Apple Watch can track your workouts, from cycling to rowing to the elliptical at your local gym. This is a battery-intensive feature, though, what with all the heartbeat monitoring, GPS connections to your iPhone, and the like.
Here’s how to conserve your Apple Watch battery life by turning off all that juice-hogging stuff while you run or walk, so you can keep your wearable’s power at optimum for a long day between charges.
First up, you’ll want to launch the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Once there, swipe down to (and then tap) the Workout button.
Now you’ll see two toggle switches, one for Show Goal Metric, which will let you see what your goal is when you’re actually working out, and the other is Power Saving Mode, which will turn off the heart rate sensor for running and walking workouts.
Your smartwatch will still calculate calories (though probably less accurately) as well as tracking your distance, pace and elapsed time — and your Apple watch battery life will be much better for it.
Now you can head out on a long run without worrying that your Apple Watch will bite it and shut down on you when you need it most.
Source: Apple
