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How do you improve Charge 6 battery life?

‎11-20-2023 22:45 - last edited on ‎11-23-2023 11:44 by Fitbit Moderator

‎11-20-2023 22:45 - last edited on ‎11-23-2023 11:44 by Fitbit Moderator

How do people get the 8 days without a charge?

My charge 6 is showing 49% and that’s from taking g off the charger last night around 8 pm. It’s now 3pm. No workouts. Just sleeping and driving to work with a few timers through the day. Always on display is scheduled 9am to 7pm. While I’m at work. I also set gps for phone only.

Any other tips to help other than the AOD as I need it with my patients during the day?

I really love the style and everything about the tracker. Just wish I could get these great batteries I keep hearing about.

Thanks!!


Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

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‎11-21-2023 06:33

‎11-21-2023 06:33

Not sure how long it lasts with AoD during the day (today I need to recharge it so I will give it a go if the battery level drops that quickly). I use AoD only during activities and my battery lasts 7-8 days ('Phone' GPS). I believe AoD is the culprit here but I'll see on my Charge 6 how quick battery will drain.

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‎11-21-2023 08:58

‎11-21-2023 08:58

Because the app constantly runs on mine and won't allow me to turn off app in background, I turn my Bluetooth off on my phone.This saves my battery from draining. Fitbit should allow whether we want it to sync all day or not on our phones.

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‎11-21-2023 10:53

‎11-21-2023 10:53

I wish i knew, i'm getting very little time at all. AoD is off, i manually turn on the screen, lightness to dim, GPS is set to phone only. I keep losing bluetooth pairing going by the app. 49% after being charged to 100 yesterday, no workouts auto registered afaik. It's making me regret upgrading. 

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‎11-23-2023 06:30

‎11-23-2023 06:30

@yoksa I enabled now AoD and that drained batter from 100% to 69% within 25 hours. That probably can give approximately 2 full days and need to recharge on third day. My AoD runs for 16 ours daily (6am to 10pm). There was 1 hour workout tracked (no GPS, AoD during workout) and SpO2 is on. Looks like such setup consumes approx. 30% of battery within 24 hours. Not sure what else you can do to extend battery life if you need AoD. This is the biggest power consuming feature.

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‎11-23-2023 10:16

In response to Triletics

‎11-23-2023 10:16

Welcome to the forums @yoksa @Resilent @Anmllvr 

Thank you for sharing your comments with us about the battery life. I appreciate the helpful information provided by @Triletics.

In addition to the AoD feature mentioned before, in order to save battery I'd like to add this article: Can I extend my Fitbit device's battery life?

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