Users report significantly lower battery life on their iPhones

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If you don’t necessarily have to install iOS 14.6, it might be a good idea to wait for 14.7. Because it is clear that iOS 14.6 can lead to shortened battery life – it is unclear why.

A good week ago Apple released the operating system update to iOS 14.6. Since then, there have been complaints about reduced battery life. However, this is often the case after an update and usually takes a few days to settle in again.

In the case of the update to iOS 14.6, however, the complaints are not less, but more and more. Both in the official Apple support forum As in other forums and social networks, users complain that their iPhones have significantly reduced runtimes compared to iOS 14.5.

The problem cannot be limited to a specific series. Older models as well as the current iPhone 12 are affected. The only thing all devices have in common is that their users have updated them to iOS 14.6.

The fact that the affected iPhones get unusually warm is noticeable to users that the increased power consumption is not imagined. This is always an indication of a high processor load. It is common in games with a high level of detail, for example, but should not occur in normal everyday use.

The speculation is growing wild. Some see the airtags and the associated find network as the cause, others see media players as potential disruptive factors. Some users have succeeded in recognizing high consumption for Apple Music and Apple Podcasts in the battery settings. The noticeable: Both apps consume a lot of power, even if they are not used at all.

Usual methods such as forcibly closing the respective app or restarting the entire device should not be successful. Some people claim to have been able to eliminate the problem by completely deleting and reinstalling the Podcasts app. It is known that the podcasts app has been causing problems since iOS 14.5 and that Apple has initially postponed the introduction of a podcast subscription because of these problems.

The glitches introduced with iOS 14.5 include the lack of episodes of some subscribed podcasts in the app. In addition, there were reports of stuttering in playback, inaccurate device synchronization and incorrect time stamps in the playback display. At first glance, however, there is no concrete connection to the battery problem.

It is impossible to judge how widespread the problems actually are. We specifically updated two iPhones in the editorial office and did not notice any reduced runtimes.

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