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iPad User Guide

Understand your iPad battery usage and health

iPad offers useful insights into your battery life to help you identify ways to improve your experience, as well as important information about your battery’s overall health.

View daily usage information

The Daily Usage section summarizes your battery usage today compared to previous days. iPad displays the following battery usage information:

  • Similar or lower usage: Shows when your battery use is about the same as usual or less than usual by this time of day (in blue). When usage is similar, iPad highlights the top three apps or system activities contributing to today’s usage (in blue).

  • Higher usage: Appears when you’ve used more battery than usual by this time of day (in orange). iPad highlights the top three apps or system activities that may explain the increase.

👁 The Battery screen in Settings on iPad. It displays a daily usage graph, a list of apps with their battery consumption, and settings for Battery Health, Battery Percentage, and Low Power Mode.

To view daily usage information:

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPad.

  2. Tap Battery.

View additional Battery Usage information

You can explore more information about your app and system activity usage for today and the previous week.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPad.

  2. Tap Battery, tap View All Battery Usage, then tap a day.

👁 The Battery Usage screen in Settings on iPad. It features two graphs: one showing daily usage over the last week, and another detailing the battery level throughout the selected day. Below is a list of apps showing their battery consumption by percentage and activity time.

View App and System Activity information

The App and System Activity section helps you understand what’s using your battery by listing the percentage of battery used by each app and system task.

You might see the following information under an app or system activity, or when you tap an app to view more details. Here’s what they mean:

  • On screen: The app or system activity was open and visible on your screen. A long duration of onscreen time can explain higher battery usage compared to previous days.

  • Background: A long duration of background time can explain higher battery usage compared to previous days. Background activities include directions, playing music, syncing photos, fetching mail, and more.

  • Cellular coverage: The app was used in a low signal environment, which used more battery.

  • Notifications: The app or system activity woke your device and used battery to check for new information. You can manage an app’s notification settings to reduce how often this happens.

👁 The Battery screen in Settings on iPad, showing detailed battery usage for the Safari app. The screen includes a graph of daily usage, a note about how cellular coverage affected battery life, and a breakdown of the app’s On Screen and Background activity time.

To view app and system activity information:

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • View today: Tap Battery, then scroll down.

    • View the last eight days: Tap Battery, tap View All Battery Usage, tap a day, then scroll down.

  3. Tap an app to view more details, including its battery usage and activity for each day.

See when your iPad last charged

iPad shows when the battery was last fully charged and when it was disconnected from the charger.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPad.

  2. Tap Battery.

Review your iPad battery health

On supported models, iPad displays information about your battery’s capacity, battery health, cycle count, manufacture date, and first use date.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPad.

  2. Tap Battery, then tap Battery Health.

Battery life and charge cycles vary with use and settings. The iPad battery should be serviced or recycled by Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. See the Battery Service and Recycling website.

To understand how your battery works so you can get the most out of it, see the Apple Lithium-ion Batteries website.

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