Owners are reporting unusual battery drain recently after updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7.
Widget Wipeout?
To find your iOS widgets, navigate to the Home screen and swipe left, Boyd says.
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You’ll be brought to a page with several widgets that come stock with the iOS 14 update.
To stop this feature, openSettings, tapPrivacy, and tapResearch Sensor & Usage Data, Boyd said.
Another oldie but goodie battery-saving trick is to disable Push Mail.
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Fetch Your Own Mail
Boyd suggestssetting your Mail to Fetch.
To adjust this feature, openSettings, tapMail, then tapAccounts.
UnderAccounts, tapFetch New Data.
The new battery drain issue is really bugging users.
“Turn off your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not in use as they drain the battery, too.
Reduce your brightness manually and turn off the auto-brightness feature too.”
iPhone owners have been complaining about battery drain during many iterations of iOS in recent years.
The problem could be even worse as the iPhone 12 isrumored to soon launch with smaller batteriesthan previous models.
Analysts expect Apple to soon roll out a more permanent fix to the battery drain problem.
Until then, remembers your ABCs: Always Be Charging.
