Battery drain on iPad connected to home wifi / HomeKit issue

App & System Services Core OS Beta iOS

jo_strasser OP

Created Oct ’16

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Hi Community,

I´ve a massive battery drain issue with my iPad Mini 4.

If I am connected to my home wifi the iPad battery drains about 45% in 12 hours.

If I am on cellular (LTE or 3G) then the battery isn´t draining.

I´ve isolated the problem:

It will be issued by Apple HomeKit. That is also the feedback from Apple from a bug report.

The issue only occurs if I am connected to my local home wifi.

If I am connected on a different wifi or via cellular the iPad isn´t draining anymore.

In my local wifi I also have an Apple TV 4 as HomeKit bridge.

My iPhone 7 is working well with the same configuration.

All devices are working without problems (HomeKit works well).

Has anyone else the same issue and an idea to solve it?

I´ve reinstalled the iPad and reconnected to iCloud already but without success.

The issue starts with iOS10 beta3 and already exists on iOS10.1.

Thanks JO!

Boost

Sebaslag OP

Jan ’22

Same problem here. Home app drain my battery on My iPad 7 and my iPhone 6s since iOS 15.

JmsBlah OP

Feb ’22

Same issue here, it is unbelievable I see posts 5 years old with same issue and the problem still persists?

kenrf OP

Mar ’22

Same here, multiple devices, all iOS 15.x Would be nice if this was actually fixed!

LG10 OP

Mar ’22

Same thing here. iPad Pro gen1. Home is chewing Battery in background.

ios 15.3.1

ElMarti OP

Oct ’22

Hi, I have a brand new iPhone 14 Pro and experiencing bad battery performance... I reach 50% of battery usage within 3 hours of screen use instaed of 5hours.

I have made a fresh install without iCloud backup and I'm upset with this issue not yet resolved after years ! What's wrong ? I don't know if Homekit is the root cause because I cannot proove it...