Apple Watch Ultra: How to get up to 60 hours of battery life

Apple Watch Ultra models recently got new low-power settings that extend battery life to 60 hours on a single charge, or what Apple calls "multi-day adventure battery life." This article explains how it works and how to set it up.

When Apple launched the "Apple Watch Ultra" in September, one of the features that was touted was that it had the longest battery life of any Apple Watch, capable of up to 36 hours. This is pretty big news given that successive Apple Watch models only officially offer up to 18 hours ("all day") of battery life with normal use.

Although watchOS 9 brings a new low-power mode to Apple Watch Series 4 and newer models, and also provides up to 36 hours of battery life, Apple has promised to bring Apple Watch Ultra in the fall. Additional low-power settings are available to further extend battery life and enable it to reach 60 hours.

Since then, Apple has released watchOS 9.1, and the company has delivered on its promise to allow Ultra owners to give their watches more life. The following steps explain how to enable it, but before you can use the new feature, you'll need to make sure your Apple Watch Ultra has been updated to watchOS 9.1 or later.

In the Watch app on your iPhone, go to General -> Software Update. If you haven't updated yet, wait for the update to appear, then click Download and Install. Make sure your Apple Watch has at least 50% charge and is connected to a charger when the update process completes.

Get 60 hours of battery life on Apple Watch Ultra

To extend battery life, Ultra models must first enable workout settings to reduce heart rate and GPS readings. Here's how to enable them. (Note that these settings are also available on the Apple Watch Series 8 and second-generation Apple Watch SE, but Apple hasn't said they'll extend battery life on those models past the 36 hours offered by system-wide Low Power Mode Above.)

1. Launch the Settings app on Apple Watch Ultra.
2. Scroll to the bottom and click Workout.
3. Turn on the switch next to Low Power Mode.
4. Under "During Low Power Mode," toggle the switch next to GPS and Heart Rate Reading Reduction.

Apple says that when the above setting is enabled, Low Power Mode only works by reducing the frequency of GPS and heart rate readings (heart rate readings) during walking, running, and hiking workouts. down to once per minute (while GPS readings were reduced to once every two minutes) and turn off alerts, splits, and segments. In other words, this means that to get the full 60 hours of battery life, you'll also need to enable low-power mode outside of workouts.

Ultra users can expect "up to" 60 hours of battery life from their smartwatch when set up this way. According to Apple, this number is based on 15 hours of exercise, more than 600 time checks, 35 minutes of app usage, 3 minutes of phone calls, and 15 hours of sleep tracking, over a 60-hour period.

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