How to fix Apple Wallet draining battery after iOS update : iPhone/iPad/Watch?

Many iPhone 12 users are facing issue with the latest iOS 14.5/14.6 and iOS 14.7 that the Apple wallet is draining iPhone battery very fast. Apple Wallet is taking too much battery resulting in sharp decline of battery performance. If you check in the battery usage, just for few minutes of usage Apple Wallet is taking around 30-40% of battery.

Apple wallet draining battery 

Also on the Apple watch same issue is seen where Wallet is draining too much battery on Apple watch as well. The restarting or restoring the devices does not help and issue start to come back after sometime. If you are also facing Apple Wallet battery drain issue, then we have listed some workaround and fix for you. 

How to fix Apple battery is draining iPhone battery after iOS update: iPhone 12,11,Xr,XS, Apple Watch, iPad

Fix 1 : Turn off background Data Refresh 

It seems that Wallet is continuously trying to access data network for completing some work and this taking too much battery. To fix that Go to setting General -> Background App Refresh and turned off Wallet.

Fix 2: Remove the Apple Card from Wallet

Other way to stop Apple wallet from taking too much battery is to remove the Apple card from the Wallet and this will stop too much battery drain by Walllet app. If you don’t know how to do it, you may also contact the Apple support.

Fix 3 : Express Transit Card

Try turning off the “Express Transit Card” setting. That setting enables NFC devices to trigger your phone on

Fix 4 : Update the iOS

Apple is aware of Wallet draining issue and hopefully resolve the issue in upcoming releases. So it is always recommended to update the Apple device to latest iOS version for permanent fix for such issues.

 

Source: Shudtech