Facebook is dealing with battery drainage bug on its IOS app.
Facebook Inc. is now working towards devising a fix since users have complained about battery draining while using the company’s app on Apple iPhone. So if while using the iPhone you thought that your battery was draining at a rampant pace then this might not be the case believes Matt Galligan who is the co-founder of Circa. Matt Galligan actually wrote a blog post which was loaded with screenshots. These screenshots showed how the Facebook app was utilizing the battery when it was running in the background irrespective of the fact that the refresh option has been disabled now. Facebook has now taken the issue into consideration reports the popular tech website TechCrunch. A statement has been released by the news platform where they have reassured about looking into the matter. As per the spokesperson belonging to FB, the company is optimistic about finding a way to the issue. However, they have not unveiled the approximate time span for the rectification. The issue can be resolved within a week or more depending on the complexity. Mr. Galligan in the blog post stated that the battery drain of iPhones on the app is merely ridiculous. As per his consensus, more than 15 percent of the battery drainage was due to the application though the refresh option has been disabled by the company. The issue is the case that the application does not properly go into sleep mode thus it actually stays active for almost twice the time the user actually spends using the application. As per TechCrunch, there were several bloggers who are not contented with this feature since the app is not complying with the instructions provided by Facebook users since ideally it should run in the background. The reason behind this calamity can possibly be the social media giant’s new feature which allows the videos to play on its own. If you have not disabled the auto-playing videos option in the settings then this is liable to happen. The feature also plays audio but that is performed in silent mode. So the extra power needed to run the videos can be the reason behind the battery drain. So Mr. Romain Dillet belonging to TechCrunch actually applied this theory and experimented by disabling the auto-playing videos along with the refresh option for the iOS app. It was noted that the application used 7% lesser battery for a day. However, when auto-playing was enabled results was the same so the results are merely uncertain.
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