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I'm starting to experiencing an increase in battery dran from spotify.
Same amount of usage that's normally around 12-15% is now 23-25%.
Any one else experiencing this?
Hi!
I am a quite active user of Spotify and have percentage of 10%. (to my surprise, WhatsApp consumes more!)
I have to say that allmost all songs that I listen are synced to my device. Streaming songs makes continiously use of your data connection. If you don't have any songs made availible offline, you might get your battery usage down by making your most frequently played songs/playlists availible offline. (if you haven't done allready)
If this is not the case there might be something wrong in the app on your device. It could help to delete the app and thereafter re-install.
Let us know if this works (or not)!
Hey Ollvid,
There are a bunch of different factors that contribue to reduced battery life.
Firstly, I wanted to acknowledge Ivan92's post and agree that listening to music that's been synced offline consumes far less battery than streaming.
Secondly, which model iPhone do you currently have? A lot of your battery performance depends on the age of the device and previous care of your device's battery.
My current phone is the iPhone 5s, but I use my old iPhone 4s as my "Spotify iPod." It has no cellular service connection, but I sync music to it via wi-fi for offline listening. I started noticing reduced battery life on my 4s while using Spotify (even though the music was synced offline).
I found some helpful advice here: https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/
Lastly, another way of saving on data/bandwidth and battery life is to select Normal under the Music Quality settings menu. Selecting High or Extreme will be a heavier processing/data/battery load.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
// Jon
I have an iPhone 5c on iOS 9.2.1 and also experience weird battery drain because of Spotify.
This is a screenshot I took today. In the last 24 hours, I downloaded 2 albums and played them. 5,4h background usage and yet 53% impact on battery. Weird.
My guess is the codec that Spotify is using (Opus) is the culprit. The iPhone SoC is probably optimized for AAC and MP3 but not Opus.
My JBL mini speaker cleverly allows me to plug my iphone into it while playing music thus charging speaker and phone simultaneously. Fine for when I am playing a whole album. I have the same problem as you with MAC battery bleeding away.
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