If you're looking at your iPhone's battery and wondering why it's draining so fast, you aren't alone. Some people report that their devices are suffering particularly badly with the latest updates.
The issues aren't just affecting older iPhones that have been updated to iOS 16, either. Even the best iPhones Apple sells today are affected, with iOS 16.4 being one particularly interesting update.
Some people report that the iOS 16.4a release has been particularly problematic — the "a" represents the first iPhone Rapid Security Response update to be pushed out to users. But oddly, some say that iOS 16.4 was the update that fixed their issues as well.
For better or worse
A search on Twitter suggests that the iOS 16 battery life situation is all over the place. Yahoo reports that some are having particularly bad battery life, although it doesn't link to examples. But we've seen some people complain about iOS 16.4a specifically.
Ultimately, battery life is always something that is difficult to pin down. Big releases like iOS 16 can cause issues initially, especially while iPhones run through a number of housekeeping tasks after a big new update is installed. But most people find that things eventually settle down again.
Other times it's a seemingly innocuous release that causes problems, as might be the case here with iOS 16.4a. However, we would always suggest that people install the latest updates to make sure that they're fully protected against any security issues that have been identified — and that's especially the case when we're talking about Rapid Security Response updates.
If you've recently updated to a new version of iOS and are having issues we'd suggest checking out our collection of tips on how to fix iPhone battery life problems.
If that doesn't help reaching out to Apple might be the only other thing left to try, unfortunately.
