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YouTube apps is sucking my battery really fast.
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The app still stutters when you move the video to bottom right corner, on iPhone and iPad.
Haven’t checked the battery life yet.
Haven’t checked the battery life yet.
Same issue on my iPhone 8 with 11.1. I was Chromecasting (which should barely use the app on your phone once you've created your queue), and my battery went from 94% down to 75% over the course of about 50 minutes or so, and the device got really hot.
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At this point I've pretty much accepted that battery drain in the YouTube app is going to be relatively awful, regardless of what they do with it. I know that if I consume a large amount of video, my overall battery life will markedly decline.
It's always taking everyone's battery... I don't know why... I've reported a number of times... it heats up the phone, takes a toll on the battery.., they never fix it...
Any news on if YouTube is still heating up phones? Mine would get very hot to the touch while streaming to chrome cast so I ended up deleting it.
After update I think they fixed it but actually they don’t,it’s still heat up and drain battery.
:/ a bit sad to hear. Although that one reddit thread explaining the reason makes me think that it will be a good while before the issue is resolved. It looks more like a google using a new type of encoder that Apple has decided not to adopt yet.
Not sure how all that works, but i guess that means we just have to wait.
I just avoid watching youtube videos on my phone now to preserve battery life. I just use my computer or iPad for this and wait for a fix.
Since I do this, my battery is good again so it's clearly a youtube problem.
Since I do this, my battery is good again so it's clearly a youtube problem.
:/ a bit sad to hear. Although that one reddit thread explaining the reason makes me think that it will be a good while before the issue is resolved. It looks more like a google using a new type of encoder that Apple has decided not to adopt yet.
Not sure how all that works, but i guess that means we just have to wait.
Yes, I saw that too and it’s plausible. Further, if battery/CPU usage is dependent on the codec used, then that, in theory, could change from video to video and be influenced by choices applied server-side. In which case the app version might be irrelevant.
Is there any way of establishing for any particular viewed video which codec is being used? I know there is a way to do this in desktop Safari, but in the iOS app?
Thanks.
Me too,but that sad
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VP9 is codec that invented by Google so it’s normal for them to do that but at least in iOS app they should use H.265 that Apple fully support right ?
After latest YouTube update, safari randomly crashes if I try to watch YouTube videos in safari.
For now I’m sticking with my iPad that I keep plugged in to a charger if I want to watch YouTube videos on the YouTube app.
4k videos on YouTube are in vp9 format (free format) and iOS devices don't have vp9 hardware decoder support so it has to do it in software (using the cpu).
If you want to save battery life, select a resolution under 1080x. No one to blame but Apple.
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If you want to save battery life, select a resolution under 1080x. No one to blame but Apple.
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Time to wait and see if apple will adopt or not. I do hope they do soon, i did like using the YouTube app
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Safari can't play vp9 videos. Safari can only play mpeg-4 videos.
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Under 1080x. That does not include 1080x. So basically no HD videos. Lower resolution videos are still in MPEG-4.
I'm on iOS 10.3.3 on my 6s+ and YouTube is killing the battery. Was between 40-50% and 15 mins later, it went down to 2% and I think this started with the recent app update.
Guess I'll have to wait for the app to be updated.
Guess I'll have to wait for the app to be updated.