It concerns issues with the Spotify app on iPhones with the two most recent iOS versions: iOS 14.8 and iOS 15. Those versions appeared thirteen and six days ago, respectively. Numerous users have since complained on social media and forums about the increased battery consumption. On his own forum Spotify now acknowledges the complaints.
The company says it is aware of the issues. These have now been passed on to Spotify’s technical department, which is working on a solution. It is not yet clear when that solution will be available, but Spotify advises users to keep their iPhone app up to date.
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Tens of percent battery per hour
The complaints range from a slight to extremely increased battery consumption by Spotify, both during use and in the background. Some users report that tens of percents of battery life disappear per hour.
When using Spotify, the device of some users would also become extremely hot. iPads seem to suffer less from the problems.
Self check
On iOS devices, it is easy to check which apps are using a lot of energy. In ‘Settings’ there is an overview of the battery consumption per app under the heading ‘Battery’. That can be viewed for the past 24 hours and the past 10 days. It also shows exactly how many minutes of that consumption were on the screen, and how many in the background.
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