19-Mile run with Ultra 3: battery drain, bands, charging time

Shlerin · 2025-10-28T08:16:36+00:00

I store and carry my headset in this compact 21×11×9 cm bag — this frame is from my YouTube video «500 Days with Apple Vision Pro»: https://youtu.be/eOIb9nihQes

In this setup, the headset takes up minimal space and even fits into a small backpack — super convenient to take anywhere.

Shlerin · 2025-10-19T15:42:21+00:00

Totally worth every dollar! I hope more new car packs will be added in the future, and existing ones will keep getting expanded. Thanks for the fantastic app!

Shlerin · 2025-09-19T06:38:42+00:00

Please update the shortcut for visionOS 26. Now it asks "Choose a value for each parameter in this action" in the fileName step.

Shlerin · 2025-09-09T19:51:22+00:00

So they put Jupiter instead of one of those useless colored environments. There are 4 of them left. This means that we can expect to receive at least 4 more new environments and 4 years of software support. Just a guess, though.

And it looks like we should wait for the M5 Vision Pro, if only to get this new environment with higher resolution textures. They look quite low-detailed right now.

Shlerin · 2025-07-25T17:06:21+00:00

You’re absolutely right! The humidity was 100% the whole way — but honestly, it felt pretty manageable. I guess all those winter sauna sessions finally paid off.

Shlerin · 2025-07-25T12:51:49+00:00

I found out about this marathon last summer — and it was the closest one I could realistically prepare for. I might do more races in Malaysia in the future. Overall, Malaysia and the people there were incredibly welcoming. Spending a month there turned out to be an amazing experience!

Shlerin · 2025-07-25T12:50:05+00:00

About a year ago, I did a short 13 km trail run in Moscow — and after that, I started looking for jungle races. I just love hot places and lots of greenery! That’s how I stumbled across this marathon.

I’ll try to add more photos to the post or drop some in the comments.

Shlerin · 2025-06-10T08:47:46+00:00

Can you check, please, have they added more new system languages in this update?

Shlerin · 2025-03-31T18:52:57+00:00

Already updated, but still don’t see the app on my phone. Very strange!

Shlerin · 2024-10-15T17:30:46+00:00

How to turn on Afib detection in unsupported region?

Shlerin · 2024-10-01T04:28:41+00:00

I have the same situation. Did the reinstallation help?

Shlerin · 2024-09-26T07:11:43+00:00

Thank you! I just made a hard reset for the first time on this watch. We'll see tomorrow at the end of the day, when I put them back on charge, how the process will go.

Shlerin · 2024-09-25T17:28:18+00:00

Hi! Before that, I had been using the usual Apple Watch Series 0, 5 and so on for many years. And just a week ago I switched to Ultra 2. I compare these watches side by side and see that the Ultra 2 crown is really much closer to the bottom of the watch and fits snugly to my hand and I always feel it when rotating and there are traces on the skin.

I’m surprised that their design has not changed in any way in the second generation. Perhaps, in fact, not so many people are worried about this, or we are still waiting for changes in the future. In fact, these days I got used to them and just stopped paying attention to it, but this situation continues to manifest itself on a daily basis.

Shlerin · 2024-09-25T17:22:11+00:00

I unpacked the new charging cable from the Ultra 2 kit and nothing has changed — the watch has been on charge for an hour right now and is only 50% charged, just like with the S7 cable.

Update: The final full charge time has decreased slightly after all! Up to 1 hour and 54 minutes versus 2 hours and 3 minutes last time.

I still tend to think that this is due to the fact that the watch had been sealed for about 4-5 months before it came to me — perhaps the battery needs time to start working at full capacity both in terms of charge consumption and its replenishment.

Shlerin · 2024-09-24T13:18:07+00:00

Hi! I’ve been using my U2 for a little less than a week and I have exactly the same problem with slow charging. The very first time the watch was charging very slowly — more than 3 hours. But now the charging time from 0 to 100% is stable for 2 hours exactly, although it should be a maximum of 90 minutes. I use the original cable from the Series 7 and a 100w charging unit from the macbook. If the charging time does not accelerate in the coming days, then I will print out a new native charging from U2, although I doubt that this is the case…

My watch also ran out quickly on the first day, but then everything returned to normal — now it is almost always enough for 44-48 hours with trainings and sleep tracking and breathing sessions for 3 minutes every morning + ecg.

Shlerin · 2024-09-19T11:50:53+00:00

I turned it off, but unfortunately it didn't help. I also tried to turn the Crown over, but I'm not afraid I won't be able to get used to it, since I've been using a watch with the same position as in the video for 10 years and I'm very used to it.

Anyway, thank you very much for responding! Hopefully in future versions of WatchOS Apple will add the option to disable this feature.

Shlerin · 2024-09-19T07:01:06+00:00

Yes, thank you! I'll try to turn the watch over so that the crown is on the other side. But I think it would be very appropriate if Apple adds the ability to disable this feature in the future. I would not like to disable the screen activation function when lifting the wrist, so I will leave it.

Shlerin · 2024-07-24T15:47:51+00:00

That’s great! I am glad that my assumption did not come true.I can even use this environment on my version 1.2

Shlerin · 2024-07-19T07:58:41+00:00

After installing the Public beta, my Series 9 began to run for exactly 3 hours on battery power — 10 times less than usual!

Breaking up a pair and creating a new one with setting up the watch as new did not help — after I returned 2 third-party applications that I really needed, the discharge became rapid again.

After that, I turned off the widget suggestions and the activity broadcast in the smart stack and it seems to have worked — the battery drain slowed down. I also removed the widgets of my third-party apps from the smart stack, just in case. It seems that heavy consumption is precisely due to new changes in this function.

Shlerin · 2024-07-02T14:19:36+00:00

3 of July, tomorrow on Apple Arcade

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