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TL;DR
- Multiple generations of the Google Pixel Watch are experiencing severe, sudden battery drain, cutting runtime from up to 48 hours to under 12 hours.
- The identical overnight symptoms across both older and newer watches suggest a rogue app or misbehaving background software service rather than a hardware issue.
- Google has not yet acknowledged the issue, but users report partial success with a clean factory reset.
Google Pixel Watches have had their fair share of software teething problems over the years. Now, users across multiple generations of Google’s smartwatch lineup are reporting severe, unprovoked battery drain that is cutting runtime by more than half.
Several userson Reddit are complaining about a new battery drain affecting multiple generations of the Pixel Watch, with reports specifically mentioning the Pixel Watch 2, 3, 4, and 5. Affected users report that watches that normally coasted through 24 to 48 hours on a single charge are suddenly dying in under 12 hours. In some cases, the Pixel Watch is said to have lost as much as 20% of its battery every four hours while sitting idle, with Always-on Display turned off and background activity kept to a bare minimum.
