Subj : The Galaxy Watch 7 has a big battery problem, but Samsung says it
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 30 2024 12:15:04

The Galaxy Watch 7 has a big battery problem, but Samsung says its working on 
a fix

Date:
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:08:50 +0000

Description:
Users of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 have seen abnormally high battery drain, 
but a solution could be coming soon.

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Samsung has just launched its latest Galaxy Watch, and so far weve been 
pretty impressed with it in our hands-on Galaxy Watch 7 review . But not 
everyone has been blown away, and it all comes down to one thing: battery 
life. 

Complaints have arisen from users on social media that the Samsung Galaxy 
Watch 7s battery is draining rather more quickly than people would like. On X 
(formerly Twitter), @Nole_fan_girl noted that after just over 10 hours of 
use, their smartwatch had just 10% battery life remaining, with them 
commenting that they cant get a full day use out of it. Similarly, 
@JeffTechnically said that Personally Im lucky to get 16 hours on my 44mm 
Watch 7. 

Theyre far from the only people to complain on forums, and it seems like 
Samsung has taken notice. Writing on Samsungs South Korean forums , a company 
representative said that Samsung was aware of the issue. According to a 
machine translated version of the page , the rep explained that we have 
identified the cause and prepared a solution, adding that they hope to 
distribute the patch soon. 

The representative claimed that the issue was software-related rather than 
being due to faulty hardware. That is encouraging, as a software glitch can 
usually be fixed with an update, and it would be much harder to address the 
problem if hardware was at its root. A big step back (Image credit: Future) 

Despite the Samsung officials assertion that software was to blame  and that 
Samsung has discovered the cause of the issue  we still dont know exactly 
what is going on and what has caused the cases of excessive battery drain. 

Still, poor battery performance such as this is well out of the ordinary. The 
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 , for example, got around 25 hours from a full charge 
in our testing. For some users to only be getting 10 to 11 hours out of the 
Galaxy Watch 7, then, is a big step back. 

Well have to see how Samsung addresses the problem, whether it reveals 
exactly what caused the issue, and how long it takes to get things fixed up. 
Hopefully we wont be waiting too long, or there are going to be some very 
disappointed smartwatch users out there. You might also like Samsung Galaxy 
Watch 7: price, release date, features and everything you need to know Hands 
on: Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Similar looks with a performance boost 
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 review: an excellent watch, but an iterative update



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/the-galaxy-watch-7-has-a
-big-battery-problem-but-samsung-says-its-working-on-a-fix


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