How to Enable Power Saving Mode on Apple Watch (4 Easy Steps)

Filled with useful features, the Apple Watch is undoubtedly one of the best companions for your iPhone. But despite being good at just about everything, the Apple Watch suffers from poor battery backup and offers free alarm attacks to people like me by hitting the low battery warning for the rest of the day.

So, the best solution is to use the low power mode on your Apple Watch.

After turning it on, all functions of the watch and communication with your iPhone will be stopped. Even features such as always-on display and wake-up call will be disabled. In power reserve mode, you can view the time only by pressing the side button.

How to enable Power Reserve mode

Typically, Apple Watch will automatically enter Power Reserve mode if the battery drops below 10 percent.

• Open the Control Center by swiping up from the bottom.
• Tap battery percentage.
• Drag the power reserve button from left to right.
• Then click “Continue”to continue.

How to turn off power saving mode on Apple Watch

Let’s accept the fact that using an Apple Watch just to see the time without a watch face is boring. So, to turn off power reserve mode on your Apple Watch, simply press and hold the side button until the watch resets.

FAQ

To exit power saving mode on your Apple Watch, press and hold the side button until the watch restarts. However, you can only turn off power reserve mode if your Apple Watch battery is over 10%.

A red lightning bolt on your Apple Watch indicates that your watch has entered power saving mode.

Typically, Apple Watch will go into Power Reserve mode if the battery level drops below 10%. So it’s better to charge before that.

That’s all!

Battery life is one of the biggest failings of the Apple Watch. With Power Reserve mode, Apple is trying to solve this problem, sort of. As with the iPhone 13 Pro Max, I hope Apple improves the battery life of future Apple Watches. How long does your Apple Watch last on a single charge? Share in the comments below.