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ploppy
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July 23, 2024

iPhone Battery Drain After Latest Update

  • July 23, 2024
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Delighted to get my system back working after the latest update(s), however …

It’s eating my iPhone battery.  87% over 13hrs background activity today and I’ve not even played any music.  This is not right, surely.

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    Pinned Reply By Rhonny

    There is a new SONOS APP UPDATE just gone live - for iOS it’s version 80.05.05 (not sure if there is an update for Android as the release notes are yet to go live).

    iOS App Store says:

    • Improves stability when adding new products
    • Addresses excess battery usage.

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    Prodigy III
    July 24, 2024

    Today the Sonos app used 53% of my battery, and I never actually used it, it was all background processing. Is there a crypto miner secretly included in the app??

    Hi @controlav, this has been spotted in both the latest iOS app and the Android app.

    Per the above, my guess is someone decided to address the responsiveness/latency issues with constant polling of the device firmware. I’d be keen to hear your own thesis!

      Don Emilio
      Contributor I
      July 25, 2024

      I have the same issue on iOS iPhone 13. Must be a general problem.

       

      Found this workaround on iPhone:

      Use the webapp player in Safari: https://play.sonos.com/en-us/web-app

       

      Remember to set browser to “Show normal website” otherwise it says screen size not supported. Works best by holding phone in landscape mode.

      jmyjazz
      Contributor I
      July 25, 2024

      I’m also seeing battery drain while the app is in the background, and also unable to turn iPhone system volume all the way down to 0, which I’ve posted about here - 

       

      Rhonny
      Prodigy III
      July 25, 2024

      I’m also seeing battery drain while the app is in the background, and also unable to turn iPhone system volume all the way down to 0, which I’ve posted about here - 

       

      Edited as I misread the issue (as you know from the other thread!) - thought it was app volume, not iPhone system volume...

      miataguy
      Avid Contributor II
      July 25, 2024

      Add me to the list. 1 minutes of app usage, 5 hours 10 minutes of background, and Sonos is responsible for 47% of my iPhone 15 Pro battery usage in the past 24 hours.

       

      Why is it always 1 step forward, 3 steps back?

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      Prodigy III
      July 25, 2024

      Running an experiment on the battery drain problem for anyone who want to play along at home …

      … just a hunch that the Bluetooth radio could be the culprit.

       

      @miataguy @Don Emilio @tg1 @digiveit 

        ploppyAuthor
        Avid Contributor I
        July 25, 2024

        Running an experiment on the battery drain problem for anyone who want to play along at home …

        … just a hunch that the Bluetooth radio could be the culprit.

         

        @miataguy @Don Emilio @tg1 @digiveit 

        Sorry for repeating myself, but I asked on your linked topic - what would the Sonos app use BT for?

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        Prodigy III
        July 25, 2024

        Sorry for repeating myself, but I asked on your linked topic - what would the Sonos app use BT for?

        Hi @ploppy, the app uses Bluetooth for the Ace headphones and adding new speakers.

        ploppyAuthor
        Avid Contributor I
        July 25, 2024

        Sorry for repeating myself, but I asked on your linked topic - what would the Sonos app use BT for?

        Hi @ploppy, the app uses Bluetooth for the Ace headphones and adding new speakers.

        Thanks.  So, ignoring the headphones, it’s for discovery of “new” speakers? If that’s the case, I can see why it would be “always looking” but as a user, you’d know whether new speakers need to be found and could therefore leave it disabled for pretty much all the time.  It’s a design choice, I suppose, on the part of the app developer.  Assuming BT is the culprit, of course.

        BTW, I’ve just had a similar thing with Fitbit using battery in the background (even when the app is closed), so I’ve disabled BT for that app, and it’s fixed that drain - although it’s not been as much of a drain as Sonos.

        Master Devwi
        Master Devwi
        Lyricist III
        July 27, 2024

        Just adding a +1 here. I’m seeing significant battery drain while the Sonos app is sitting unused in the background on iOS. 

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