Some iOS users have been reporting problems with excessive battery drain after updating to iOS 11.4.
Last 8 July, 9to5Mac reported on a raft of posts on Apple forums complaining about excessive battery drain since updating. ZDNet also flagged complaints around the issue early last month.
The update to Apple's mobile operating system was released at the end of May, adding support for Messages in iCloud, plus some media and entertainment features, such as AirPlay 2 and support for two HomePod speakers to work as a stereo pair.
Safe to say, radically reduced battery life was not among the listed additions.
TechCrunch writer Natasha Lomas also noticed an alarming depreciation in battery performance after updating to iOS 11.4 at the end of last month - with the battery level dropping precipitously even when the handset was left untouched doing nothing.
TechCrunch reached out to Apple immediately after noticing the problem - but the company has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
Judging by forum complaints, other iOS users have also found that updating to iOS 11.4 impacts the standby battery life of their device.
The 'battery usage' report that's built into iOS also seemed unable to shed any light on what was causing the battery to drain so fast - listing an app that had been used prior to the previous charge as responsible for the largest chunk of usage. So evidently not identifying the real culprit.
In the end, rebooting the affected iPhone seemed to improve the battery drain issue.
Battery and performance issues have been something of a recurring problem for Apple's iOS devices in recent years.
Meanwhile after more user complaints last year Apple was forced to apologize for not being more transparent with customers about how it handles performance on iOS devices with older batteries - clarifying that its software in fact slows down the maximum performance of iPhones with older batteries as a power management technique to avoid unexpected shutdowns.
The company has faced lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny as a result of this throttling of device performance.
Last 8 July, 9to5Mac reported on a raft of posts on Apple forums complaining about excessive battery drain since updating. ZDNet also flagged complaints around the issue early last month.
The update to Apple's mobile operating system was released at the end of May, adding support for Messages in iCloud, plus some media and entertainment features, such as AirPlay 2 and support for two HomePod speakers to work as a stereo pair.
Safe to say, radically reduced battery life was not among the listed additions.
TechCrunch writer Natasha Lomas also noticed an alarming depreciation in battery performance after updating to iOS 11.4 at the end of last month - with the battery level dropping precipitously even when the handset was left untouched doing nothing.
TechCrunch reached out to Apple immediately after noticing the problem - but the company has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
Judging by forum complaints, other iOS users have also found that updating to iOS 11.4 impacts the standby battery life of their device.
The 'battery usage' report that's built into iOS also seemed unable to shed any light on what was causing the battery to drain so fast - listing an app that had been used prior to the previous charge as responsible for the largest chunk of usage. So evidently not identifying the real culprit.
In the end, rebooting the affected iPhone seemed to improve the battery drain issue.
Battery and performance issues have been something of a recurring problem for Apple's iOS devices in recent years.
Meanwhile after more user complaints last year Apple was forced to apologize for not being more transparent with customers about how it handles performance on iOS devices with older batteries - clarifying that its software in fact slows down the maximum performance of iPhones with older batteries as a power management technique to avoid unexpected shutdowns.
The company has faced lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny as a result of this throttling of device performance.
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