Post by Anthony on Nov 1, 2015 20:32:56 GMT
SOCIAL network apologises to Apple fans 'for any inconvenience this has caused'.
Earlier this week Daily Star Online revealed that a bug was causing Facebook to munch through Apple's iPhone battery life.
Now the social network has posted a message confirming the issues and offering an apology to users.
The problems appear to be affecting iPhone users who had updated to Apple's latest version of iOS 9.
To make matters worse, the battery drain continues to happen even when the app is not in use
Facebook says it has now fixed some of the problems that were causing the battery drain, with the firm urging users to upgrade to the latest version of the app.
In post on Facebook, Ari Grant, engineering manager on iOS confirmed: "We recently heard reports of some people experiencing battery issues with the Facebook iOS app and have been looking into the causes of these problems.
"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."
Facebook are also keen to point out that the battery issues aren't being caused by the app snooping on your location.
"The issues we have found are not caused by the optional Location History feature in the Facebook app or anything related to location," added Grant.
"If you haven't opted into this feature by setting Location Access to Always and enabling Location History inside the app, then we aren't accessing your device's location in the background.
"The issues described above don't change this at all.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We are committed to continuing to improve the battery usage of our app and you should see improvements in the version released today."
Earlier this week Daily Star Online revealed that a bug was causing Facebook to munch through Apple's iPhone battery life.
Now the social network has posted a message confirming the issues and offering an apology to users.
The problems appear to be affecting iPhone users who had updated to Apple's latest version of iOS 9.
To make matters worse, the battery drain continues to happen even when the app is not in use
Facebook says it has now fixed some of the problems that were causing the battery drain, with the firm urging users to upgrade to the latest version of the app.
In post on Facebook, Ari Grant, engineering manager on iOS confirmed: "We recently heard reports of some people experiencing battery issues with the Facebook iOS app and have been looking into the causes of these problems.
"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."
Facebook are also keen to point out that the battery issues aren't being caused by the app snooping on your location.
"The issues we have found are not caused by the optional Location History feature in the Facebook app or anything related to location," added Grant.
"If you haven't opted into this feature by setting Location Access to Always and enabling Location History inside the app, then we aren't accessing your device's location in the background.
"The issues described above don't change this at all.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We are committed to continuing to improve the battery usage of our app and you should see improvements in the version released today."