New 18.5 IPHONE 16pro max battery draing fast

[narrow harness]

Hey guys I brought my iPhone 16 pm 3 days back and my phone battery is draing so fast why ? For every 3~4 hrs I should keep my phone at charging my device is in ios 18.5

[pallid crane]

How do you use your phone?

Also, iOS usually does background tasks after updating or setting up a new device. This can take up to a week.

[narrow harness]

This is my screen time plus i won’t let my phone go below 20% and I charge my phone 3~4 times a days is that good?

[pallid crane]

Games are extreme battery hogs so no surprise your battery isn’t great. Social media apps are also not very efficient.

[narrow harness]

Ohok , will they fix it in ios 26 update?

[pallid crane]

I don’t think the newer iOS versions will help much. It’s the problem of the apps and games you’re using — not iOS itself

[gray tiger]

Only fix is to get off Instagram and Battlegrounds lol

[pallid crane]

And maybe spend a little less time on YouTube as well. No iOS update will fix an app or game annihilating battery.

[cursive wasp]

Best practice is to plug your phone in whenever you can, especially overnight when it needs to be plugged in, locked and connected to WiFi in order to do maintenance processing. It’s worst the first week after installing/upgrading because it has to process everything; it typically calms down after that.

And, if you’re able to, it’s best to plug the phone in when playing games, since graphics-intensive apps like games have a lot of processing = use a lot of energy. I keep my phone plugged in, e.g., when I’m at home watching TV and playing games, since, once it reaches the set charging limit, it stops using the battery and just runs off of the incoming power from the charger.

[narrow harness]

Thanks for the advice

[narrow harness]

I’m a esports player of battleground , my team gifted my a new iPhone 16 pro max bc of my hardwork and achievement, and this game got me a new phone so I couldn’t let this game off…. I like everything about my iPhone expect the battery consumption

[cursive wasp]

nice! congrats on the achievements that led to the gift!

[narrow harness]

Ty

[gray tiger]

Oh nice, that’s rly cool

My main recommendation would be to charge the phone while you play like Jim said

[narrow harness]

Ok 👌

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And one more thing when I use my iPhone it get hot af why?

Is it common?

[gray tiger]

Normal use or in game?

[narrow harness]

When I use chrome , gen emoji , game and camera