How to Put Your Apple Watch In Power Reserve Mode [Video]

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Posted April 29, 2015 at 7:43pm by Shalom Levytam

These are instructions on how to put the Apple Watch into Power Reserve mode. You may want to do this to save power when your battery is low.

Step One
Swipe up on the watch face, then swipe to the Power glance

How to Put Your Apple Watch In Power Reserve Mode [Video]

Step Two
Tap Power Reserve, then tap Proceed.

You can also press and hold the side button until you see the power reserve slider appear, then drag it to the right.

Once in Power Reserve mode the Apple Watch continues to keep and display time, but other apps aren’t available for use.

Step Three
To return to normal power mode, press and hold the side button to restart the Apple Watch. There must be sufficient charge in the battery for this to work.

Please note: The Apple Watch automatically enters Power Reserve mode if the percentage of battery charge remaining drops below approximately 10 percent.

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AppleGuy299 - April 29, 2015 at 9:48pm

And when will iClarified launch a watchkit app? I think it'll be really useful for people who like to follow apple news from iClarified.

Eli Rivers - April 30, 2015 at 12:57pm

I definitely agree. I am a person that uses iClarified everyday and it would be nice to have our new right in our wrist.

gamerscul9870 - April 29, 2015 at 9:48pm

If someone could make a charger with a heart rate sensor, I could charge the watch while wearing it but still have less time to keep removing and reattaching the charge cable, so power reserve may help.

dk2013 - April 29, 2015 at 8:24pm

Does anyone know how long the battery will last if you ONLY use the watch in power reserve mode? Say I'm on a long international flight, and only care about the time so I put the watch in power reserve... how long would it last?

Phunsuk - April 29, 2015 at 9:12pm

You get 72 hours with the watch face in Power Reserve Mode. And it's supposed to go into power reserve mode when about 10% is left, so I guess around 720 hrs (roughly 30 days) based on a simple calculation.

dk2013 - April 30, 2015 at 12:47am

Thanks for answering. I think though it probably just means 72 hours total in power reserve mode, not 720 hours. But still plenty for those kinds of situations.

yas9in - April 30, 2015 at 2:27am

it'll last for quite a while. weeks probably.