Poor Battery Life After iOS 16.5 Update

There are LOTS of people reporting sudden poor battery duration. I, too, have reported it. After 16.5 update, my battery life went from lasting ALL DAY with 30-40% charge left, to now having to charge mid-day to get me through til 11pm. Nothing else changed. No apps were changed. No background updating etc is different.

I noticed that some of the replies are suggesting that it is “user caused” and the updates don’t actually create changes in battery usage. There are hundreds and hundreds of people reporting this now after this update. I sure hope Apple looks into this!

Hello,

With any new version of iOS there are always maintenance and re-indexing tasks to be performed. It should settle down in a few days. These are the standard steps for short battery life: 

1) Have you tried a restart?  If not, do it now.

2) Go to Settings > Battery > BATTERY USAGE BY APP to see the apps that are consuming your battery.

3) Check “Battery Health” in the link: 

iPhone Battery and Performance

4) If all else fails, consider a battery replacement:

iPhone Battery Service

Good luck.

I'm having the same issue and tried so many things or deleted Apps. It has been this bad for quite a while now, iphone 13 pro. Very annoying, battery used to last 2 days now I cannot even make 1 day. Battery drains very constantly and after around 9 hours no matter how much I use it or even if it's in flight mode the battery is empty... Please fix this.

F you Apple. Destroyed my phone and won’t acknowledge the fault. C u next Tuesdays

This exactly what’s happening with my iphone 13 Pro 128gb. Im even struggling with charging speed now too!!!