Customers will be able to see which of their installed apps draws the most power

Jun 3, 2014 12:06 GMT  ·  By

If your existing firmware is the cause of a severe drop in battery life for your iDevice, don’t worry, it won’t be long before you’ll be able to do something about it. In iOS 8, Apple has included a new area called Battery Usage, which breaks down consumption by app.

It may not sound like much, but when you consider that the main cause of battery drainage is actually not the firmware, but the apps you use, it may come in very handy.

As the image above shows, iOS 8 will show consumption for every app installed on the device, such as Twitter, Facebook, Safari, Mail, Maps, etc. Two tabs are available, one for consumption within the last 24 hours, and another for consumption in the last seven days, giving you an accurate reading of which app has had a history of draining lots of power.

Knowing these things can save entire hours of battery life. In some cases, killing the culprit app isn’t enough. When it comes to social tools like Facebook, for example, you actually have to go inside and log out, then kill the app from the multitasking tray.

iOS 8 will ship this fall as a free download for iPhone 4S and later, iPad 2 and later, and iPod touch 5th generation.