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                  watchOS 7.0.2 Address Battery Life, ECG Bugs

   Adam Engst

   It's not uncommon to see reports of poor battery life after an update
   to one of Apple's mobile operating systems. In most cases, those
   problems die down on their own after the device in question clears its
   caches or finishes rebuilding indexes. Or, sometimes a restart is
   necessary to fix the problem. In the most extreme situations, erasing
   the device and restoring it from backup (or unpairing and repairing, in
   the case of an Apple Watch) may make the difference. If you find
   yourself in such a situation, wait a few days to see if the battery
   life recovers, and if not, try the restart and reset procedures.

   Sometimes, however, the update is itself responsible for batteries
   draining more quickly than they should. That appears to be the case
   with watchOS 7. Apple has now released [1]watchOS 7.0.2 to fix a bug
   'that could cause the battery to drain more quickly,' along with
   another problem that prevented some users from accessing the ECG app in
   regions where it should be available. watchOS 7.0.2 doesn't include any
   security fixes with published CVE entries, and no other Apple operating
   systems received updates.

   To install the watchOS 7.0.2 update, which was 81 MB for an Apple Watch
   Series 5, open the Watch app on your iPhone and go to My Watch >
   General > Software Update. It's a quick update but does require that
   the watch be on its charger and charged to at least 50%. watchOS 7.0.2
   is available for the Apple Watch Series 3 and later.

   If you're not experiencing problems with battery drain or accessing the
   ECG app, feel free to delay installing this update until it's
   convenient in the next week or so.

   Apple's release notes say nothing about missing Workout GPS routes or
   Health data, but [2]a separate Apple support article suggests a fix if
   you're not seeing data that should be there after updating to iOS 14
   and watchOS 7. The fix isn't difficult, but it will be
   time-consuming'one TidBITS reader suffering from this problem reported
   that [3]it took about 90 minutes. You'll need to unpair your Apple
   Watch, make an iCloud backup of your iPhone, erase all content and
   settings from the iPhone, and restore both the iPhone and the Apple
   Watch from backup.

References

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   1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211815#702
   2. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865
   3. https://talk.tidbits.com/t/macos-10-15-7-catalina-ios-14-0-1-ipados-14-0-1-watchos-7-0-1-and-tvos-14-0-1-squash-bugs/13646/34?u=ace

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   4. https://tidbits.com/wp/../uploads/2020/10/watchOS-7.0.2.jpg

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