Google Now is draining the crap out of my iPhone 5

[SunnyFL]

Seems to have gone away now & I reloaded the google app & turned off the location reporting.

 

[fsck-y dingo]

Seems as though I'm one of the only people that hasn't noticed any real effect on battery life, despite having the GPS icon displayed all day. I was a little nervous at first but like I said I haven't noticed a difference.

I'm using a 4s, but not sure if that would make any difference.

I may be wrong, but from my understanding I would think that disabling location reporting would cripple parts of the service? Eg. What time I leave for work etc.

You're correct. Disabling location reporting limits Google Now's abilities, but not always to a negative effect. It's the trade off for a bit more battery life. If you're someone who doesn't want traffic updates, ETAs to a frequented destination or made aware of a store/location that it thinks may interest you then turning it off probably isn't going to change how you enjoy the app.

People just have to decide if a little extra battery life and privacy outweigh a few more features and possibly less privacy.

 

[ratboy90]

Was the same issue on iPhone 4. Turning it off in google helped.