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But it turns out it may not have been such a great deal after all.

Before doing the update my battery would last about 5 -6 days, wrote one user on theofficial forums.

Fitbit Versa 3 review

Now since doing the update it lasts less than a day.

That’s with everything turned off too (eg.

Notifications, snore detection, vibrations etc).

Fitbit Sense review

This triggered a host of similar horror stories in the replies.

It is unusable, responded another.

Its a similar story onRedditwith less than 24 hours being the norm.

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Drains from 85% to 35% in 3hres, wrote one owner.

I went from getting 3 days to barely 24 hours after the update, writes another.

Imagine if a car company could make a car’s max speed 15mph in response to an airbag recall.

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