Battery Drain on iPhone - Apple Maps - iOS 16.x

This has been happening to me also, my battery will get warm to the touch and when I check how much battery has been used by Apple Maps is it around 65% after only a couple hours.

My thoughts are it could be caused by TikTok, it may be tracking locations

if you ever get it resolved, please let me know, using Google maps now- not bad just can’t click on address, need to copy and past addresses

If your phone is warm enough it won’t charge in your car, there is something else wrong, either a highly insulative case or your phone is in direct sunlight; I use my phone for navigation daily and have never, ever seen that message on any iPhone.

As far as battery usage, if you do an Internet search you will find complaints about it, especially Waze, from iPhone and Android users, because Waze isn’t just mapping it also serves up location-oriented ads and reports your travel speeds to their traffic servers and keeps track of you so it can show your location to other Waze users.

Independent tests have shown Waze draws the most power, Google Maps is second, and Apple Maps is the most power-conscious.

That’s what happened to me. I’ve not used the Apple Map app extensively since so it’s not so bad of late.

No - people can say what they like but there’s an issue for some of us with iOS 16. That’s the fact of it.

Steve

Same 16.4.1. Just noticed the battery drain over the last few days, Just started using apple maps, cause waze was giving some bad advice (not avoiding accidents, etc). Will switch back to waze until Apple addresses this. Should be escalated.....

Apparently you don’t understand what we are saying here. The battery drain with maps is MASSIVE and will over heat the phone AND even keeping it plugged in will not keep up. We are NOT having the same issue with Waze or Google maps.

I don't know how many people are on this forum but is it possible to know everyone here? I was hoping someone would have had the same experience and found a way around it. In my case, my local Apple store drew a blank with my phone testing out perfectly.

I have a suspicion the issue might have been fixed with the recent update as my battery is holding its charge better in the car these days, although I haven't used maps without plugging in recently.

Looking at reports from people with iPhone 13 and 14, it does seem that Apple have work to do on battery drainage for some users. My wife's iPhone 13 Mini lasts her really well in comparison to my iPhone 12, however.

Steve

I’m having the exact same issues. Have been for quite a while. I just went on a road trip using maps extensively and it would overheat and stop charging and forget it if I forgot to force close it. Glad I found this thread because I was about to get a new phone until I realized that maps was running. So frustrating!

I have the Same Problem with apple maps…

even if I close the App, I get the Notification on top of the screen.

maps is constantly checking my location.

it drains over the day and sometimes a reboot works for some time, but this should Not happen.

I will continue to use Google Maps, as this has better routing & no battery drain issues :)

There are lots of online resources discussing it because people think their iPhone is "overheating" when it is not.

Unless you see the "temperature warning" screen, it is not overheating.

If your iPhone or iPad gets too hot or too cold - Apple Support

You said that people say their phones are overheating, when they are not.

you aren’t actually listening to what people are saying before commenting. I understand that this isn’t an Apple Support site. But rather a place for Apple users to assist each other. If you haven’t experienced this issue or don’t know of a fix. Leave it be. Don’t argue just to be “right”. 😊

You are still not getting the point. Overheating doesn’t necessarily mean it is hot enough to trigger the temperature alarm. It could just be very warm to the touch. Brand new iPhone 14 Pro OS 16.5.1 using apple chargers and apple charge cords. Apple map drained my 100% charged phone down to 53% during a 1 hour 45 minute trip and it was being charged at the same time! This is a serious issue!

I tried doing a complete restore of my phone and it seemed to be better the first day and then i noticed maps again was top of the list for battery usage and phone almost completely dead way before the day end. Uninstalled and went back to google maps....

Mat,

Did you ever get this resolved?

Thanks

It is intermittent for me and has not changed with 16.3. It cannot be that widespread a problem so I wonder what else we have going on that is causing it