How to Prolong Apple Watch’s Battery Life With Watchos 9.1 While Exercising

If you use your Apple Watch frequently, you probably frequently look for ways to increase its battery life. Fortunately, Apple has made your life a little bit simpler by including one more functional feature. You can now decrease the heart rate and GPS readings during some workouts with watchOS 9.1, which can prolong the battery life of your Apple Watch. The caveat is that in order to use this feature, you must own one of Apple's most recent Apple Watch models.

How to prolong the battery life of an Apple Watch

You can adjust the frequency of GPS and heart rate readings in the workout settings on an Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE (second generation), or an Apple Watch Ultra. Furthermore, you will get significantly less accurate data if you decrease the frequency of these readings. However, it is useful when your watch is close to losing its charge. Additionally, this battery-saving option is accessible for the workout modes of Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, and Hiking. Moreover, it's a little perplexing that the models that may benefit from this function the most—older Apple Watch models with weaker batteries—are the ones that can't use it. However, the hope remains that Apple will soon make it available for previous Apple Watch models as well. Additionally, you may download the release candidate version of watchOS 9.1 right now from the public beta channel by registering your watch in Apple's beta program. The software should be stable and free of bugs as this is a release candidate rather than a beta. However, if you'd rather skip the beta program, you can wait until Monday, October 24, when Apple will publicly release watchOS 9.1.

Download music without charging your watch

You'll be able to download Apple Music tracks without charging your watch once you install watchOS 9.1. But, this function is somewhat obscured. So, to get to it, open any playlist or album in the Music app. Then, select View Playlist or View Album by tapping the three dots. After that, re-tap the three dots, then choose Download. The first time you do this, your Apple Watch will ask you if you want to download music while the watch is charging. Select Download Now by using the Digital Crown to scroll down. That makes it much easier to download tunes to your Apple Watch. In other news, watchOS 9.1 makes your Apple Watch compatible with the Matter smart home connectivity standard. If you have several smart home appliances, those that adhere to the Matter standard will communicate more readily. Thus, this implies that you should be able to control smart home appliances from different brands with your Apple Watch.