Watchface matters a lot to battery use More on reddit.com

Maybe the 6 *was* a laggy mess, but after the updates over the year it works just fine for me. My 7 comes today so I suppose there will be some hiccoughs and a little time before the battery gets its bearings, but I expect it to perform about the same - just with more sensors More on reddit.com

People are just now starting to get the watch. It takes a few days to optimize and analyze how they used the watch for the battery life to be good. I wouldn't be worried yet at all. I have the ultra coming next week myself. I just want it to make it to bed at night and not die during the day. My usual routine now though is wear it 23.5\7. I charge it nearly every day while I shower for half hour or so and make it through the day. Never had an issue. Once a week, I charge it to full. People expect the world from the watches and for everything it does, 1.5 to 2 days is plenty for the occasional time I don't charge it in that small window. More on reddit.com

In the absence of any concrete reviews of the GW7...I'd provisionally say "yes," it's worth upgrading to GW7 from GW5. I've had the bluetooth GW5 44mm for 2.5 years and it's been, hands-down, THE best WearOS smartwatch I've owned. Couldn't be happier. I get 2.5 days between charges, which was a big win for me a couple years ago coming from Mobvoi's TicWatch E3. We've heard a lot of advance talk and discussion about the new processor used in the GW7 lineup...but no REAL, down to earth details about improvements in battery life. Yet, I have to believe that IF I use my incoming LTE GW7 44mm similarly to how I used my GW5...I'm likely to get even a BIT better battery life. We'll see... :) More on reddit.com