To check the battery health on your iPad, follow these steps:
Native Battery Health Feature (iPad Models with iPadOS 17+)
- On supported iPad models (e.g., iPad Pro M4, iPad Air M2/M3, iPad mini A17 Pro, iPad A16), you can directly check battery health in Settings:
- Go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health.
- Here, you will see information about your battery’s maximum capacity, cycle count, manufacturing date, and first use date
Alternative Method via Analytics Data (For Other iPads or More Details)
- If your iPad doesn’t show battery health directly, you can access it through analytics logs:
- Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.
- Enable Share iPad Analytics if it’s not already on and wait at least a day for data to collect.
- Tap Analytics Data and open the most recent analytics file (usually named with a date and time).
- Scroll to the bottom and look for the text mentioning MaximumCapacityPercent and CycleCount.
- This will give you an estimate of your battery’s current health percentage and how many charge cycles it has gone through
Using a Shortcut for Easier Access
- You can also use a Siri Shortcut called Battery Stats that automates extracting battery health info from analytics files:
- Download the Battery Stats shortcut from a trusted source.
- Run the shortcut after opening the latest analytics file.
- It will display your battery health and cycle count in a user-friendly format
Additional Tools
- For more detailed battery diagnostics, third-party apps like coconutBattery on Mac can show live battery health info for connected iPads
Notes
- Battery health percentages over 100% can appear due to calibration differences and are normal.
- Apple considers replacing iPad batteries when health drops below 80%, but iPads are typically replaced rather than having batteries swapped due to design
This approach covers both the official and workaround methods to check battery health on an iPad.
