Significant Battery Drain while using Zoom, M1 Macbook Air

[0xjf]

Hi,

My girlfriend noticed some significant battery drain while on a couple hours of Zoom calls. Obviously, one would expect video conferencing to cause more drain than standard use, but this seemed like a very dramatic nosedive in battery life. My understanding is that it isn't supposed to be this way. She is on the baseline Macbook Air with 16 GB RAM. Anyone have a solution and/or experiencing this? She is on the latest version of Zoom. Thank you

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[redcaptrickster]

Solution: Wait for a Silicon build of Zoom. Worked for Outlook.

 

[0xjf]

This version is already optimized according to their release notes.

 

[0xjf]

Disregard. Just re read their release notes. Looks like they are planning an optimized release on December 21st. Thanks

 

[redcaptrickster]

I have the latest version and it says it's Intel-based, which means it's running through Rosetta 2. Is there a separate Silicon download somewhere I don't know about?

 

[LuisN]

Hi,

My girlfriend noticed some significant battery drain while on a couple hours of Zoom calls. Obviously, one would expect video conferencing to cause more drain than standard use, but this seemed like a very dramatic nosedive in battery life. My understanding is that it isn't supposed to be this way. She is on the baseline Macbook Air with 16 GB RAM. Anyone have a solution and/or experiencing this? She is on the latest version of Zoom. Thank you

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According to the graph more like 4 hours.