Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 has serious battery life problems

After an impressive debut

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2 weeks ago, turbulence quickly appeared with the smart watch line that is receiving a lot of attention from Samsung: Galaxy Watch 7.

Accordingly, there are more and more cases of users reporting problems with the battery life of the Galaxy Watch 7 ranging from average to poor, with excessive battery drain despite having a new chip, which is advertised as power saving. more capable.

A series of reports from X (Twitter), Reddit and the Samsung community forum all point to a common problem: the Galaxy Watch 7 cannot last a day as advertised. Some users claim that the watch's battery drains after just 12 hours of use, while others even say that the Galaxy Watch 7's battery can only last about 10 hours with the always-on display feature. (always-on display). Obviously this is unacceptable for any wearable device, especially for a device intended to be used to monitor health and sleep like the Galaxy Watch 7.

One Samsung user commented that she couldn't use the Watch 7 for a full day and wanted a refund. Another person mentioned that his 44mm Galaxy Watch 7 could only be used for a mere 16 hours. There seems to be a problem here because the Watch 7 44mm is equipped with a 425mAh battery, much larger than the 300mAh battery on the Watch 7 40mm. Of course, none can really compete with the 590mAh Galaxy Watch Ultra, but even so, the battery life should definitely be more than 12 or 16 hours.

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Currently in the Galaxy Watch subreddit, there are also a large number of posts from users about the poor battery life of the new model. One user from a week ago reported charging his watch every night, meaning it was fully charged when they started the day at 6 a.m., but by 5 p.m. there was only 8% battery left. Other users in the comments section also confirmed the same issue. The good news is that the Galaxy Watch Ultra appears to be unaffected, lasting at least two days before needing to be recharged.

Samsung has now admitted that the excessive battery drain on the Galaxy Watch 7 is a software error, and the company is rushing to roll out a fix starting today for users in Korea. Fortunately, excessive battery drain caused by software is much easier to fix than battery errors.

Marvin Fry

Update 01 August 2024