Watch out for the battery of your Samsung Galaxy S23 after update

Monday 05th May 2025 04:48 AM

Samsung’s One UI 7 (Android 15) update generates battery problems on the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus and S23 Ultra according to several reports.

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra // Source : Frandroid

Another hiccup for the One UI 7 update? The Samsung interface, based on Android 15, has been deployed in its stable version since early April after a big delay in startup. However, on the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra, battery problems have been reported.

« S23 Ultra – I updated to one UI 7 today and my use of the battery seems to have increased considerably », We read in an open conversation on the official Samsung forum.

A surfer complains about the ONE UI 7 update and the battery drain on its ultra galaxy s23. // Source: Frandroid screenshot

Same bell sound on Reddit where a user explains that ” The battery of [son] S23 empties very quickly after the update to one UI 7 ».

In the answers, despite some people indicating that they do not notice any problems, several Internet users share the same observation. One of them even evokes a more marked heating than before.

This internet user complains of a battery drain and an increased heating after the One UI 7 update on his Galaxy S23 Ultra. // Source: Frandroid screenshot

Another writing than the simple fact of publishing a comment on Reddit took him 2 % battery and that he can no longer last more than a day on a load as he did before.

For this internet user, the autonomy of its S23 is “well worse” from one UI 7. // Source: Fundroid screenshot

As a reminder, the Galaxy S23 receives Samsung One Ui 7 since the end of April.

A battery problem to qualify (for the moment)

The media SamMobile Adopt a reassuring tone by recalling that the major Android updates can have a negative, but temporary impact on the battery of smartphones.

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Battery optimizations would be reset during an update and it would therefore be necessary to wait about a week while the system relearves to get used to your use of the smartphone.

Hopefully for the people concerned that this hypothesis is verified. If the concern persists, we can suspect a new abnormal behavior of one UI 7 unfortunately. The deployment had already been interrupted because of a bug.

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