A possible solution to the battery life issue of Galaxy Watch 7 series

Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch 7 series alongside the latest foldable and TWS earbuds in its last Unpacked event on July 10. Just after a couple of days of general availability, the watches are now getting their first software update, which reportedly addresses some of the issues present from day one.

Notably, the company has delayed the One UI 7 update noting that they are currently ‘too busy’ with updates.

Speaking of the Galaxy Watch 7 series, early buyers have reported being affected by unexpected battery drain issues and overall poor battery life on the two wearables.

Solution to the battery life issue

For those unfamiliar, the Galaxy Watch 7 comes equipped with a 300mAh cell. According to Samsung, it should last users anywhere between 30 (AOD on) to 40 (AOD off) hours.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra packs a larger 590mAh battery, and according to Samsung, it should last anywhere between 60 (AOD enabled) to 80 (AOD disabled) hours.

However, according to real-life usage data, the watches only offer around 12 hours of battery life, which is significantly inferior to what’s advertised. Fortunately, though, the company acknowledged the issue and the watches have received an update as well.

Nonetheless, it’s important to mention that the changelog doesn’t explicitly talk about the battery life issue. It just mentions that it can include improvements to performance and bug fixes alongside new or enhanced features.

This update is based on One UI version 6.0 Watch. The firmware versions for the Galaxy Watch 7 and Watch Ultra is L310XXU1AXG2 (~173MB) and L705FXXU1AXFB (330.59MB) respectively.

Both the watches offer 1.5″ AMOLED displays (480 x 480 pixels), while the Watch Ultra is heavier (60.5g as compared to 33.8g of Watch 7) and comes with a square design.

Both the devices are equipped with the new Exynos W1000 chip, which according to Samsung, is much more capable and power efficient as compared to the predecessor

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