Are you experiencing excessive battery drain on iOS 16? Since updating my iPhone 13 Mini to it, I have. I’ll lose between 10-30% of battery overnight. Looking at the battery stats I can’t figure out why. It’s a very strange one.
Category: iOS
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I’m all for reporting bugs with iOS 16 on the iPhone 13 Mini but when none of them are worked on it gets frustrating. I know it’s not new someone pointing out the waste of time that reporting bug with Apple is but I’ve hit my limit now too.
This might get old but all I can do is talk about them here hoping someone at Apple can see me being vocal about it.
(Apologies in advance on this, you may see more in the future 😀).
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I’ve done some testing after my post this morning and I’ve made a discovery. This bug only happens on Zoom mode enabled, something I use.
Sigh.
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This all looks very encouraging. Really good write up from MacStories.
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I’ve held off running the iOS 16 beta this time around. I’ve been busy and didn’t want to mess with anything. But now I’m back off holiday I put iOS 16 beta 4 onto my iPhone 13 Mini. In my testing I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how it runs.
Battery was down about 10%, which seems ok to me. It’s not far off iOS 15 in terms of day to day performance.
The only issues I found was the phone got a bit warmer, especially when charging. I also noticed bugs (as you’d expect) with the new Lock Screen functionality.
If you’re worried about battery life on the iPhone Mini models on iOS 16, I wouldn’t worry. Go into it open minded that you’ll experience crashes and your device isn’t going to be as stable and may get a little warmer.
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So with the launch of the public beta of iOS 16 it’s tempting to put it on your main device but it’s important to think about your next couple of months. iOS 16 with launch for everyone in the first two weeks of September so from now until then you need to think about how long you are willing to have less battery and some apps breaking.
Personally I’m still on iOS 15.5 and been considering moving to iOS 16 again but I have some day trips where I’ll be away from a charger. I have the iPhone 13 Mini and in my previous iOS 16 testing I definitely noticed the reduction in battery.
At this point I’m not willing to make the trade for some Lock Screen improvements. They look good from a distance but in reality after you’ve messed with them for a bit it’s business as usual.
Anyone else on a Mini that can share their battery experience with me?
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I’ve been testing out iOS 16 on the iPhone 13 mini just for the fitness plus classes and after a day of testing I’m about 20-30% less after a full day compared to iOS 15. I finished the day before bed on 22% where normally that would be around 40-50%.
If you have full days away from a charger then I’d seriously think about not using the beta until later on in the summer. For me I can charge in the car and I work from home so it’s not a big deal. On a day trip I can take my Anker MagSafe battery pack so I think I’m covered.
I will say though that in day to day use there isn’t a huge amount of change, unless there’s something specific you want to test I’d just stay where you are.
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As soon as iOS 16 beta 1 dropped I installed it onto my iPhone 13, it’s my only one so it’s my main device I use day to day. After a day and a half and running into a few issues that I rely on I’ve been back on iOS 15.5 and it’s made me realise how incremental iOS 16 is.
The Lock Screen changes are big but without third party support in my opinion it’s not worth the battery hit. In my testing I was about 40% down on what I would normally have, this gave me some battery anxiety I didn’t need.
If you’re anxious to try out the beta I’d hold off until the public beta is available and then you can be confident the main kinks have been worked out.
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For me the most interesting update to iPadOS is something that only some can use. This is the new multitasking that is emulating what Apple are also doing on the Mac. If you don’t have a new M1 iPad Pro there is little point in potentially causing yourself problems using the Beta.
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It goes without saying if you rely on banking apps and other things that keep your business running day to day you shouldn’t use a beta but for most of us it’s tolerable if you want to test the new and shiny.
In my testing so far of iOS 16 beta 1 I’ve noticed that performance is pretty much on par with the stable iOS 15. I’m not seeing any lag (on my iPhone 13) and there are no show stopping bugs.
I’m not seeing any issues in the apps that I rely on day to day.
In terms of battery life it’s definitely lower. I know I’ve not fully done a day yet but just in using it I’m noticing a drop of around 10% compared to iOS 15. This is expected with all of the background logging.
If you travel a lot and rely on battery then don’t upgrade to the beta, just wait until maybe beta 4.
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I was looking to compile this list myself but Apple have done it for me.
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I quite like having access to spotlight without dragging down on the Home Screen but it can look odd if you like a clean setup.
Good news is that you can remove it.
Settings -> Home Screen -> toggle Show Spotlight.
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I got one of my wishes, I can now use Fitness+ without a need for an Apple Watch!
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I’ve been switching back to reminders more recently and with the debut of iOS 16 we have some new functionality.
LJPUK 