What Apple Watch really needs is a battery that lasts longer than a day

[u/Sumit316]

https://www.cnet.com/news/what-apple-watch-really-needs-is-a-battery-that-lasts-longer-than-a-day/

[u/SirBigSpuriousGeorge]

For comparison’s sake - look at how much the M1 processor improved the battery life of the MacBooks.....pretty crazy.

[u/enz1ey → u/SirBigSpuriousGeorge]

Right? This is exactly my point. Batter life is more than just battery technology.

Gasoline technology hasn't changed a whole lot, but cars these days get much better mileage than cars decades ago.

Imagine if Tesla came out with a new car with a 50-mile range, but could check all your vitals from sensors in the seats, had Dolby Atmos supported speakers, and a 4k dashboard display. People wouldn't stand for that, and they surely wouldn't be saying "well a lot of new technology needs charged more often than the old technology it replaced" because you're giving up something that should be taken for granted for something that is arguably not that necessary.

[u/gorkt → u/enz1ey]

They have already improved battery life greatly by using low power chips, but physics is physics. Watches are tiny and there is only so much you can do with a battery size that small. My solution would be a sleep charging band that has a battery pack. Charge the band during the day and then wear it at night and let it charge the watch. Put the band back on the charger in the morning. You can wear the watch 24/7. The only down side is that you need to switch the band every night.

[u/enz1ey → u/gorkt]

That's an interesting solution, I didn't even know such a thing existed.

[u/IReallyLoveAvocados → u/SirBigSpuriousGeorge]

being realistic, the reason M1 improved the battery life of the Mac so much is because the Intel processes are really, really crappy. We won't be seeing that kind of improvement ever again, sadly. We will get incremental improvements but the Intel -> M1 transition is a once in a generation thing.