I have a 2021 14" MBP with M1P chip and my battery life is 99% still, although with the most recent OS update, it seems like my battery time just seems to plummet as compared to before the update. Wondering if anyone else had this happen to them? Is there anything I could look for to see what's causing it? I haven't changed my use habits and I look at the activity monitor to see what's running, there's nothing strange or out of the ordinary.
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Did Anyone's M1 Laptop Battery Life Suddenly Drop With Most Recent Update?
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Yes, my 16” MBP M1 has been dropping faster since the last update….
I do feel like my M1 MBA battery has been draining a little faster than usual (seems like I am charging it more frequently these days), but it's also more than 4 years old at this point. Could be both an aging battery plus Apple Intelligence finally being enabled with iOS 18.4? Performance is still great though.
I double checked and somehow Apple intelligence turned itself back on again. I turned it off and I’ll see how the battery life is now. I had it on my phone before and I remember it drained the life out of my 16pm. I’d imagine it would do the same to the laptops.
I’m thinking it’s something software related with the last update. A few times to test my theory, I’d drain the battery down a bit low and when charging, it would get to about 97-98% and still telling me there’s about 28 minutes left of charging. Then it would charge to 100% in a minute or two and say fully charged. It did this every time and it certainly didn’t do that before the update, it would accurately say there’s five minutes left, etc. I’m starting to wonder if the battery drain is just a bug and it’s not actually draining that fast. Not even sure anymore considering Apple was caught in the past by artificially screwing with iPhone owners batteries after an update in hopes of trying to get them to upgrade their device