iPad Pro 11” 2020 Pro battery life

[Mojer]

I charged it fully this past Saturday. Screen at about 50% brightness. Since Saturday my screen time is about 5 hours only doing web surfing. I’m now at 14%. Isnt this very low for 5 hours of web surfing? Thanks for any input.

 

[AutomaticApple]

I charged it fully this past Saturday. Screen at about 50% brightness. Since Saturday my screen time is about 5 hours only doing web surfing. I’m now at 14%. Isnt this very low for 5 hours of web surfing? Thanks for any input.

It has to do with the M1 being power hungry.

 

[ericwn]

What’s your expectations for the power the device is supposed to be consuming when on standby, connected to your network, checking emails, looking for notifications etc, for five days in a row?

 

[Mojer]

What’s your expectations for the power the device is supposed to be consuming when on standby, connected to your network, checking emails, looking for notifications etc, for five days in a row?

Great question. And the reason for my post. Is what I’m getting in terms of battery life normal? I know Apple claims about 10 hours but I didn’t take the other usage you mentioned into consideration. I don’t notice much of a drop in battery percentage when I’m not using it until when I pick it up again to use (usually about 8 hours).

 

[ozshadow]

Can you change it to show total time on since last 100% charge? I only seem to find this for the past 24 hours. The only other alternative I have found is to manually add up the time.

 

[Mojer]

Can you change it to show total time on since last 100% charge? I only seem to find this for the past 24 hours. The only other alternative I have found is to manually add up the time.

I don’t think this is possible.

 

[clarencek]

I think a lot depends on what websites you’re viewing. Some have tons of background JavaScript running which is very intensive.
I’ve been using my 2021 11” IPP for almost 6 hours now and it’s still at 81%.
That includes video calls, outlook, word, excel, some light web browsing and slack.

 

[Cosmo M3]

It has to do with the M1 being power hungry.

the 2020 is the A12Z

 

[vermilion_sky]

I think a lot depends on what websites you’re viewing. Some have tons of background JavaScript running which is very intensive.
I’ve been using my 2021 11” IPP for almost 6 hours now and it’s still at 81%.
That includes video calls, outlook, word, excel, some light web browsing and slack.

6 hours SOT and you've only lost 19 %?! Can't believe that... Impossible ?

 

[Tsepz]

I charged it fully this past Saturday. Screen at about 50% brightness. Since Saturday my screen time is about 5 hours only doing web surfing. I’m now at 14%. Isnt this very low for 5 hours of web surfing? Thanks for any input.

Are you able to post a screenshot of your usage?
My battery life really depends on what I do as I sometimes do a lot of live streaming of news etc… There are days where I can get 7-8 Hours SOT and others where I get a lot less as I was streaming on full brightness.

Let me see what I get tomorrow and I will post it here.

 

[Tsepz]

So here is my battery life, it is now 23:50 so I am heading to bed. During the day I used my 2020 iPad Pro 11” to stream some live television (mostly news) while working, also played some music and YouTube throughout and then did quite a bit of web browsing and checked some personal emails. Ending the day at 52% with almost 5.5hours SOT, funny this is I have just realized that going by my usage habits I seem to use my iPad the most on Fridays, lol, so this was the best day to test. I typically charge it when I go to bed even if it’s at 80% or at 20%.

 

[Jára Tyky]

I confirm that 12.9” M1 has much better battery than 2020 too.

 

[iStorm]

Are any particular sites giving you battery drain? Myself and others have noticed Macrumors has been causing serious battery drain lately, and they are looking into it. The issue goes away when using a content blocker.

MacRumors Site/Forums Causing Battery Drain?

Has anyone else noticed their battery draining rather quickly when browsing MacRumors on their iPad (possibly iPhone and/or Mac too)? I got the new iPad Pro and thought it was odd that my battery was draining quicker than usual. It wasn't until I came across this thread that I realized maybe it...

forums.macrumors.com

If you're getting terrible battery life on your iPhone, it's not because of iOS.

Seeing a lot of people saying they've been having terrible battery life on iOS 14.5 and onwards on their iPhones, I was one of them. Turns out macrumors is having some issues on their site/forums which is draining peoples battery like no tomorrow, they are working on a fix. Decided not to use...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[The Game 161]

I confirm that 12.9” M1 has much better battery than 2020 too.

Mine wasn’t not with MK anyway.

 

[Mojer]

So here is my battery life, it is now 23:50 so I am heading to bed. During the day I used my 2020 iPad Pro 11” to stream some live television (mostly news) while working, also played some music and YouTube throughout and then did quite a bit of web browsing and checked some personal emails. Ending the day at 52% with almost 5.5hours SOT, funny this is I have just realized that going by my usage habits I seem to use my iPad the most on Fridays, lol, so this was the best day to test. I typically charge it when I go to bed even if it’s at 80% or at 20%.
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Interesting. So I get about 5 hours of SOT and my battery is at 14%. However, this is over a five day period. Is it possible that the five days of standby (I used about one hour each day for five consecutive days) drained the battery?

 

[slplss]

It has to do with the M1 being power hungry.

Yup, I feel like the iPadOS 15 Low Power mode was made specifically for M1.
Edit: nvm, OP has A12Z, still should benefit from the mode.

 

[corporal_celgg]

I am finding vastly worse battery life on my 12” 2020 Pro since iOS14.6

 

[The Game 161]

I am finding vastly worse battery life on my 12” 2020 Pro since iOS14.6

Everything is worse for me

iphone 12 pro max and series 6 watch

 

[BigMcGuire]

Everything is worse for me

iphone 12 pro max and series 6 watch

I too have noticed a drop in battery life with the latest iOS - same for the watch. iPad? I charge it once a week so really hard to gauge (using it for reading device only). It's not a LOT worse but noticeably less than 14.5 imo.

 

[UBS28]

It has to do with the M1 being power hungry.

True, the M1 is so power hungry, it even sips power from the 2020 iPads.

 

[slplss]

True, the M1 is so power hungry, it even sips power from the 2020 iPads.

That's nothing. My M1 is so power hungry it wirelessly sips energy from me. (are we inside a Monty Python sketch?)

 

[Tsepz]

Interesting. So I get about 5 hours of SOT and my battery is at 14%. However, this is over a five day period. Is it possible that the five days of standby (I used about one hour each day for five consecutive days) drained the battery?

Could very well be, depending on where it is sitting, what you were doing in those hours and if it is looking for signal sometimes (mine is a WiFi only model). Do you have an LTE variant of WiFi only model like me?

Take note I also use content blockers with white listing to ensure that when I a, web browsing I do not deal with too many ads especially highly intrusive ones that play video when you are not even looking at it, websites that do that are truly horrible.