So Apple Music is here, and thanks to iCloud Music Library you can now potentially free up a ton of space on your phone and store your music in the cloud and stream it anytime and anywhere you want. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Unfortunately it is proving to be something of a battery drain.
According to a report from the International Business Times, many iOS users are reporting that their phone’s battery is dying extremely quick while streaming music via Apple Music. Personally I have noticed the drain as well as checking my battery usage, Apple Music accounted for a whopping 22% of my battery use even though I probably streamed less than 30 minutes worth.
That being said the fact that you’re streaming and listening to it through your phone’s speakers can result in your battery draining a lot faster than you would like, although we can’t be sure if this might be an optimization issue or if it is completely normal. Either way if you are planning to stream music all day long, perhaps a spare battery might be a good idea.
Also a potential way of saving yourself some battery is by making some of your favorite tracks available offline. This should help with the battery drain although we suppose it wouldn’t be as convenient.
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