Versa 3 battery is draining quickly

[Liss959]

The battery life on my Versa 3 is abominable.  I am charging every 2nd day.  My beautiful ionic lasted 5-6 days!  Is there a solution to this?  Do I reset it?  I have just done the upgrade.

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[Guy_]

Hi @Liss959 - there are many features which come by default that drain the battery, try removing the Snore detection and SpO2 tracker app and Afib. Without those you should get close to 6 days.

For more see this article How to resolve the Major issues causing short battery life. 

[MarreFitbit]

Hi there, @Liss959. Welcome to the Community Forums. Thanks for the details provided in your post about the inconvenience with your Versa 3. I understand where your concern is coming from. 

As @Guy_ has mentioned, please note that the Snore Detection feature does impact your device’s battery, so we recommend charging your device to at least 40% before going to bed. For more information, see How can I use my Fitbit device to detect snoring and noise levels while I sleep? 

However, I'd like to share with you that the battery life will depend on how frequent certain features are used in general. Because you're using an Always-On Display clock face, I'd recommend changing the clock face to another one made by Fitbit and monitor your it's behavior in the next day. Additionally, try turning off this setting by opening the Settings app on your watch > Display > Always-on display.

Hope this helps. 

[Germcg]

Battery is shocking for example i charged 100% before bed . woke 8hrs later it was @ 73%. I don’t have always on display. received no notifications during sleep . Iv to constantly charge it every 2days . how can i extend the battery 

[Guy_]

Hi @Germcg - have a look what I posted earlier how to resolve it.

[Germcg]

Hi, Thanks. I don't use the snore detector or any of that. fitbit not even 8months old . Just runs down quickly 

[Guy_]

@Germcg - did you remove the SpO2 tracker app from the Gallery tile? 

Did you check carefully the sleep tile settings if you are using premium?

[Liss959]

Removed snore tracker.  Not sure how to remove SP02?  Is that the sleep one?  That has also gone bananas!  Pretty sure I should be dead.  I used to have maybe 2 incidents of high saturation now it looks like the lie detector results of a compulsive liar.

[Guy_]

@Liss959- to remove the SpO2 tracker go to the Gallery tile in the Fitbit app and scroll down till you find it, click on it and remove.

It has nothing to do with the Estimated Oxygen Variation in the sleep tile and for that, sync your watch and do a full Shutdown from the watch Settings menu. Wait at least 10 seconds before placing on the charger to restart and charge it. It may help give better results and with the battery.

[Liss959]

Cheers.  Thanks

[Germcg]

Thanks Guy, i used premium . Just uninstalled fingers crossed many thanks for your help