--- title: "Wear OS 5 triples down on battery life" url: https://daily.dev/posts/wear-os-5-triples-down-on-battery-life-9w33c8a2p source_url: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24156161/wear-os-5-google-io-smartwatch type: article source: "The Verge" published: 2024-05-15T17:02:53.603Z updated: 2024-05-15T17:02:53.169Z tags: ["google", "android", "wear-os"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Wear OS 5 triples down on battery life **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Wear OS 5 is set to improve battery life for Android smartwatches, with 20% less battery consumption during activities like running a marathon. The update also includes improvements to watch faces and adds support for advanced running metrics in fitness features. The Wear OS user base grew by 40% in the last year across 160 countries and regions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#wear-os](https://daily.dev/tags/wear-os) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/wear-os-5-triples-down-on-battery-life-9w33c8a2p)