Overview
- Users began reporting faster battery loss after installing One UI 8.5 earlier this week, with multiple Reddit threads and tech sites documenting the complaints.
- Reported symptoms vary from modest extra drain to claims battery life was cut roughly in half or that the phone now needs two charges in a day.
- The pattern points to a software change rather than hardware, but Samsung has not issued an official statement or confirmed a cause.
- The Fold 7 already uses a 4,400 mAh battery and had middling endurance in reviews, so a software-induced regression would be plausible and potentially reversible with a patch.
- Beyond daily inconvenience for owners, persistent drain could affect user confidence in the Fold line ahead of Samsung's next models and should prompt a timely firmware fix.