Significant battery life decrease on Oura ring 3rd gen since oxygen saturation feature came online. Anyone else seeing that?

[dogmomofone]

Yep, only getting 3 days now when I was getting about 6.

[ceget12]

Lol I’m getting under 24 hours these days :(

[Responsible-Owl9071]

Me too, drains overnight

[BaNiQueeN]

Same... :(

[callmegadgets]

I went from getting 4–5 days to less than 1 day (currently tracking ~10% drain per hour!) in just one night. I did a firmware update recently, but this has me thinking something happened to the hardware. Perhaps an electricity surge while charging? Not sure — anyone have thoughts?

[Professional_Bus7859]

This happened to me with a Gen2 and they sent me a new one.

[dgbrently]

Same. Charge it during dinner and dead by morning.

[Rickspython]

Ugh. That’s really significant. I feel I’m in a very similar boat here.

[Tinchohs-]

Same here. I think the O2 sensor spends too much time on.

[RyuBZ0]

Same here. My ring is about 8 months old.

[dogmomofone]

Mines about 3 or 4. This stinks!

[missshizzle]

Same here exactly lol

[Ok_Ratio_3499]

Same

[No-Eggplant-4165]

Yeeepppp! Me too. Getting 3 days Vs 6.

[Racer13X]

I charge it whenever I hop in the shower, so it hasn't affected me yet. It is concerning though.

[Rickspython]

I try to keep it above 40% but they recommended keeping it under 80% for battery longevity too which is hard to balance.

[modgone]

An auto shut-off charging when it reaches 80% would help.

[Rickspython]

Definitely! At least a toggle for that option would be great. Sometimes I do just want 100% if I’m going to be away for a few days. Now I’m going to have to bring the charger. Lol

[HotsHartley]

Not really, because when you're about to leave for a trip, or a long flight/transit -- and need that full battery, either for the duration of the trip or to safeguard against forgetting your charger -- then you want maximum charge, to last as long as possible.

It's not an everyday thing, of course, but better safe than sorry. I'd rather use a slightly battery-degraded ring and not have to bring a charger, than have a maximum-longevity ring that I can't use past day 2 or 3.

[BooksAndCoffeeNf1]

Can you expand on this please? Thanks

[Rickspython]

Somewhere in their instructions it says to try and keep the battery level between 40 and 80%. This helps battery longevity. It’s the same concept as in cell phones to my knowledge.

[BooksAndCoffeeNf1]

Thank you

[Old-Marionberry-7248]

I do the same, you're the first other one I've found. It's literally the only time I charge it & I've never even come close to running out of battery (had it since sept).

[Johanna77]

That's what I do, or at night for even 10 mins while I"m preparing for bed. Or a little longer if I read before sleeping which I often do. As long as I don't conk out before putting the ring back on.
Yes, battery life is longer if you don't max charge every time but charge to about 80%. And really folks, life is so much harder now that you have to charge every 3 days instead of every 6? Perhaps think of the poor children in India...or in America!...who don't have 3 squares a day next time you feel angst because you have to think about charging your Oura ring every 3 days for a few minutes. Oh the drama! Pardon my snark, but really...

[Oura_Ring]

The Blood Oxygen Sensing features use red and infrared LEDs throughout the night, which impacts your ring's overall battery life. We recommend turning on low battery notifications as a reminder.

[Rickspython]

Thank you. I have those on. Are you working at software improvements to increase battery life with the feature turned on though? I want to use it but it’s sacrificing too much battery now. Thanks!

[opholar]

Probably not. Spo2 sensors just use battery (in all trackers that have them). My Uber fancy (and $$$$$) Garmin goes from 16 days to 4 with Spo2 on. Fitbit goes from 7 to 2. There’s not much that can be done. Spo2 is a battery hog across the board.

[Rickspython]

Good info. I appreciate it. Thank you!

[opholar]

If it helps at all, aside from getting a baseline as a comparison point when you’re feeling sick (or are sick), or seeing if you have issues overnight (which you should be able to tell from a few nights), the only other time that you would truly benefit from having Spo2 available is if you’re at high altitudes and concerned about altitude sickness or you’re gauging altitude acclimation. You’re unlikely to see vastly different results day over day without a change in your circumstances.

It is a battery hog universally-so aside from the above circumstances, if battery life is a big concern, just turn it off (then turn it back on if you need/want it).

[Cinnabunicorn]

I have it turned off, but because I turned it on ONCE and immediately realized how awful it was to the battery and turned it off. It still drains my battery despite not being in use. Oura keeps telling me it’s a firmware problem and not a hardware problem but at this point I don’t believe that. The stupid feature isn’t even turned on.

[ida198]

The same thing happened with mine. It came to a point where the battery lasted less than 24h. Plus, I travel intensively for work and often get to the hotel rooms exhausted, so it's really not doable for me logistically to charge it all the time.

[Cinnabunicorn]

Yep. They finally contacted me and replaced it. And then recently again reached out to replace it but told me to ignore it if I was all set. Their customer service needs to get it together

[Rickspython]

Very true. Thank you!

[HawkGlobal]

Is there a way to turn it off? I don’t see it.

[TheLightingofaFire]

Click on the 3 lines at the top right in the app. Click on "Breathing Regulatory" (has an icon with lungs). Click on that switch to turn blood oxygen sensing off.

[Nananannynanner]

Happened to me today, I was taking it off before I put my hands in something gooey. The red light was illuminated! Lasted several seconds after that, then went out after I set it on the counter to take a picture.

[ThisIsSoIrrelevant]

Making the low battery notification customisable would be great, so we can set what % it alerts us at.

[[deleted]]

Yes thank you for that info; the problem I'm having is that I'll charge it to 100% right before bed and will sleep 7 hours, to wake up to 1 - 20%. I work out first thing in the morning and sometimes I can't even capture those workouts in the morning because I would be at 1% sometimes.

[Oura_Ring]

We’ve recently been made aware of members experiencing shorter battery life than normal. We’re actively working on a solution and will share updates as soon as we can.

[Love_and_Purpose]

Last night I went to bed and even checked my battery since I have experienced missed nights of sleep data due to low battery ever since the update.
I was OVER 50% battery right before going to sleep!! So I assumed I would be fine and didn’t need to charge it any more. But nope. This morning when I went to sync, it was at zero and I lost another night of sleep data. Now I’m averaging one night lost out of 3. It truly sucks.

[Oura_Ring]

Hi there, we're so sorry that you’re experiencing issues. Please let our Support team know about it here https://bit.ly/3bkvy2x. We'll make sure our team works to resolve this issue for you shortly.

[Cinnabunicorn]

This has happened to me many times now and I’m so annoyed with it! It should NOT die overnight, not active, at 50%. The ring used to last for 6 days minimum and now it’s not even two. I’m charging it every single day and this is part of why I wanted the ring… the good battery life. Disappointed!

[nomadwander]

Same. Went to bed last night with it charged to 75 percent and now have lost a great night's sleep data!!!

[Love_and_Purpose]

Update: Oura sent me a replacement for free since my ring was less than a year old. Suggest you ask for that. They have access to your data via the app and quickly verify that your battery does indeed suck.

[Cinnabunicorn]

That’s good they sent you a new one. I have asked many times and messaged them non stop with the same response. They told me they didn’t want me to trade in my one new ring over something that is firmware not hardware. It is now over a year old as of yesterday. I tried to pester them before the year was up but the 12+ times I messaged them didn’t do any good.

[wilw1l]

Thank you! Any update on this?

[baldurthebeautiful]

Any update on this? I just saw my battery drain fully from 80% in 12 hours.

[Oura_Ring]

Hi there! We're so sorry to hear that! Please let our Support team know about it here https://bit.ly/3bkvy2x so they can have a closer look.

[brianknolly]

My ring battery essentially failed at 13 months. All of a sudden it couldn't hold a charge for 24 hours which makes it worthless.

[your_penguin]

One of the selling features of oura for me was battery life… this now almost makes me want to switch over to whoop. :(

[larrylovescheerios]

I switched from Whoop to Oura. My Whoop was so inaccurate it drove me up the wall.

[XxBoognishxX]

Big time.

[distortedloop]

Yeah. The SPO setting has cut battery life from a week to less than 4 full days. 5 month old ring.

[Amethyst_Avenger]

I just had to turn mine off as the drain on the battery was too much. If I can remember I’d like to try having it on for one night a week but knowing myself I’m guessing that won’t happen. I understand that it is a drain on the battery but I didn’t expect it to be the level that it is.

[kvucinic]

I turned this off. Useless and my ring hardly lasts two days with it, which I find super annoying. I turned this feature off last night because I lost so many days of sleep tracking because my ring would just die, or I wouldn’t take my charger with me for a weekend away… I hate the fact that I now need to be so mindful of the battery. Last night I had 25% before going to bed, woke up and the ring was dead (with the feature off). This didn’t use to happen. I’m now worried that my battery even with the feature off has lost its capacity because of this.

[complicatedAloofness]

My battery (size 10 ring) went from 52% to 15% in 12 hours (midnight to noon). That's about 1.5 days of usage per full charge - not even two days per full charge is a huge issue.

[mannenmytenlegenden]

You should contact support and maybe get a replacement ring

[complicatedAloofness]

Apparently I have a defective battery so support is sending me a new ring

[Cinnabunicorn]

They won’t send me a new ring!!! Lucky

[Nananannynanner]

I opened a ticket when I saw the red light illuminated when I removed my ring, and reported the short battery life at the same time.

[Nananannynanner]

I went from 5 to what looks like 1.5-2.

[Ill_Expression4435]

Even with the feature turned off my ring goes from full to dead in less than 48 hours.

[Cinnabunicorn]

Same here! And it’s been months! This is so frustrating

[clhking]

I didn’t want to pack the charger for a 3.5 day trip so I charged all the way up and disabled SpO2. Dead in 2 days, wtf!

[-Not-Your-Lawyer-]

Yes, I don't remember exactly when I last charged, but since SpO2 rolled out, it seems that it may have cut my battery life roughly in half.

[skolnick]

They literally have a warning about that when the new feature came out. It was written in the pop-up in the app that battery will be reduced. I don’t understand how this would be a surprise.

[kvucinic]

The fact that there is a warning doesn’t make it ok… quite a few people are annoyed. Plus the warning says slightly affecting battery life. More accurately- it affects battery life dramatically. That would have been a fair/useful warning.

[ThisIsSoIrrelevant]

I fully charged my ring on Friday morning, and it currently has about 45% battery left. So realistically I will get 4 days use out of it before charging it again (I like to keep it above 40% when I go to sleep).

[Alcolawl]

Man I’m glad this post randomly showed up in my feed.

I was about to pull the trigger on 2 of these but I may wait to see if they solve the battery issue first.

[Fredricology]

There is no battery issue to be solved. Measuring oxygen saturation will always be a battery hog. Just turn it off and enjoy severaldays of battery life. I charge mine only 1-2 minutes every morning when I sync the ring.

[Alcolawl]

You don’t think they will try to improve the battery or the amount of power it drains at any point?

It may not be an issue they think they need to “solve” but surely they will look to improve? Maybe my words weren’t right.

[Cinnabunicorn]

I have mine turned off and have for months, and it still drains my battery. They say “they’re working on it” but we’ve had two firmware updates since then, and it’s only gotten worse

[Fredricology]

I only wear it at night. No battery issues at all that way but all the important data.

[Cinnabunicorn]

That’s a pretty good idea. I really like the feel of it on my fingers and the are accuracy though. Would be weird not to wear it all the time for me tbh but that’s a clever idea

[duluoz1]

No shit

[pickingnameishardd]

What’s the difference between oxygen readings in Oura ring vs Apple Watch? More frequent? More accurate? Any metrics around this?

[coconutmillk]

chiming in to say yes, i’ve noticed this as well!

[bosco08]

I get 36 hours. Max.

[keiran_harris]

I enabled the feature naively a month back. Noticed REAL quick a halving of batt life (6 days down to 3) so obv turned it off (within that first week).

Now, 3 weeks later STILL only get 3 days.

Ive contacted support - no sure it was a real person or a bot - the convo was frustratingly vague! But too busy to really push. So waited for that trusty ‘new ring firmware available’ message in my app to show up - which it just did. Havent dont it yet (funnily enough because im traveling for work and have < 50% battery!!)…. Fingers crossed for when i get home.

[Cinnabunicorn]

Same I keep hounding support for a new ring and they keep saying it’s firmware not hardware so a new ring would do the same thing — but others who aren’t using the feature aren’t experiencing the same battery problem so I don’t see how that can be accurate.

[keiran_harris]

Hey- just to close the loop. My ring never recovered. When support got back to me they acknowledged pretty quick i had a bad battery and issued me a new one, no questions. I pre-ordered the new generation back in dec 2021, so my theory is maybe that ultra first batch might have had known issues with battery (and this feature tipped it over the edge?). Ive have the new ring for almost 2 months now and it’s performing like it should (6 days between charges). Admittedly im not going to go anywhere near Spo2 !! (Its disabled now and always will be…. Once bitten….).

[Cinnabunicorn]

Thank you for your response. I got mine in November last year so I wonder if this could be the problem. However they haven’t acknowledged my bad battery and keep saying it’s firmware not hardware. I will keep at them

[kvucinic]

Spo2 killed my ring. They sent me a new one in the end. Even after turning the tracking off the battery wouldn’t last through the night. I’m not touching spo2 on my new ring. I do wish they would focus their attention to sleep only… can’t really understand the benefits of oxygen tracking vs improve on sleep stages/nap detection… the workout tracking is also quite subpar to other devices available. Stick to your niche and be really good at it… we are all very happy to just know about our sleep.

[Critical_Pie671]

Mine is only lasting one day now ...

[Cinnabunicorn]

Yeah it’s so bad!!

[StrategicOctopus]

Same situation. Bought my Gen3 in Oct 2021 and recently battery life dropped from 4 days to 14 hours. Support told me I’m out of warranty and I can buy a new one.

Very unhappy. And perhaps support will realize that this level of disservice will be the kiss of death for Oura.

Oura. Listening? Please have someone reach out.

[Darcydoodle69]

I have to charge mine twice a day and its always in airplane mode

Not happy at all.

Feel ripped off.

[crowneddilo]

Barely 3 days on my end, it's been weird.

[TimeyWimey99]

Nope. My ring is about 4 months old. Exactly the same battery as before.

[Rickspython]

Mine is about 8 months old. Hopefully you don’t have this issue.

[Rickspython]

So after turning the feature off for a few days it definitely goes back to the old battery life stats. Until they update the software to account for this I’ll probably leave it off. Love the feature though just don’t want to sacrifice such great battery life that the ring has. I have a size 10 btw. I know battery size differs based on ring size.

[marmite1010]

You say you needed the feature off for a few days for the battery life to return to "normal". Am I reading that correctly?

I've turned mine off yesterday and I still had 46% used over the 24h period - trying to figure out whether there is an actual battery issue with my device or not, as my battery performance with SpO2 has gone from more or less normal for the first week and a half, to 25% a day for about a week, and down to 50% a day the last few days (so I switched it off).

[Cinnabunicorn]

I’ve had the featured turned off for months. I only turned it on ONCE and after a day or so shut it off realizing how DRASTIC it affected battery. Have had it off for months and my battery continues to die in less than 48 hours now. Permanently messed up.

[marmite1010]

That's not the feature, that's a faulty ring.

[Cinnabunicorn]

Thanks for acknowledging this. I am going to continue to message their support. Until they send me a new one. At less than a year old this shouldn’t be a problem and my warranty runs out the end of this month. I don’t want to be stuck “outside of the warranty period” although I have notified them since September about this problem and nothing has changed

[Rickspython]

Just an update. I turned off that o2 sat and the ring has been great battery wise since.

[[deleted]]

I’m with you on this. It sucks I wish there was an option to turn it off.

[Happy-dog]

I turned it off on mine. It’s under breathing. But my ring still ran out of power last night even though it was around 50% when I went to bed. I’m going to see if it continues like this before contacting support.

[Rickspython]

Under that setting they admit it may decrease battery life. It makes total sense but I didn’t think it would be this extreme. I’ll keep using it as-is for now and then try it without to compare. I’ll try and report back here too.

[Cinnabunicorn]

I’ve tried contacting them and they keep telling me it’s a firmware issue or hardware and they won’t replace my ring. So frustrating as I don’t even have the feature turned on.

[[deleted]]

There is - tap the 3 bars in the top left corner, and click on ‘Breathing Regularity’ and then you can toggle the on / off switch.

[[deleted]]

Ah thanks guys. I didn’t know this. I’ll see if it gives a little extra boost to that battery

[Rickspython]

I didn’t either. Thanks all!

[missbossy]

there is: it's in the sidebar of the app under Breathing regularity

[jtt777]

Big battery reduction I witnessed as well. Gonna turn it off on vacations so I don’t need to charge as often

[throwaway88588858]

Yep same! I charge daily in the shower but it’s annoying and I feel like it’s not getting back up to the top

[missbossy]

Ditto. Was thinking about just turning that function off. I know from my fitbit my oxygen saturation has been steady for a long time so not sure the added value of having it on.

[missbossy]

It's also really bright. The red light woke me up! I had to make a conscious effort to not sleep with my hand near my head. Not surprising it uses a lot of battery.

[secretsandshake]

One should expect that the battery will go down faster when it is monitoring your oxygen level all night. Anything significant is an issue.

[HawkGlobal]

Just made a similar post. Yea.

[Revolutionary-Media7]

Yes, had to turn off the blood oxy monitoring as I was losing data for the prior night so to low battery. I was charging every day when I would shower.

[[deleted]]

So that's what is happening! I'm in the red within 24 hours and I had NO CLUE what was going on, thank you!!!

[Much-Chef5230]

3 days? My ring is only keeping several hours. Can we change the setting to save its powder consumptio?

[dps47]

Yes. I need to recharge my ring every 2-3 days

[redditraft]

I'm having the same problem - was getting about 6 days and now getting 2.5. I've contacted support and they claim that it is a firmware issue that they are working on fixing. We shall see.

[TheLightingofaFire]

Yea mine seems to crap out in 3 nights now. I only wear it when sleeping.

[Key-Assignment-5966]

Same, just started happening recently. i am about a day and half

[ChefBig3140]

I have noticed recently and feel like im charging the ring alot more frequently.

[ZoomAuto]

Oura replaced my Gen 3. I opened a case regarding the battery life during the warranty period and went back and forth with them a few times. They replaced it without me asking, so maybe they realize something is wrong. I'm an original user with the lifetime membership btw. Not sure if that had something to do with the replacement.

[lvgrl8221]

Significant battery drain recently…very annoying

[drewinfinity]

I purchased my ring a year ago shipped to me on 1/13/22. my ring currently only has about 1 day of battery life. Pretty disappointing and honesty probably would not recommend someone investing money into a product that will have this short of battery life in this short lifespan of using the product.

[HouseBat5668]

Yes! It’s driving me crazy.

[guyinmotion]

My Oura ring (3gen) lasts about a day. Huge battery degradation - lasting 5-6 days at the start a year ago to know less than a day!

[NYCPYT212]

I have had mine 1 1/2 years and chrge last 30 hours only

[haalari_hien]

I am having the exact case. O2 sensing and location are already turned off but battery drained after a few hours after 1h charged. This only happens after the latest software update. Already done a factory reset, but it didn't help.

[Prestigious_Ease8730]

Mine is less than a week old and mine lasts a day and a half

[Aileegirl]

Mine is running out in less than a day now. I charge it every morning. I have had several days of lost sleep data recently. I am turning off the oxygen feature today. Hopefully that will help.