A Facebook engineer announced on the social media site
Friday that a bug with the app that’s been draining iPhone batteries has been
fixed with a new update.
Friday that a bug with the app that’s been draining iPhone batteries has been
fixed with a new update.
The developer, Ari Grant, wrote that Facebook “found a few
key issues and have identified additional improvements.”
key issues and have identified additional improvements.”
He explained that there were two main causes for the
battery-killing app; a “CPU spin” within Facebook’s code. He described the term
as “repeated processing [which] causes the app to use more battery than
intended. The version released today has some improvements that should start
making this better,” he said.
battery-killing app; a “CPU spin” within Facebook’s code. He described the term
as “repeated processing [which] causes the app to use more battery than
intended. The version released today has some improvements that should start
making this better,” he said.
The second one is the audio sessions created by watching
video via the app. It killed batteries too.
video via the app. It killed batteries too.
“If you leave the Facebook app after watching a video, the
audio session sometimes stays open as if the app was playing audio silently,”
he explained. But that has been fixed too.
audio session sometimes stays open as if the app was playing audio silently,”
he explained. But that has been fixed too.
The fix comes over a week after Facebook confirmed that it
would be fixing the issue soon.
would be fixing the issue soon.
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