Facebook Acknowledges Battery Drain Problem and Says a Fix is Coming 'Soon'

[PhilSynowiec]

Recently, iOS Facebook users have been complaining about a massive battery drain the app has been causing on devices running iOS 9. On Thursday, the social network giant finally acknowledged the problem and confirmed that the company is working on a fix:

"We have heard reports of some people experiencing battery issues with our iOS app. We’re looking into this and hope to have a fix in place soon", said a spokesperson for Facebook.

A number of Facebook users have reported the app is using up to 39 percent of the battery over a six day period. Some blogs have speculated that it could be due to a bug where silent audio from auto-playing videos could be playing in the background. For now it is best to turn off auto-play and possibly even background app refresh.

Source: TechCrunch