iOS 16: Is it safe to install, or should I wait?

[mpainesyd (Michael Paine)]

See this discussion from last year:

iPhone 8 battery drain, perhaps with iOS 14

I’ve seen occasional heavy drain on both iPad and iPhone. Looking at the Battery preference, it seems the App Store was running (even though I didn’t launch it) and chewing up the battery. I don’t have a lot of apps (compared to other people) on my phone. Pad but not Phone are set for auto updating. It -feels- as if App Store is doing background processing and possibly updating of the system stuff, but I have no idea if that is the case. (iPhone 12 Pro, 2020 iPad)

“Settings / App Store / Video Autoplay Off seems to have fixed it…” and the next item about temporary high battery drain after updates.