Smart watch owners Galaxy Watch have been facing an annoying problem in recent days - their devices are draining much faster than usual. Although the culprit seems to be known, there is no clear fix yet.
According to a growing number of user reports on discussion forums, especially on Reddit, it is behind the excessive power consumption Google Play ServicesIn the battery settings section, many users see that this background item consumes more than 10% of the total battery capacity, which is unusually high for a watch.
The issue is not limited to one specific model. The messages appear across a range of devices, including:
- Galaxy Watch6, Galaxy Watch6 Classic
- Galaxy Watch7
- Galaxy Watch8, Galaxy Watch8 Classic
- Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025)
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The mystery of updates
Complicating matters is the fact that there is no clear link to a specific software version. While some users started experiencing battery drain immediately after a recent update, others are reporting the same issues without having installed any recent updates. This also suggests that it could indeed be a server-side issue on Google's part.
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Some users have even noticed a bizarre UI bug where the "Battery Usage" section has stopped showing up altogether, making any normal diagnostics impossible. There's no official fix from Samsung or Google yet, but the community is trying out various workarounds with varying results:
- Restart the device: For a small number of users, a simple restart of the watch helped.
- Reset and clear cache: Some owners of the model Galaxy Watch7 They say that a complete factory reset combined with clearing the cache solved the problem.
- Suspected display error: There are also opinions that this is an error in the graphical representation of statistics and the real battery life of some units has not actually changed.
If it is confirmed to be a Services issue Google Play on the server side, users have no choice but to wait for Google to make a fix to its infrastructure. Until then, I recommend regularly checking for app updates in the Play Store directly on the watch.
As the owner of a now quite old generation (GW4 classic), I can confirm that the latest update has practically killed the battery. The battery on the GW4 drains faster than it charges. I have to keep the watch in power saving mode all the time to make the battery last all day.