topic Re: WH-1000XM3 battery drain in Portable Audio

WH-1000XM3 battery drain

tg1413 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:48:52 GMT

I've had the WH-1000XM3s for a little over a year and half. They've served me really well and the battery has always lived up to the advertised 30 hours - until recently. Up until a week or two ago, I could use my headphones for multiple hours in the day at work, as well as at night, and only need to charge them every 5 days or so. Since the beginning of the year the battery is draining much more quickly than usual. Now the battery will drop 30% after around 4 hours of use, and now I need to charge them every 2 or 3 days. This is all while having adaptive sound control off, and having the auto-off set to 5 minutes.

I understand that battery life will always deteriorate over time but the sudden drop I've experienced has me concerned. As far as I can remember I haven't update the software recently so I can't pinpoint it to that. Has anyone else had similar issues or recommendations to resolve this?

Re: WH-1000XM3 battery drain

Joe_Dohn — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:22:28 GMT

Check out the expected battery life for the different settings.

Also, I'd recommend having the battery re-calibrated (charging to 100% then using till 0% a couple of times).

Hope this helps!

- JD

Re: WH-1000XM3 battery drain

Martychris — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 17:48:46 GMT

I don’t know if anyone has an explanation for this. Mine are now 2 years old and battery life is down to 25 minutes for the left and 30 minutes for the right. They are almost not fit for purpose now.

Re: WH-1000XM3 battery drain

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:09:56 GMT

Hi @Martychris Do you mean the WF-1000XM3 or a different model?

Re: WH-1000XM3 battery drain

Martychris — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:23:32 GMT

Yes they're WH-1000XM3