Millions of iPhone fans are furious about new battery fault – three ways to fix it

IPHONE users have been getting fed up with their device's battery drain after updating to iOS 16.

iOS 16 comes packed with not only plenty of exciting new features but a few bugs as well.

One such bug seems to be draining their iPhone batteries quicker than pre-update, users are claiming on social media.

"Anyone else finding #iOS16 is draining your phone battery!? I’ve been up 90 minutes and it’s gone from 100% to 73%…" one user wrote.

"Noticed on iOS 16, the battery was draining very fast each day. Went to battery settings and it shows 1.1.1.1 by far is the number 1 battery drain," a second user said.

"Is this a bug on iOS 16 or is this app just a major drain in general compared to other apps/screens?" they added.

"Experiencing a huge amount of battery drain on the official iOS 16 release. My battery went down 10% within an hour without even touching it," another shared.

What's going on?

It's very common when a new OS comes out, that minor bugs slip through the cracks.

Fortunately, the battery loss is not a symptom of a larger problem with iOS 16 but a typical problem for new software installation.

It seems that the iPhone models more impacted by the issue include the iPhone XR to the 13, according to Tom's Guide.

Why does this happen?

The term 'bug' refers to an error, flaw, or fault in a software's design, development, or operation

These bugs tend to produce an incorrect or unexpected result or cause the software to behave in unintended ways.

Battery drain is one of the most common problems that pop up after an iOS release.

How to fix the issue

If your device is suffering from battery drain, you can try a few things.

First, you can try restarting your phone. You can do this by holding both the lock screen and volume buttons until you see 'power off'.

If that doesn't work, you can reset your settings, and/or check your apps.

Should those options fail, you could wait for Apple to issue a fix, or to downgrade to iOS 15.

Tom's Guide expects a patch to come out with the iOS 16.3 update, though they note they "have not seen any signs of this so far".