The Apple Watch battery has a finite number of charge cycles

Apple Watch battery

Apple Watch battery it has only 205 mAh to provide an autonomy of only one day in case of normal use of the watch, and according to the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it has a finite number of recommended full charge cycles. In the Apple page dedicated to its new watch, it is specified that Apple Watch battery it can retain up to 80% of its charging capacity in the case of a maximum of 1000 charging cycles.

More precisely, we will be able to upload Apple Watch battery and we will be able to benefit from its total capacity, or up to 80% of it, for a little over 2 years and a half days, assuming that we charge it daily. In this situation, after completing 1000 charge/discharge cycles, the watch battery will have to be replaced, but probably few will keep their watch for such a long period of time.

Your battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 complete charge cycles. The one-year warranty (for Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport) and two-year warranty (for Apple Watch Edition) include service coverage for a defective battery. If it is out of warranty, Apple offers a battery service. Prices and terms may vary.

making a comparison with other Apple products, iPhones have batteries with 500 recommended full charge cycles, while in the case of iPods the figure is only 400. If we move to MacBooks or iPads, then the number of charge cycles recommended increases to 1000 for both products, these being charged less often than an iPhone or iPod.

If we're being honest, Apple can't be blamed for this number of full charge cycles for its watch battery, given the average lifespan of an electronic product. It is unlikely that an Apple Watch will be used for more than two years by a customer, or that it will work for such a long period of time, but anything is possible.