I notice that my brandnew iPhone 15 pro max battery isn't lasting more than 6-8 hour of battery screen. Whatsapp is the most battery consuming app with 3-4 hours (daily) of background activity usage (vs 1 hour of whatsapp screen usage daily), is these battery usage normal? (iOS 17.4.1)
iPhone 15 Pro Max
Shut off Background Refresh for the app at Settings > General > Background App Refresh. It is not unusual for social media apps to use a large portion of your battery.
WhatsApp claims to be a privacy centric platform, but you can clearly see the data it collects about you in the Privacy page for the app in the App Store. Sending all this data about you to their servers will consume your battery. Here is the data it collects about you as they note on their own page in the App Store.
Background Activity means that most of the app's battery usage – such as playing music or tracking location – happened while the app was running .
About the battery usage on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Yes, but the time in "background" exceed the "screen" time.
I will try. Instagram and whatsapp are the most battery usage apps in my iPhone.
Whatsapp background activity drains battery
