iPhone 6(S)/Plus Music app battery usage (iPhone6S)

[hawkeye_a]

I'm on an iPhone 6S, with all OS updates. Battery Health is reported to be 97%. I have turned off Apple Music, etc. I use my wired headphones and the Music app, to listen to music while at work. My usage pattern is to select a single playlist of music on the iPhone and just let it look.

I've noticed recently(past couple of months) that my battery is draining faster throughout the course of a day. When I have ~20% of battery power left and I checked the battery stats, it says that 45-50% was used by the Music app (which is ~2 hours of music playback). Is this normal?

That's unacceptable IMHO for just listening to music which is on the iPhone.

 

[cynics]

I'm on an iPhone 6S, with all OS updates. Battery Health is reported to be 97%. I have turned off Apple Music, etc. I use my wired headphones and the Music app, to listen to music while at work. My usage pattern is to select a single playlist of music on the iPhone and just let it look.

I've noticed recently(past couple of months) that my battery is draining faster throughout the course of a day. When I have ~20% of battery power left and I checked the battery stats, it says that 45-50% was used by the Music app (which is ~2 hours of music playback). Is this normal?

That's unacceptable IMHO for just listening to music which is on the iPhone.

You are using 2 different metrics, current total consumption based on full charge (~20% power left) and consumption of a single app over the last 24 hours (45-50%).

If you open battery info and just look at the music app you are seeing the percentage of individual apps were responsible for all battery consumption for the last 24 hours. So the Music app was responsible for 45-50% of all battery consumption over the last 24 hours, which includes the previous day prior to you charging the device at night (assumption with your charging habits).

So in the context of your question the Music apps 45-50% can't be normal or abnormal since its based entirely on all your usage. If the Music app was the ONLY app you used than 90-95% would be normal because it was the only function that used any power.

On the music app specifically, it will depend on the music you are playing. You mention you aren't using Apple Music. Where did the music files originate from? If they are your rips, what is the file type, bit rate, etc etc? Also what type of headphones are you using? Wired, wireless, volume level etc? Basically if you are listening to high res files on wired over ear headphones with large drivers power by the iPhone you will see high levels of battery usage....and in that case its not the music app its the usage of the music app.

 

[hawkeye_a]

Thanks.

My files are “local” on the iPhone and are a mix of aac and aac-lossless. I use the stock apple wired earbud headphones.

I didnt realize that the percentage xper app was based on the past 24hrs, i had assumed that it was since you unplug it from the charger.

Cheers though!