iPhone Users Complain of Battery Drain Issues After iOS 14.6 Update

iPhone customers are reporting of a extreme battery drain concern after updating to iOS 14.6. This replace was launched late final month and consists of Apple Card Family, Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, and AirTag associated modifications amongst different issues. The replace seemed to repair points with the startup efficiency of gadgets, however it appears to have introduced alongside issues of its personal. One iPhone person claimed that his gadget drained by a large 70 p.c in a single day, whereas one other person mentioned that his telephone’s battery continued to empty even when he left his telephone on charging in a single day.

Users are taking to the Apple Support Forum to complain of this battery drain concern. iPhone customers are accustomed to seeing the battery energy go down by a couple of factors in a single day, however customers are reporting of ‘extreme’ battery drainage after updating to iOS 14.6. A user mentioned that their iPhone XS battery drained right down to about 30 p.c within the morning even after totally charging it earlier than going to mattress. This is to say the battery drained by a large 70 p.c even when the telephone was left idle.

An iPhone 12 person complained that their telephone’s battery went as much as solely 30 p.c even after maintaining it on charging in a single day and that it “keeps on draining”. The person says that the gadget’s battery well being —a sign of its present well being in comparison with the unique capability— is at 96 p.c.

This concern doesn’t appear to be restricted to some handsets and several other customers throughout completely different fashions and generations of the iPhone, together with the iPhone 12 mini, are complaining of the difficulty. Users have recognized that the difficulty has cropped up after their gadgets had been up to date to iOS 14.6. Apple is but to acknowledge the difficulty and provide an answer.

One person on Reddit claimed that the issue could also be associated to AirTags being added to the Find My Network. “A ton of people have said once they added an AirTag, their battery life took a hit. But you also got to realize that AirTag location awareness was also added to every iOS device with 14.6,” the person mentioned.