2016 macbook pro 15" with touch bar poor battery life

I do not know this for sure. It is just a guess.

The major power problem was that it kept the external graphics chipset powered-up when it wasn't needed. So you're sucking power like you're playing a fast 3D game just to read email. It seems possible that having the HDMI adapter plugged in was telling the computer you needed fast 3D graphics (which you would to output a display at HDMI). The computer can't tell you don't have the other end of the adapter plugged into anything.

Hey all,

For me, the problem persists. I've upgraded my 15'' 2016 MBP to 10.12.3. I also went through the steps that LidoShuffling suggested. And I consistently get significantly fewer than 10 hours of battery life. Today was an illustration:

My battery ran down from 100% to 4% in 6 hours and 9 minutes. Apps I was using: Safari ~5 tabs open, Evernote, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Sophos antivirus running in background, Mail (later switched to Microsoft Outlook), and Word (briefly toward the end). Brightness at 11 clicks (2/3 of the way) and with keyboard backlights turned off. No peripherals. Most of the time there were no apps "using significant energy" according to the activity monitor. (Small caveat: I did notice that at one point my batter usage dropped quickly just as I was configuring Outlook. But even before I did this, I used the battery from 100% to 34% and it lasted only 4 hours and 27 minutes (so about 4 minutes for every percentage point of battery, compared to the 6 minute it should be if the battery lasted 10 hours)).

Do folks have any suggestions if any of the apps I was using are supposed to be particularly impactful (Evernote, sophos?). Other hypotheses include: my machine is defective; Apple's software updates haven't solved the problem.

P.S. Reading this forum has been very helpful. Thank you all for contributing useful suggestions!

Guys keep this going post as much as you could till someone from Apple hear us and do something about it .

You all have to call Apple and get a case number so they know that you have this issue going on , other wise you might lose and only the pnce who had documented this will Winn

Please keep posting keep your voice loud so someone listens to us and resolve our problem .

We all paid high price to get the top of the line .

This is not a cheap toy .

My dear friend thank you for posting such a helpful article that might help many people . Wish I can try it now on my MBP .

I have a new opened case and an Apple engeneer is working on my case and I was told not to do anything with it till I get in a few days a respond from Apple

But again thank you for a very helpful post .

Call Apple right away and open a case . Unless you bought the MBP less than 14 Days and you could return it for a full refund .

As I posted in one of my earlier posts that I had a replacement from Apple but the new one did the same and I did open another case but it is going so slow that it has been now over a week that no calls by the Senior Advisor to keep working on this case .I am kind of giving up,They all say I will help you along with the engineers to resolve your issue but so far nothing.Hope that we all did not get a Lemon as many are saying.

Hope that my reply helps you.

Great post, thanks for this.

I did the same and the battery life of my laptop has jumped for 3.5-4hrs to ~9hrs.

I also applied the latest MacOS update, and switched Chrome for Safari which I'm sure is also contributing.

hi there. I've used my MBP now for 7 hours watching movies from Youtube and Netflix and with some moderate Web surfing using Safari. It still shows that I have 30% juice left. This definitely is good news for me. I see a lot of improvement and would encourage others to try this if they haven't. It's working for me so I'm a happy camper. Thanks again for your suggestions.

Hi all,

I've already bought a new macbookpro 2016 and I feel kind disappointed with battery life.

It is worser than my macbookpro 2015 15" and 13" I've been using.

My new mbp 2016 has a terrible battery. Even when I charged it 100%, it quickly drops to <90% percents in less 30mins. such a terrible battery.

I thought it might 10 hours battery life but it's not.

it's a scam advertising, scam specs. ><

There are 539 or more posts on this thread. Some of them are simply complaints, but many of them tell the stories of how users improved their battery life substantially by making just a few simple changes. it would not hurt you to do some reading.

If you prefer, your Mac comes with 90 days of free telephone support, and the Apple first responders would be happy to work with you on the known ways to improve your battery life.

Hi,

You have 90 days of free support. I suggest calling Apple and asking them, and if you're not satisfied, go to an Apple store, and if you're not satisfied, return your MBP inside the 14 day return window and get a new one.

As far as I know time remaining indicator is showing wrong information on new Macs. I have the same issue on my 13" MBP with TouchBar. It is showing different info time by time

maxsab wrote:

As far as I know time remaining indicator is showing wrong information on new Macs. I have the same issue on my 13" MBP with TouchBar. It is showing different info time by time

But OP said that was the actual run time they got, so it doesn't matter what indicator said.

Apple Support told me to change my Mac. BTW I am not sure my new Mac will not have the same issue as the old one.

Sry, what is "OP"?

maxsab wrote:

Apple Support told me to change my Mac.

Charge it? Yes, if this is the first time, second time could be very different. Sorry I didn't catch that.

maxsab wrote:

BTW I am not sure my new Mac will not have the same issue as the old one.

True, if it's a flaw in the MBP and/or Sierra.