Facebook apologises for iPhone battery drain issues, releases partial fix

Facebook has just pushed out an update to its app on the App Store, that somewhat fixes the battery drain issue that many iPhone owners have been complaining about.

The problem was first discovered by Circa co-founder Matt Galligan on Medium, who demonstrated how the Facebook app accounted for 50% of the battery drain in the new iPhone 6S Plus over a one-week period.

‘A CPU spin is like a child in a auto asking, “Are we there yet?”

Another problem that was identified by Facebook in their app was related to audio playback. He also affirmed suspicions that the Facebook app was playing silent audio even when running in the background and called the behavior “unintentional”. “This is like when you close a music app to do something else, but intend for the music to keep playing, only in this case the app was playing silence”.

“The app isn’t actually doing anything while awake in the background, but it does use more battery simply by being awake”, he said. Grant claims that “our fixes will solve this audio issue and remove background audio completely”.

The Facebook app is universal and designed for the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad/iPad mini.

A new feature in iOS 9 tells iPhone users how much time they have spent browsing the internet and using different apps such as Facebook or Candy Crush, for example.

Facebook has released a update for its iOS app which addresses the recently-reported battery drain issue. The version released today has a few improvements that should start making this better.

Facebook iOS Manager Ari Grant has apologised for the issues with the app and reiterated the United States firm’s commitment to battery usage within its mobile software.

So if you believe Grant, this is a simple bug.

After releasing the latest version of the Facebook app, the company’s representatives also offered a few explanations regarding the battery drain issue.

Earlier this month the social media giant said it was looking into reports that its iOS app was to blame for shorter battery life, and today it issued a mea culpa on (of course) Facebook.