How to Check Your iPad’s Battery Health

Main points

• Thanks to Apple’s tools, checking your iPad’s battery health isn’t as simple as checking your MacBook or iPhone.
• MacRumors found hints of battery health tools for iPad in iPadOS 17.5 beta.
• You can try a workaround to check your iPad’s battery health, or use a third-party app like iMazing.

Checking your iPad’s battery health isn’t as simple as using Apple’s built-in tools to check your Macbook or iPhone’s battery health. There are hints that Apple is currently working on a battery health tool for iPad, as MacRumors spotted in the iPadOS 17.5 beta, but it’s unclear if the feature will be limited to new iPad models or if it will be rolled out to older ones. iPad models. The same goes for iPads.

Recently, I was talking to my mom about her iPad, and she complained that the battery life didn’t seem to last that long anymore. I told her that her iPad’s battery health was probably in poor condition. She responded that she had just fully charged the iPad and the battery icon showed 97%. I took the opportunity to explain to her the difference between iPad battery level and battery health.

Battery health lets you know if your iPad’s battery is operating at full capacity or is no longer able to hold a full charge.

Battery Level only shows the percentage of battery power remaining before you need to charge your iPad. The battery should be charged to 100% with the iPad plugged in, or you can use the iPad with the iPad plugged in so it runs on power from the outlet instead of the battery. In contrast, battery health lets you know if your iPad’s battery is operating at full capacity or is no longer able to hold a full charge.

There are some workarounds you can use to check the current battery health of your iPad. We’ll walk you through how to check your iPad’s battery health in a few different ways.

Option 1: Use an app to check your iPad’s battery health

iMazing and CoconutBattery are two options

If you don’t want to dig into your tablet’s analytics, the easiest way to check your iPad’s battery health is to use a third-party app. I recommend using the iMazing app to measure your iPad’s battery health. (CoconutBattery is another app you can use, but it’s only for Mac.)

If you only want to check your iPad’s battery health once, this app offers a free trial, but for ongoing use, you’ll need to pay a $45 annual subscription. This is a one-time fee that gives you access to iMazing Battery Health app features on up to three devices. It’s available for MacOS or Windows, and you’ll need a computer to use the app on your iPad.

Here’s how to measure iPad battery health using the iMazing app:

1. Download iMazing to your Mac or Windows computer.
2. Install and launch the application.
3. Click Continue the trial Activate your free trial.
4. Connect your iPad to your computer and grant sharing permissions on both devices when prompted (click believe on your iPad and allow on your Mac).
5. Click on iPad in the left column of the screen.
6. Click the battery icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
7. look down Effective maximum battery power. This is the iPad’s current maximum battery capacity.watching battery charge cycle See how many full charge cycles your iPad battery has completed.

You’ll see the battery percentage in the top corner, but this is just an indication of your current battery level.

Option 2: Use the iPad itself to find battery health information

No iPad battery health option, but there’s a workaround

If you don’t want to download a third-party app, instead use the information provided on your iPad to check the health of your battery. However, before I delve into the process, please note that there is a little bit of math involved, so please read it carefully and be patient with yourself.

First, find the right file to check your iPad’s battery health:

1. Click set up icon.
2. tap Privacy and security.
3. tap Analyze and improve.
4. Toggle switch to toggle display Share iPad Analytics.
5. Open analyze data. (Note that if you initially chose not to share your data with Apple when setting up your iPad, it may take up to two to three days for that data to be available, so you may want to pause viewing your iPad battery health until your data is Record and store.)
6. Open a file with the following format at the top of the screen analysis-year-month-day-time.ips.ca.sync.
7. Look for the file with the latest date, as there should be many files with this name.

Find “last_value_MaximumCapacityPercent” text with quick copy, paste and cmd+F

1. Scroll to the bottom of that long document and copy the last contiguous block of text.
2. It should look like a long paragraph with a lot of gobbledygook, although you should see the word “battery” in there a few times.
3. Copy text.
4. After copying the text, open the Notes application, a blank Google Docs document, or any other text editing application and paste the text into it.
5. Next, use Command+F (on Mac) or Control+F (On PC) Search for the text “Last value maximum capacity percentage. “

There will be a number after the colon that indicates your iPad’s current maximum battery capacity.

1. If that number is below 100, congratulations, you’ve found an approximation of your iPad’s battery health measurements.
2. If it’s more than 100, search the text for two more numbers:
3. Max FCC (mAh capacity of iPad battery when new) and Nominal charging capacity (Current iPad battery capacity).
4. Divide the second number by the first number and multiply by 100 to get the iPad battery capacity percentage.

You can also search within text blocks
“Cycle Counting”
Viewing the number of times your iPad has been fully charged can also provide insight into your iPad’s battery status. Apple reports that the new iPad should retain about 80% of its total battery capacity after 1,000 complete cycles.

FAQ

Q: Is iPad battery health important?

Your iPad’s battery health can affect your day-to-day use of your iPad, especially if you like to use it as a portable tablet that doesn’t need to be constantly charged or plugged into a power source to use.

As is the case with my mom’s iPad, if you notice that your iPad’s battery is draining quickly even after being fully charged, this is a sign that your iPad’s battery is in poor health.

Additionally, Apple will replace iPad batteries, but only if your iPad’s battery is below 80% of its original capacity.

If you want Apple Support or Genius Bar to replace your iPad battery, you need to know how to check iPad battery health to verify that your iPad battery is below 80% of its original capacity and needs to be replaced. Otherwise, you’ll be making unnecessary trips to the Apple Store.

Q: When should I replace the iPad battery?

There is no certain percentage of iPad battery health that guarantees whether it needs to be replaced immediately. However, unless your battery has less than 80% capacity, Apple likely won’t replace it unless there’s something else wrong with the battery.

Instead, you should look for common signs that your iPad’s battery is in poor condition:

• The battery drains quickly, or much faster than before.
• Even if you have enough storage space available, the iPad can feel sluggish during use.
• iPad battery percentage drops suddenly or unevenly while you’re using it. For example, it might show that your battery is at 90%, and an hour later, your battery is at 85%, but an hour later, your battery is at 45%, even though your usage during those two hours remains constant.

Unfortunately, you cannot restore iPad battery capacity to 100% unless you replace the battery. To replace your iPad’s battery, you’ll need to take your device to a Genius Bar or use Apple Support.