Samsung improves its Galaxy smartwatches' battery life with every iteration, and the Galaxy Watch 6 is the best yet. In our Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 review, we found we regularly got two days of use with regular use.
Two days of battery life is excellent for aWearOS smartwatch, but you’re able to eke out even more use between charges with a few simple changes and more conservative use.
We tested the tips using Wear OS 4 on a Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. These steps should work for other smartwatches running Wear OS 4. Environmental factors as well as your watch’s battery will have an impact on your overall battery life.
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1Turn off Always On Display to maximize battery life
Keeping your screen on constantly reduces your Galaxy Watch 6’s battery life. We recommend turning this off first. You may not need your smartwatch’s screen on when you’re not looking at it.
2Turn off the Tilt-to-wake feature on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
Your Galaxy Watch 6 defaults toRaise wrist to wakewhen you turn off Always On Display. This uses less battery life. You can reduce it further by turning it off and turning onTouch screen to wake.
3Decrease the screen timeout duration on your watch
Regardless of how you wake your Galaxy Watch 6, it waits for a set period of no activity before turning off the screen. It uses more battery the longer you leave this setting on. You can’t lower it beyond 15 seconds.
4Lower your Galaxy Watch 6’s display brightness
Lowering your Galaxy Watch 6’s brightness to improve battery life might seem obvious, but only do this if you turned on Always On Display. Otherwise, its impact will be unnoticeable.
5Disable location tracking if you don’t need it
Active location tracking can steadily drain your Galaxy Watch 6’s battery. Turn it on only when navigating.
6Reduce the vibration motor strength on your watch
If you get a lot of notifications on your Galaxy Watch 6, reducing the duration and intensity of its vibration motor can affect its battery life. Fine-tune these settings to affect only calls and notifications.
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7Turn on Bedtime Mode for longer battery life and a good night’s sleep
Bedtime Mode turns off your Galaxy Watch 6’s screen and mutes notifications. It still notifies you of repeat callers.
8Turn off your Galaxy Watch 6’s ‘Hey Google’ detection
“Hey Google” detection runs constantly in the background, slowly draining your Galaxy Watch 6’s battery life. Turn it off if you don’t talk to your watch.
9Turn off wireless connections if your battery is very low
Turning off the connectivity features of your Galaxy Watch 6 can improve its battery life. Turn off Bluetooth as a last resort, as this is what your smartwatch needs to connect to your phone.
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How long does the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 battery last?
Samsung claims the Galaxy Watch 6 lasts up to 40 hours on one charge. We confirmed this in our review, where it lasted up to 48 hours with conservative use and the Always-on Display (AoD) turned off. If you want to use the AoD, you may expect about 30 hours of use between charges.
We managed to get about 36 hours out of a single charge with high-intensity use. This included fitness tracking, maximum brightness, continuous heart rate detection, and 10 miles of location tracking, although we turned off AoD for this test.
You won’t have many problems with the Galaxy Watch 6’s battery life with the smartwatch’s default settings. But it could be improved. We list the features that affect its battery life the most. Adjust one at a time until you’re happy rather than turning off everything at once.
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The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 is surely one of the best Android watches available, especially if you are already in the Samsung ecosystem. With a sapphire crystal display, Exynos W930 processor, 2GB of RAM, and up to a 425mAh battery, this watch is built to be a solid performer.
