What's up with WhatsApp draining battery at warp speed?

I also have recently realised that WhatsApp is taking more battery. When I check my battery stats I found out that it is running in background for like 6-7 hrs everyday. So if you also see the similar thing then try turning off background app refresh.

I dont think turning background app refresh off will solve the problem, you will not get messages until you open the app.

In the Settings app, scroll down and tap WhatsApp, then turn off Background App Refresh. WhatsApp battery usage is then quite sensible, I find.

Since latest update last week my battery is on 90%iat night in the morning the battery is dead is this apple back deliberately interfering with customer iPhone batteries once again .so that you buy new batteries or take out nee contracts . Never asked up date It just does it the. You lose all battery power

Mac Jim ID wrote:

Don't forget that WhatsApp is owned by a data harvesting company and that is where they get their profits.

Reasons 1-99 why I don't use WhatsApp.

As I've heard said, if the service is free, you're not the customer, you're the product.

Don't forget that WhatsApp is owned by a data harvesting company and that is where they get their profits. They will use any information that you have given them permission to use. Their App Privacy disclosure in the App Store claims they use:

• Purchases
• Locations
• Contacts
• Identifiers
• Diagnostics
• Financial Info
• Contact Info
• User Content
• Usage Data.

In addition you may have even granted access for them to use your Photo Library. That is a lot of info for them to collect and will require battery power to send it all to them.

I have no idea. I don't use WhatsApp. I'm sure even FB/Meta must provide some mechanism for backing up accounts, though. Or, you could just wait until they get around to fixing it.

Meanwhile, try force quitting the app. Maybe that will convince it to behave properly.

Tecun_Uman wrote:

Thanks! I live down here in Guatemala and that is about all everyone uses here so it kind of is the standard whether I want to use it or not! I even uninstalled the App and reinstalled it, but that did not solve the issue. I contacted Apple support for iPhone with the issue as well. It very well may come down to gutting it out until Apple iPhone fixes the bug.

Unfortunately, it's not Apple's bug to fix. It's Facebook/Meta's. Their apps are well-known memory and power hogs. And, in the last couple of months, they've released a number of problematic updates.

It would be up to Meta to fix any bugs with their App and not Apple. You could send feedback to Meta, but as stated before, that is their business practice to gather as much information from you as possible and I don't suspect they will change their ways. Messages is end to end encrypted just like WhatsApp and in most cases offers better security especially when it comes to your personal data. It is also installed on every iPhone, although not compatible with Android.

Sound like the recent WhatsApp update needs to be fixed. Start by deleting the app and re-installing it. If that doesn't work, try contacting Facebook/Meta.