Time to retire my first-generation Apple Watch. The battery life has dropped off suddenly and can no longer make it through the day. 3 years is good for a computer, but hoping the next watch lasts a little longer.

@manton I've been using my first-gen as a backup device while my Series 3 charges in the morning. It bothers me to see gaps in my metrics for some reason. Battery life on the first-gen was my main reason for upgrading.

@manton Are you going to upgrade to a gen 4 this year?

@Burk Haven't thought about it too much, but probably makes sense to wait for the fall announcement if there's a new one.

@manton just did that last week. Have not regretted it at all.

@ddykstal Good news. I'm sure I'll appreciate the speed bump.

@manton I am trying to hold out for Series 4 before retiring mine.

@manton Such a downer when batteries do that. I’m already nervous about my Series 1.

@manton now that my Series 0 won’t get updated any longer, I’m looking really hard at the Charge 3 just for the sake of all week battery and under $200. I wish it worked with Apple Health, though...a whole new category to worry about silos

@staggerlee the Fitbit app doesn’t push data into Apple Health? Even the Garmin app does that.

@staggerlee Yep, health data portability will become a big issue. I'll stick to the web stuff, but hope other people are thinking about it.

@manton I'm holding out hope that there's a new watch in the Fall, and also looking forward to skipping a few generations and seeing a big jump in performance. Remember when that used to happen with Macs?

@manton yep - we soldour Series 0 Apple Watches. Still had a good enough charge. Got Series 3 with cellular. Love the snappy response 😁

@manton That said, a first-party battery replacement is $79, so you can get more life out of the Series 0 if you want to stretch its life out. I paid ~$40-50 for battery changes in “normal" nice watches that I'm sure aren't nearly the capacity of the Apple Watch.

@swh If my Series 0 could run the upcoming watchOS version, I'd definitely consider the battery upgrade. Might be a good option for next time.

@manton I had to upgrade this year as well. Wait until you see how quick the series 3 is, and how much longer the battery lasts.

@manton @burk My zero has the same issue. I’ve been living with it for a couple months now since rumor has it the new model will be a redesign. Hence a new Apple Watch is at the top of my “give more money to Apple” list for this year.

@manton Really not bad for a gen one product

@staggerlee there are apps to sync Fitbit data with Apple Health... Most of them are around $3 I think...

@manton @staggerlee there used to be a Microsoft app that would backup all of my health data to Dropbox using JSON files. That seems to be dead now... :\

@manton is it just that the battery is old? Or are you on iOS 12 beta and it's over-syncing and killing it?

@nitinkhanna Just getting old. I'm not even running the beta yet on any devices.

@manton Regarding the beta, I think there is (was?) a battery status bug in recent betas. It told me my watch battery was at 0% about 6 hours into the day, and then the watch kept on working for the rest of the day without a problem.

@manton I’m in the same position and trying to hold out until we see what’s coming next. It’s highly annoying though!

@manton My series zero is also on its last battery legs. It’s such a nice artifact it’s a shame about its obsolescence. I knew it wouldn’t last forever, but I wish it could!

@manton I had to upgrade last fall because my 38mm Apple Watch wasn't making it through the day anymore. I really wanted it to last until this year or longer.

@manton Having previously been an owner of an Original Apple Watch I can tell you the speed on the new ones is a total game changer.

@Aleen did you get another 38mm? I’m curious if battery life concerns made you go larger.

@jthingelstad @manton agreed! I found the newer models have better battery life and are much, much faster. I have a series 2 (and owned original) and my wife has a series 3.

@Vittorino yeah, 38mm. 42 is just too big to be comfortable.

@jthingelstad @manton That’s good to hear. I have my series 0 ticking away on my wrist but it really only functions for time/message notifications/step tracking. Everything else is a guess as to whether it’ll launch. I will be watching Apple announcements in a few weeks closely.

@manton Ah... I think my series 0's battery has improved with the new OS, though now I've just gotten used to charging it every night. I do not look forward to when iOS 12 will drop support for it. Might be my main reason to not update my phone!

@chet @straggerlee @vittorino FitBit chose to not support Apple Health as a business decision, hoping it would give them advantage over Apple with people already invested in FitBit silo when Apple Health came about. Basically they never will support it officially.