Has your iPhone battery drained faster than normal since iOS 17? That could be right! The reason is a bug in watchOS, but there is a solution!
iOS 17: iPhone empty faster due to an error in watchOS
Do you have iOS 17 installed on your iPhone and do you have an Apple Watch with the beta of watchOS 10.1? Then you may have noticed that the iPhone battery is draining faster than normal. There is a bug in the beta of watchOS 10.1 that causes this.
It is not only a problem on an iPhone with iOS 17 that is linked to an Apple Watch (with the beta of watchOS 10.1). An iPhone with the iOS 17.1 beta and an Apple Watch with watchOS 10.0 are also affected. No specific details are known about the bug that causes your iPhone’s battery to drain faster in iOS 17.
iOS 17 iPhone battery drains fast: Install iOS 17.1 beta 3
Fortunately, Apple has already released a fix for these iPhone owners. In iOS 17.1 beta 3, the error has been resolved and your iPhone’s battery should work properly again in iOS 17.
To install the iOS 17 update that fixes the iPhone battery issue, follow the steps below. Please note that you must install the beta version for this. Also note that the issue only occurs with the beta of watchOS or iOS. You can read how to put the beta on your iPhone in the article: install public beta on your iPhone.
- Tap ‘Settings > General’;
- Choose ‘Software update’;
- Tap ‘Beta Updates > iOS 17 Developer Beta’;
- Tap ‘Back’ and choose the update.
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