The Galaxy Watch packs tons of features that you can disable to reduce battery drain. Samsung has also bundled a few dedicated battery-saving options for the rescue.

1. Turn off Connectivity Features

The first thing you can do is turn off unwanted connectivity features on your watch. This includes WiFi, Bluetooth, and Cellular Data (on the LTE variant). Turning them off will reduce battery consumption to a huge extent.

Step 1: Swipe down on the home screen of the watch.

Step 2: Click on the Settings icon and select Connections.

Step 3: You can turn off the Bluetooth, WiFi, and Cellular Data (in the LTE variant).

When you turn off WiFi/ LTE, you will not be able to use the internet on the watch. Similarly, turning off Bluetooth will disconnect it from the phone, cutting off notifications. Although, if WiFi is enabled and the phone and watch are connected to the same WiFi, it’ll stay remotely connected even though Bluetooth is turned off.

2. Turn Off Always-on Display

The always-on display keeps the display turned on all the time, consuming a lot of battery. Given that display eats the maximum battery on the Galaxy Watch, you can consider disabling AOD, as shown below:

Step 1: Swipe down on the watch home screen.

Step 2: Click on the Settings icon and go to the Display section.

Step 3: Scroll down and disable the Always-on Display option.

3. Use Watch Only Mode

The Galaxy Watch comes with a “Watch only” mode that can give you several weeks of backup. This mode disables everything on the watch and shows only the time, like a regular digital watch. You can use it to extend the battery life in extreme situations.

Step 1: Swipe down on the watch home screen.

Step 2: Click on the Settings icon and go to the Battery section.

Step 3: Scroll down and select the Watch-only option. Click the Turn on button.

Now, you will see only the time on your watch. You can turn off the Watch only mode by holding the watch’s side button for a few seconds.

4. Use Static Watch Faces

The Galaxy Watch supports dynamic, animated watch faces. However, these watch faces consume a lot of battery. If you’re not fond of customization, consider using a static watch face with black elements, reducing CPU usage and cutting down the battery used by AMOLED onboard.

If the watch face has more black elements, it will give a higher battery backup by turning off the unused pixels that consume battery.

5. Turn off the Raise to Wake Feature

Raise to wake is a gesture feature that lights up the watch screen when the wrist is turned or moved. This consumes more battery life, and many times, it accidentally records the gesture even when you didn’t want it to.

Step 1: Swipe down on the watch home screen.

Step 2: Click on the Settings icon and select the Display settings.

Step 3: Scroll down and disable the Raise wrist to wake option.

6. Remove Recent Apps

Just like smartphones, the Galaxy Watch has a recent apps list. When you use any app, it gets added in the background and doesn’t get closed until you remove it, or WearOS feels the need of killing it to free memory.

If an app is constantly running in the background, it will impact battery life. You can remove it from the recent apps list as mentioned below:

Step 1: Swipe up on the watch home screen.

Step 2: Click on the Recent apps icon at the top of the apps list.

Step 3: Swipe up the apps to close and remove them from recent apps or select the Close all option to remove all the apps at once.

7. Enable Galaxy Watch Power Saving Mode

The Galaxy Watch comes with a built-in Power Saving mode. When enabled, it disables non-essential features like an always-on display, WiFi, and wakeup gestures and limits CPU power and other resources.

Follow the steps mentioned below to enable power-saving mode:

Step 1: Swipe down on the watch home screen.

Step 2: Select the Settings icon and go to Battery settings.

Step 3: Enable the Power saving option.

8. Reduce Screen Timeout

The watch’s screen turns off automatically after a few seconds of inactivity. You can keep the screen timeout to the lowest possible to ensure the display doesn’t consume battery life when not in use.