{"id":9569,"date":"2014-09-28T20:29:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T04:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9569"},"modified":"2014-09-28T20:29:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T04:29:19","slug":"recent-update-greatly-extends-moto360-battery-life-update-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/recent-update-greatly-extends-moto360-battery-life-update-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent update greatly extends Moto360 battery life.  Update now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2-300x173.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-09-05 at 12.35.05 PM (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-12.35.05-PM-2.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As it has been reported, the battery life on the Moto360 is so poor you cannot even for a full day.\u00a0 However, there is hope.\u00a0 The most recent firmware update had improved the battery life significantly.\u00a0 So much so that users are reporting more then a day usage.\u00a0 This assumes you are not using &#8216;always&#8217; on, but that is not asking too much from the first generation color smart watches.\u00a0 (And yes, I know Pebble users laugh at only have 1 day of battery).<\/p>\n<p>Via reddit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagline\"><a class=\"expand\">[\u2013]<\/a><a class=\"author may-blank id-t2_9gbn5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/RockItGuyDC\">RockItGuyDC<\/a> <span class=\"score unvoted\">297 points<\/span> <time class=\"live-timestamp\" title=\"Sun Sep 28 06:52:05 2014 UTC\" datetime=\"2014-09-28T06:52:05+00:00\">21 hours ago<\/time><\/p>\n<form id=\"form-t1_ckujlm7i5i\" class=\"usertext\" action=\"#\">\n<div class=\"usertext-body may-blank-within\">\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>I keep responding to these posts, but here&#8217;s my best battery life yet. I took it off the charger at 10am today. Used it all day, 2 hours running navigation plus music controls in the car, checking emails and texts a few times an hour, responding to 15 or more texts from the watch, used QR codes on the watch to get into a party. It&#8217;s now almost 3am the next day and I&#8217;m at 41% battery! Couldn&#8217;t ask for more. Don&#8217;t need more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagline\"><a class=\"expand\">[\u2013]<\/a><a class=\"author may-blank id-t2_3taom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/alexdrod\">alexdrod<\/a> <span class=\"score unvoted\">8 points<\/span> <time class=\"live-timestamp\" title=\"Sun Sep 28 17:59:25 2014 UTC\" datetime=\"2014-09-28T17:59:25+00:00\">10 hours ago<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"usertext-body may-blank-within\">\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>I can confirm. I was really struggling to make it through a full 12 hour cycle and the last couple days I&#8217;ve finished the day with 40% left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagline\"><a class=\"expand\">[\u2013]<\/a><a class=\"author may-blank id-t2_4fqrn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Dr_Nik\">Dr_Nik<\/a> <span class=\"score unvoted\">19 points<\/span> <time class=\"live-timestamp\" title=\"Sun Sep 28 10:53:06 2014 UTC\" datetime=\"2014-09-28T10:53:06+00:00\">17 hours ago<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"usertext-body may-blank-within\">\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>I made a post about this earlier but I am using the Moto360 with always on and now my watch outlasts my Nexus 5 battery. 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