Facebook Fixes App That Drains Batteries

After complaints that its app was causing significant battery drain for iPhone users, Facebook has released an update that the issue has been fixed.

The social network also explained the issues that led to excessive battery usage.

"We recently heard reports of some peopleexperiencing battery issues with

theFacebook iOS app and have been lookinginto the causes of these problems,"Facebook engineering manager Ari Grant said in a post on Facebook Thursday. "We found a few key issues and have identified additional improvements, some of which are in the version of the app that was released today."

Grant cited two reasons the Facebook app was causing unusual battery drain on

iPhones. He said code in the app caused "CPU spin” that required too much of the phone's processor power. He also affirmed suspicions that the Facebook app was playing silent audio even when running in The background and called the behavior "unintentional."

"The app isn't actually doing anything while awake in the background, but it does use more battery simply by being awake," he said. "Our fixes will solve this audio issue and remove background audio completely."

-Tech Insider