Apple’s latest operating system for its smartwatches, watchOS 11, was launched a few weeks ago, bringing with it an array of exciting new features including a translation tool, sleep apnea detection, and new watch faces. However, it also came with a bug that rapidly depleted the watch’s battery life. The good news is that Apple has now released a fix for this issue in the form of watchOS 11.0.1.

The battery drain was so severe that a Reddit user, going by the handle Brilliant_Command206, shared that their watch had lost 72% of its battery life in just over ten hours after installing watchOS 11. Another user reported their watch losing all its charge in just six hours. Several suggestions were made to resolve the issue, but some Apple Watch users continued to experience battery drain at seemingly random times.

This isn’t entirely unprecedented, as a similar issue was reported last year with watchOS 10. Fortunately, Apple promptly addressed the problem and released an update. Along with the fix for the battery drain issue, this update also rectifies another bug which was causing the Music app to crash and another that resulted in random reboots of the Apple Watch. The full details of the patch can be found on Apple’s developer blog and are worth reading.

The update is available now and can be accessed through the Settings app. While this update won’t significantly change how your Apple Watch operates or introduce any new features, it does resolve multiple bugs that have been causing frustration among users.

If you’re finding that your Apple Watch’s battery life isn’t up to par, there are steps you can take to extend it. This article is a valuable resource for Apple Watch users and those considering investing in one.