New IPad Pro M4 13 inch battery draining fast

Rubee wrote:

My new 2024 11 inch iPad Pro is seeing issues with the battery draining overnight from 80% to 0% it wouldn’t even turn on in the morning. Any ideas why it can drain when off? I never had an iPad do this in the past. My old v1 iPad Pro still hold a better charge. In fact, it was sitting right next to the 2024 iPad and it still has plenty of charge and hasn’t been plugged in for a few days.

Something isn't right.

Try a forced-restart of your iPad - as this will often clear an isolated software issue:

Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)

If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:

1. Press and quickly release the volume button nearest to the top button.
2. Press and quickly release the volume button farthest from the top button.
3. Press and hold the top button.
4. When the Apple logo appears, release the top button.

Force restart iPad (models with the Home button)

Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.

If the problem persists after performing the restart, it may be necessary to reset your iPad settings. While this reset will not cause any loss of data, as a precaution, it is always wise to ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes backup before performing the reset:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

When you are happy to proceed, you can perform the reset from iPad settings:

Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Reset > Reset All Settings

If the problem still doesn’t clear, the next step is to reset the iPad to factory settings:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

Otherwise, you would be best advised to seek assistance directly from Apple Support. You can contact the Support Team using the Support link at top-right or bottom-left of this page. Alternatively and perhaps easier, you can initiate and manage your support cases using the excellent Apple Support App. If not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-support/id1130498044

You might also visit the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store or Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) - where the technicians will be able to test and assess your iPad - and you can explore your available options:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

Be aware that if purchased directly from Apple, you have 14-days within which to unconditionally return your new iPad for exchange or refund. If you have any issues that cannot be easily resolved, you would be best advised to make use of the opportunity while it is available.

Also seeing the same issue on my brand new M4 iPad Pro 11". I was using Goodnotes for 1h57m and lost 63% of battery

It is not unusual for a new installation to be running background tasks to rebuild all the internal indexes for storage, and the extra work causes more battery load than expected by the user. This usually reverts to normal within about the first day.

The other issue is the New Toy Factor. The rated battery life is for a set of standard conditions which reflect normal usage. You have a new gadget, and if you are anything like me the screen (heavy battery user) was awake for several continuous hours while you explored. My 11" iPad Pro M4 went down to about 60% in a few hours yesterday afternoon after completing the initial setup. After re-charging it dropped 3% overnight in default configuration.

UPDATE: Spoke with support and they agreed there was a problem after running the diagnostics. They called my local Apple Store and I just returned home with a new replacement.

I had nothing running in the background and all updates had finished. When I tried to charge it this morning it stopped at 27% because it got too hot. That was the dead giveaway for me. The back of the unit was not just warm but hot to the touch.

All in all pretty painless except for the traffic by my Apple Store.

Sorry, don't guess, i'll tell you: it was at 100%.

Also, don't guess what i was doing: it was streaming media (downloaded to the device) and email connected via in-flight wifi. Some web browsing.

All these activities I'd do constantly on my previous 4th gen iPad pro and it performed far better.

I posted earlier in this thread about my 13" M4 draining fast; well now I also have an 11" Air and that seems even worse. Drains from fully charged to >30% overnight. I bought this for my wife, and all she does is some Instagram and reads a book before she goes to sleep.

@apple any thoughts on this? Do I need to return both units?

I just got iPad Pro 13”, and nothing the same issue if batter draining fast compare to my previous iPas Pro.

@sberman, it looks like you are doing something right with your iPad settings for the health of your battery.

Could you please share your settings, so I can learn from that?

I will really appreciate your help!

Whoa. June 8th (today) bought new iPad Air 13inch.

the battery drain is wild. I acknowledge setting up new iPad drains battery. Went from 100% to 27% in just 3 hrs of usage. Very normal stuff. Chess app, some Netflix.

I’m READING on the kindle app now which is the lowest possible battery usage, brightness is half, and it went from 35% to 27% in about ten minutes.

there must be something wrong with the software that it’s draining like this.

im tracking for, at most, 3-4 hours of usage

I‘m experiencing the same, although not quite on this extreme level; I purchased the new iPad Pro 13“ a couple of weeks ago and wasn‘t impressed by its battery life; it certainly isn‘t as advertised.

Charged the iPad yesterday to 100%, haven‘t used it since, and this morning it‘s down to 83%.

A few days back I spend several hours working on Affinity Designer, which drained the battery completely. At this rate of energy consumption, how could someone ever hope to do any really heavy lifting (3D graphics, audio or video editing, gaming) without constantly being connected to the power grid? -- Kind of beats the purpose of having a mobile device in the first place.

Find this totally unacceptable -- haven't been to the Apple shop yet, but I'm hoping this will soon turn out to be a bad production batch (and lead to a replacement) or a software issue. But it mistifies me how one of the most valuable and prestigious global brands like Apple doesn't consistently treat quality as its top priority. Shame, shame.

Lots of people have battery problem on the m4 iPad pro but why does all those youtubers making reviews of the iPad don’t talk about it, it looks like their iPad doesn’t have any battery problem at all??? Anyone know why?

Thanks for the thought, iSamuelle, but I just dropped nearly $2000 on this thing. I should not have to dim the incredible screen and turn off all the various other features that sold it to me in the first place (via Low Power Mode) just to get reasonable duration out of a charge. That’s just ridiculous and Apple ought to know it! I get great duration out of my iPhone without the need to turn it into a glorified Nokia from the 1990s and I expect the same from a brand-new “Pro” iPad.

@Snearff

Will it really be fixed when they release the new iPadOS in like 3 months time? It's also weird that all those youtubers reviewing the new m4 iPad don't have problem about their battery or they know it and they don't want to say it?

Just received my iPad Pro 11" m4 yesterday. I first charged it fully before turning it on. I started the basic configuration, the iPad downloaded the latest iPadOS. And it rebooted. I then installed everything from scratch. I downloaded all my apps and I configured them. I played a little with my new Precious till late at night and I opened the case again today when I came home. The battery was 86%. Now, after playing with it for an hour, it shows 75%.

So I'd say that I'm pretty happy with the autonomy so far. I will let the battery drain till 10% is left, then a full load. And then I will try to do the 20-80 charge.

Un conseil , installer Battery grapher sur vos iPad Pro puis mettre le widget de cette application , vous allez voir ainsi la consommation en heure en veille .

Mettez les graphiques en capture d écran la normale sur une nuit en veille sans actualisation ni gps c est moins de 2% voir 0%

https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/battery-grapher/id1498632956

LeKeiser wrote:

So I'd say that I'm pretty happy with the autonomy so far. I will let the battery drain till 10% is left, then a full load. And then I will try to do the 20-80 charge.

There's no reason to let it run out to 10%. It won't help or hurt anything to do so. You can charge it at any time.

See here for more details:

When to charge your iPhone or iPad - Apple Community