my new iPad Pro M2 12.9 connected to Wi-Fi and at maximum brightness, after five hours and a few minutes of continuous playback of a YouTube video, it shuts down; the initial battery level is 100%. Do you think it is normal? Tried it five times and the time always stays around five hours. Thank you.
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iPad Pro Fast battery drain in video playback
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Five hours of continuous video playback at maximum brightness might be within the expected range for the iPad Pro, especially considering that maximum brightness and Wi-Fi usage can significantly impact battery life. However, Apple's official specs state that iPad battery life should be around 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi or watching video.
Keep in mind that battery life can depend on a range of factors, including the settings, usage, and environmental conditions. It's also worth noting that YouTube might consume more battery life than other types of video playback due to the streaming and the data usage.
If you're concerned about your battery life, it might be worth reaching out to Apple Support or checking your battery health in the iPad settings. Here's a link to Apple's page on iPad battery and performance that might provide you with some helpful tips.
Keep in mind that battery life can depend on a range of factors, including the settings, usage, and environmental conditions. It's also worth noting that YouTube might consume more battery life than other types of video playback due to the streaming and the data usage.
If you're concerned about your battery life, it might be worth reaching out to Apple Support or checking your battery health in the iPad settings. Here's a link to Apple's page on iPad battery and performance that might provide you with some helpful tips.
I can't say for sure if it's normal because I don't do iPad testing, but at the very least you can expect much shorter battery life than what Apple quotes on their website (up to 10 hours). Reasons being:
Apple tested with a movie purchased from the iTunes Store. It's likely the iPad has an easier time playing that movie format than something from Youtube.
Apple's test movie was 2 hours 23 minutes long, played on repeat. At the very least after the first play through the movie would have been cached locally, while if you were playing a single long video it was streaming new data for the whole duration.
Apple tested with auto-brightness off and brightness set to 50%, while you were using 100% brightness the whole time.
Apple tested with a movie purchased from the iTunes Store. It's likely the iPad has an easier time playing that movie format than something from Youtube.
Apple's test movie was 2 hours 23 minutes long, played on repeat. At the very least after the first play through the movie would have been cached locally, while if you were playing a single long video it was streaming new data for the whole duration.
Apple tested with auto-brightness off and brightness set to 50%, while you were using 100% brightness the whole time.
I checked with coconutBattery the battery capacity of my ipad and the result is 99.2% of the nominal capacity. keep in mind that i activated it 5 days ago.
Full brightness is the #1 usage-independent battery killer, so yes. Regardless of what you do, battery life won’t be good at full brightness. Five hours even sounds good, I would’ve expected a little less.
that feels similar to my usage and battery life when watching Disney+ on my 12.9 Pro M2. display in full use, speakers going, engaging the wifi/mobile from streaming, compute power. yeah probably is normal. I feel like it is on my iPad anyway.
It's not got much to do with video playback. It's all about brightness. Apple advertises 10 hours at 50% brightness. If you want to compare your iPad to the official claims, do your test at 50% brightness.
5 hours at maximum brightness is pretty decent though.
5 hours at maximum brightness is pretty decent though.