How to solve the most common Apple Watch battery problems.
The Apple Watch is a gem of a thing: This writer is on their fifth one, the Apple Watch Series 7. But while it’s beautifully made, it’s more like a phone than a mechanical watch when it comes to its battery: if I don’t charge mine every day it soon runs out of power. So charging problems aren’t just irritating, they’re disastrous. Luckily, most charging problems are easily fixed. And if the worst happens and your battery’s completely gone it’s not too expensive to replace it. Here’s what to do when your Apple Watch won’t charge. Let’s start with the basics. Is your Apple Watch completely dead? If it is, it won’t power on the moment that you connect it to the charger even if both watch and charger are perfectly healthy, but the lightning bolt should appear after a few minutes on charge. If it does, give it another 30 minutes on the charger to see if the battery charges normally. No joy? Make sure that your charging cable is connected to the charger, that its USB connector is fully inserted and that the charger’s plug hasn’t been knocked out fully or slightly. It seems obvious, we know, but not so obvious that we haven’t ranted and raved about a dead device before discovering that we’d knocked the charger when vacuuming or the kids had unplugged it.
