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[Bug]: Extremely high battery usage on Apple Silicon (M4 Macbook Air) #3894

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opened 2025-09-14 10:54:05 +00:00 by Redo7 · 1 comment

Redo7 commented

2025-09-14 10:54:05 +00:00

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Preflight Checklist

I use the latest version of YouTube Music (Application).
I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
I understand that th-ch/youtube-music has NO affiliation with Google or YouTube

YouTube Music (Application) Version

3.11.0

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I use the portable version of the YouTube Music Application.
I can reproduce this issue in the official version of (WEB) YTM.

What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

macOS Sequoia 15.6.1

What CPU architecture are you using?

arm64 (including Apple Silicon)

Last Known Working YouTube Music (Application) version

No response

Reproduction steps

Open the app
Check Energy tab in Activity Monitor

Expected Behavior

Not draining my battery in a few hours

Actual Behavior

Extremely high battery drain

Enabled plugins

Bypass age restrictions
Exponential Volume
Navigation
Performance Improvement [Beta]

Additional Information

Recently updated to 3.11 (don't remember what version from), and noticed my battery doesn't last a full day anymore but rather a few hours at best.
Checked the Energy tab in the Activity Monitor to find out YouTube Music had it's 12 hr Power at more than 2000. This is some arbitrary apple metric that they somehow calculate, but it isn't mAh that's for sure.
The average app has that metric not even in the double digits. I understand that loading an app takes more processing power than keeping it idle, but the thing is that number is constantly high for YouTube Music.

This screenshot is after I had the app open for 5 minutes. My battery was at 71% before and has since dropped by 3% to 68%. With the app turned off, my battery has only dropped 1% in ~8 minutes

### Preflight Checklist - [x] I use the latest version of YouTube Music (Application). - [x] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://github.com/th-ch/youtube-music/issues) for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success. - [x] I understand that **th-ch/youtube-music has NO affiliation with Google or YouTube** ### YouTube Music (Application) Version 3.11.0 ### Checklists - [ ] I use the portable version of the YouTube Music Application. - [ ] I can reproduce this issue in the [official version of (WEB) YTM](https://music.youtube.com). ### What operating system are you using? Windows ### Operating System Version macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 ### What CPU architecture are you using? arm64 (including Apple Silicon) ### Last Known Working YouTube Music (Application) version _No response_ ### Reproduction steps 1. Open the app 2. Check `Energy` tab in `Activity Monitor` ### Expected Behavior Not draining my battery in a few hours ### Actual Behavior Extremely high battery drain ### Enabled plugins 1. Bypass age restrictions 2. Exponential Volume 3. Navigation 4. Performance Improvement [Beta] ### Additional Information Recently updated to 3.11 (don't remember what version from), and noticed my battery doesn't last a full day anymore but rather a few hours at best. Checked the `Energy` tab in the Activity Monitor to find out YouTube Music had it's `12 hr Power` at more than 2000. This is some arbitrary apple metric that they somehow calculate, but it isn't mAh that's for sure. The average app has that metric not even in the double digits. I understand that loading an app takes more processing power than keeping it idle, but the thing is that number is constantly high for YouTube Music. This screenshot is after I had the app open for 5 minutes. My battery was at 71% before and has since dropped by 3% to 68%. With the app turned off, my battery has only dropped 1% in ~8 minutes ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/164ca137-9d9b-44c2-85a5-fee24f2ce9d9)

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Valenciano118 commented

2025-09-16 09:55:58 +00:00

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I have a macbook air and I get a similar behaviour. It doesn't show a 12h usage metric as exagerated as OP's, but I get about 4x the amount of an idle firefox or mail window, which is certainly big.

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