How to improve battery life on Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

Samsung improves the battery life of its Galaxy smartwatches with each iteration, and the Galaxy Watch 6 is the best yet. In our review of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, we found that we regularly got two days of use with regular use.

Two days of battery life is excellent for a WearOS smartwatch. It can be improved by adjusting the settings of the smartwatch and careful use. No matter what you do, you’ll get better battery life than the Google Pixel Watch 2.

How long does the battery last in the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6?

Samsung claims the Galaxy Watch 6 lasts up to 40 hours on a single charge. We confirmed this in our review, where it lasted up to 48. That dropped to 30 hours after turning on the Always-on Display (AoD).

We recorded the Watch 6’s battery lasting around 36 hours with high-intensity use. This included exercise tracking, maximum brightness, continuous heart rate detection and 10 miles of location tracking, although we turned off AoD for this test.

You won’t have many problems with the Galaxy Watch 6’s battery life with the smartwatch’s default settings. But it can be improved. We list the features that affect its battery life the most. Adjust one at a time until you’re happy rather than turning everything off at once.

Turn off Always On Display

Keeping the screen on all the time reduces the battery life of your Galaxy Watch 6. We recommend turning this off first. You may not need your smartwatch’s screen on when you’re not looking at it.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Scroll down and tap Show.

4. Switch on Always on Show of.

   
   

   
   

Turn off Tilt-to-wake

Your Galaxy Watch 6 has by default Raise your wrist to wake up when you turn off Always On Display. This uses less battery life. You can reduce it further by turning it off and on Touch screen to wake up.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Scroll down and tap Show.

4. Switch on Raise your wrist to wake up Turn off.

   
   

   
   

Lower screen timeout

No matter how you wake your Galaxy Watch 6, it will wait a certain period of inactivity before turning off the screen. It uses more battery the longer you leave this setting on. You cannot lower it for more than 15 seconds.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Scroll down and tap Show.

4. Scroll down and tap Screen timeout.

5. Choose 15 seconds Radio button.

   
   

   
   

Lower brightness

Lowering your Galaxy Watch 6’s brightness to improve battery life may seem obvious, but only do this if you’ve enabled Always On Display. Otherwise, its impact will be imperceptible.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press Brightness (sol icon) button.

3. Lower the wheel control to a lower setting.

   
   

   
   

Turn off location tracking

Active location tracking can drain the battery of your Galaxy Watch 6 steadily. Turn it on only when navigating.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Scroll down and tap Place (Maps pin icon) button.

3. Switch on On Turn off.

   
   

   
   

Reduce the strength of the vibration motor

If you receive a lot of notifications on your Galaxy Watch 6, reducing the duration and intensity of its vibration motor can affect its battery life. Fine-tune these settings to affect only calls and notifications.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Scroll down and tap Sound and vibration.

4. Tap Vibration.

5. Choose Short radio button below The duration of the vibration heading.

6. Choose Light radio button below Vibration intensity heading.

   
   

   
   

Use bedtime mode

Bedtime Mode turns off the screen on your Galaxy Watch 6 and silences notifications. It still notifies you of repeat callers.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Scroll down and tap The location.

4. Press Sleep button.

5. Tap Putting on.

   
   

   
   

Disable “Hey Google” detection

“Hey Google” detection runs constantly in the background, slowly draining the battery life of your Galaxy Watch 6. Turn it off if you’re not talking to the watch.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Scroll down and tap Google.

4. Tap Assistant.

5. Switch on “Hey Google” Turn off.

   
   

   
   

Disable wireless connections

Turning off the connectivity features on your Galaxy Watch 6 can improve battery life. Turn off Bluetooth as a last resort, as this is what your smartwatch needs to connect to your phone.

1. Swipe down from the watch face.

2. Press settings (gear icon) button.

3. Tap Connections.

4. Choose Blue tooth, WiFior NFC and contactless.

5. Switch on On Turn off.

   
   

   
   

Close unused apps

1. Swipe up from the watch face.

2. Tap Recently apps.

3. Drag an app upwards to close it, or tap Close all.

4. Scroll right to see all apps running in the background.

   
   

   
   

Get maximum battery life from your Galaxy Watch 6

There are many ways to improve the battery life of your Galaxy Watch 6, but contact customer support if it drains faster than expected. Now that your smartwatch is in top shape, you can explore all that it can do.