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My iPhone has a “battery health” feature in iOS 12.1.2. Had it in iOS 12.1.1 also. But i cannot locate the same feature on my iPad which runs iOS 12.1.1.
Any suggestions on how to check my iPad battery health? I am wary about third oarty apps but will consider one if it is generally trustworthy.
Thank you, IdrisSeabright. I had not thought of that. Makes sense from a dispute settlement perspective. But it would still be helpful from an end-user product diagnostic and maintenance perspective. Here’s hoping Apple adds it in a future update.
Thank you for your enlightening reply.
But it would still be helpful from an end-user product diagnostic and maintenance perspective. Here’s hoping Apple adds it in a future update.
It's a lot less helpful than you might think. People pay far too much attention to battery health. Battery health will decrease over time. We know that. It's expected and normal. There's no particular reason to keep checking it. If the battery stops holding a charge, have your device checked by Apple. Until then, don't worry about it.
You are correct, of course, about battery health decreasing over time. The problem wit respect to diagnostics and replacement is that with respect to my iPhone, the Apple store told me last year they decide to honor the reduced price battery replacement only if battery health is below a certain level (80% if I remember correctly) and that i should check battery health periodically before making the trip in for further diagnostics and replacement. So “battery health” made all the difference with respect to whether i paid $29.99 or $79.99 to replace my iPhone battery.
You are correct, of course, about battery health decreasing over time. The problem wit respect to diagnostics and replacement is that with respect to my iPhone, the Apple store told me last year they decide to honor the reduced price battery replacement only if battery health is below a certain level (80% if I remember correctly) and that i should check battery health periodically before making the trip in for further diagnostics and replacement. So “battery health” made all the difference with respect to whether i paid $29.99 or $79.99 to replace my iPhone battery.
My understanding, based on what other people were told, was that they would replace the battery regardless if you had a 6 or 6S. And, they can also do diagnostics over the phone.
My observation here, since that feature was added, is that lots of people are obsessing over the battery health number. My advice to most people is ignore it unless 1) you're having issues or 2) you're within a month of so of the end of your warranty.
I have a 6S Plus. Long out of warranty. I necessarily use GPS and other location services a lot (plus audio streaming) so that was eating up my battery fast. The battery eventually fell below 80 percent so they replaced the battery in November i think. New battery is working well.
As I understand it, Apple didn't include that feature on iPads as they were never subject to throttling.
Checking iPad Battery Health
