16.1, battery drain and Lock screen

These tips on preserving battery on an iPhone are completely unrelated to the problems being reported. There appears to be a bug in iOS 16.1 that means that, even no no lock screen widgets, the Home & Lock Screen is using 50-70% of the battery. Apple needs to fix this bug.

Hello Stefano Zenni,

Check out this information about maximizing the battery life on your iPhone. Here is the link for you to review: Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple.

Optimize your settings.

There are two simple ways you can preserve battery life — no matter how you use your device: adjust your screen brightness and use Wi‑Fi.

Dim the screen or turn on Auto-Brightness to extend battery life.

- To dim, open Control Center and drag the Brightness slider to the bottom.

- Auto-Brightness adjusts your screen to lighting conditions automatically. To activate it, go to Settings > Accessibility. Tap Display & Text Size, then turn on Auto-Brightness.

When you use your device to access data, a Wi‑Fi connection uses less power than a cellular network — so keep Wi‑Fi on at all times. To turn on Wi‑Fi, go to Settings > Wi‑Fi to access a Wi‑Fi network.

Enable Low Power Mode.

Introduced with iOS 9, Low Power Mode is an easy way to extend the battery life of your iPhone when it starts to get low. Your iPhone lets you know when your battery level goes down to 20%, and again at 10%, and lets you turn on Low Power Mode with one tap. Or you can enable it by going to Settings > Battery. Low Power Mode reduces display brightness, optimizes device performance, and minimizes system animations. Apps including Mail will not download content in the background, and features like AirDrop, iCloud sync, and Continuity will be disabled. You can still use key functions like making and receiving phone calls, email, and messages, accessing the Internet, and more. And when your phone charges up again, Low Power Mode automatically switches off.

We hope these settings help you out.

Cheers!

I noticed Battery Health was accessing photos along with the Lock Screen. When I replaced my photo in Wallpaper with the default selection in Wallpaper Collection (no widgets) the problem ceased.

Definitely a bug. This was my work around.