
Not sure if already mentioned, but disabling "ok Google" helps tremendously.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] NickTesch:
I've had the watch since it came out (pre-ordered it actually) and the battery life has severely diminished. Last night I pulled it off the charger at 430 PM and it was dead at 830 PM. It's not like I'm running anything crazy on it, and I'm ready to throw it away. Ridiculous!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonardo_hd5:
After installing Android N DP 2 and flashing the pixel mod, my links no longer open through the chrome, are opening in a window that does not occupy the entire screen and has no tabs or any button. I would like to know how to disable This and reopen the chrome. I tried to put standard links in chrome, but to no avail..
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
Edit: Perhaps using the word (Re)activate would clear some confusion. I chose to use 'Activate' since I had been unable to get my existing Google Voice account up and running on my Pixel from day one. These were the steps that I personally used, with Verizon as my carrier, to (Re)activate or "jump start" my existing Google Voice account to run on my Pixel. For me personally, this was the only thing that worked. And at the moment it seems to be working for others as well. As mentioned below, the full setup for Verizon may be different, and the full setup and "reactivation" for lack of a better word, is indeed different for other carriers, could be similar, I honestly don't know.

I'm on Verizon, but this should work for any carrier -

1. Go to Google Voice on PC, click the 'Settings' cog/hamburger icon

2. Under the 'Phones Tab' it will say 'Forwards calls to:' you should see your phone's phone number and under that click 'Edit'.

3. Click 'Show Advanced Settings' still under 'Phones Tab'.

4. Scroll down to 'Forwarding Options' and click 'Activate'.

5. Now you should have a pop-up window with instructions to call your GV number. Mine (Verizon) instructs me to add a *71 in front of my GV number -

*71555-555-5555 - then click send and follow the prompts when your phone rings.

6. Enjoy Google Voicemail again.

continued Edit:

In addition to all this, here are some additional steps I had to take in order to get Google Voice to stick. I believe these instructions from this point on are Pixel specific, but please do not quote me on this -

Additional Steps (I took) to get Google Voice up and running on the Pixel (the following steps will be done from your phone)

1. Head to the Phone app, swipe over to Voicemail and approve Visual Voicemail.

2. Then head to GV app and go to Settings and check on Voicemail Display.

3. While still in GV, run through your Sync and Notifications and check what applies to you.

4. Then return to your Phone app (your voicemail may go a little crazy at this point due to syncing, mine does), go to Settings>Calls and turn off Video Calling and Voice Privacy.

5. Then go to your overall phone settings for the phone itself, and tap More>Cellular Network Settings and turn off Advanced Calling.

I think that is everything. If anyone has any additional input at all, that'd be helpful. Come to think of it, a per carrier set of instructions would be nice if anyone would like to help...just throwing this out there, if it already exists, a link would be nice.

Thanks
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] imnuts:
Each carrier has a different way to setup call forwarding, so your instructions will only work for Verizon. People on other carriers will need to find the proper dialing sequence to forward missed calls properly. I also think there is another number to call to set it up properly on Verizon, so you're missing a step. Finally, this isn't Pixel specific, so it would be better suited in a more general forum, and there is likely another thread that has all this info in it already.

Sent from my Pixel XL
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] uicnren:
or just install the GV app on your device, and set it up.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
I've been using GV since early 2010, I've used it on all my phones. The Pixel was the first phone I had come across where no matter what I did to try configure it, Verizon VM would hold true, even as far as Google Dialer telling me GV was the voicemail I had chosen, and GV settings was also saying the same. This was Pixel specific and others I had talked to were dealing with the same the thing. Long story short, after several days of trying anything and everything I could think of to get it to work, these were the exact steps I took to make it work and to make it stick. Installing the app didn't work for me, manually configure didn't work, nothing but this worked, and since I noticed a few others dealing with similar issues, I posted this. It doesn't seem to be widespread among all Pixel users, but I knew I wasn't the only one, so if it helps a few people, cool. If it doesn't work, we'll try to figure something else out.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] imnuts:
The call forwarding sequence on Verizon isn't Google Voice specific, you could use it to forward to any number.

Sent from my Pixel XL
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
Please see my response to uicnren as well.

1. This was very Pixel specific for me and the others I had talked to. This was the only phone we had had problems setting up GV on.

2. I should have been more clear, this is for existing accounts, this isn't setting up GV from scratch.

3. These were the exact steps I took.

4. One person I spoke with said he was on Sprint and that the *71 I use for Verizon was indeed a different number, but the same setup nonetheless, I should have been more clear about that.

5. Thanks for input, and in pointing out more clearly that it could be a completely different setup among carriers.

6. And finally, next time something as broad as this could be (again, it wasn't for me, but you make a good point) I will post in a more general area.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
That's true, and I agree completely. However I wasn't trying to convey that, I was just pointing out the steps that I personally used, with Verizon as my carrier to (re)activate or simply get GV to work as my voicemail again for the Pixel. And the reason I said it should work for other carriers is because someone using Sprint used essentially the same method, but with a different "beginning" number added to their GV number. I guess my question to you is, should I have pointed out what you said? If so, why?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Scott:
Thank you!!! Been doing this for about 5 years+

This is nothing new and tells you how to do it on the Google Voice Site! :angel:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] larsdennert:
You can also do it from a PC on the Verizon wireless site. My Verizon has a screen to program call forward for busy no answer.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] atlp99:
The full setup for Verizon call forwarding to get Google voice working is to dial

*71 your GV number

*90 your GV number

*92 your GV number

This has been the same issue since at least as far back as the Galaxy Nexus.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
I had the Galaxy Nexus and didn't have to do this setup. I've had Google Voice since the HTC Droid Eris, and I can tell you that was not how I initially set mine up, I called one number and done. In fact, in the last almost 7 years I've never used the *71 method one time, aside from maybe the initial setup. For what it's worth, all I had to do was click "manually configure", then back out of the phone app, then it would load me directly into google voice and it would begin syncing everything. And that was it, every phone, every time, for 7 years. The *71 deal was completely new to me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] evobyte:
This worked great! I can now get the phone to translate everything to me without even listening to my voicemail!

Only one issue though, I only receive the translation through text message, hangouts and email... How do I get the translation to come up in the actual voicemail app through google stock dialer?? My voicemail's show up but it doesn't translate them?? any clue?? In settings I have Visual Voice enabled also...
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] atlp99:
We're you on Verizon?

This was all Verizon specific.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
Great, glad it worked for you! Here you go, this should help out some -

Google Voice settings, check voicemail display, then run through your sync and notifications and check what applies to you. Then return to your phone app, go to settings>calls and turn off video calling and voice privacy. GV will not work with these on. Then, go to your overall settings for phone itself, and click more>cellular network settings and turn off Advanced Calling. I think that is everything.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
This is for Verizon so there is no confusion.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
Yeah, all Verizon. What were the other two numbers you had? Not *71
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] atlp99:
They are conditional call forwarding,

One is no answer,

One is busy,

One is if the phone is unreachable

If I remember correctly the specific types of call forwarding.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cptkian:
I don't know why I find this so cool, but I do. It's kind of like those secret/hidden numbers you can dial to access even more settings or whatever. Where did you find this? I never knew this existed.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] atlp99:
This was all from Google support forums for Google voice originally. Verizon doesn't allow the Google voice app to change the call forwarding settings to automatically set up voicemail, this is just manually changing the same settings.

I've got the numbers saved now so I don't look them up every time I get a new phone.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cambunch:
FYI - Verizon now supports Visual Voicemail on Android 7.1+ for those of you using this as a workaround to get VVM on your Pixel. Functions perfectly with the stock dialer.