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Apple Watch Series 11 Gets First-Ever Battery Life Increase to 24-Hours

The Apple Watch Series 11 features the device's first ever decisive battery life increase, reaching a full 24-hours.

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Since the Apple Watch was first unveiled in 2014, it has featured what Apple called an "all-day" 18-hour battery life through each successive generation until now. With the Series 11, battery life reaches 24 hours. The Apple Watch SE 3 continues to feature an 18-hour battery life.

This significant increase comes despite the Apple Watch Series 11 featuring the same casing and chip as the Series 10, so it is not entirely clear where efficiency savings or changes have been made to obtain a longer battery life.

The Apple Watch Series 11 also supports fast charging, with just 15 minutes providing up to eight hours of battery life.

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QCassidy352 Avatar
9 months ago

Insufficient compared to the competition. Garmins, Coros and even the Pixel and Galaxy watches all match or exceed this rating. Garmins and Coros by a lot.
Garmin is a fitness watch with some smartwatch features. AW is a smartwatch that can do fitness. Both great devices but not the same device. Totally different power requirements. I really wish people would stop with this silly comparison.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BelgianChoklit Avatar
9 months ago

Pixel Watch is 24 hours
I'm not sure the comparisons with Garmins is a good comparison, heard the other day a Garmin user saying they don't do as much... i'll have to find the reply to see what exactly but apparently can't really be compared
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Astuces iOS Avatar
9 months ago

The Apple Watch Series 11 features the device's first ever decisive battery life increase, reaching a full 24-hours.

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Since the Apple Watch was first unveiled in 2014, it has featured what Apple called an "all-day" 18-hour battery life through each successive generation until now. With the Series 11, battery life reaches 24 hours. The Apple Watch SE 3 continues to feature an 18-hour battery life.

This significant increase comes despite the Apple Watch Series 11 featuring the same casing and chip as the Series 10, so it is not entirely clear where efficiency savings or changes have been made to obtain a longer battery life.

The Apple Watch Series 11 also supports fast charging, with just 15 minutes providing up to eight hours of battery life.

Article Link: Apple Watch Series 11 Gets First-Ever Battery Life Increase to 24-Hours ('https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/09/series-11-gets-first-ever-battery-life-increase/')
Bro come on man, I’m sleeping the 6 other hours… I still need to charge once a day or during night… When we will get 2 or 3 days battery?
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vertsix Avatar
9 months ago
Insufficient compared to the competition. Garmins, Coros and even the Pixel and Galaxy watches all match or exceed this rating. Garmins and Coros by a lot.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
G5isAlive Avatar
9 months ago

Insufficient compared to the competition. Garmins, Coros and even the Pixel and Galaxy watches all match or exceed this rating. Garmins and Coros by a lot.
My Timex beats the Garmins by even more than a lot. What Timex is not Garmin's competition? My point exactly. Let me know when Garmin lets me reply to my email and text messages with more than a preset response, then call it the competition.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kulfon Avatar
9 months ago
Wow!!! My fenix 8 has 10-12 days:-)))
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)