So, to avoid having your battery hammered, you need to grab the newest version of Instagram, which is build 382.0.0.49.84 for Android. It's currently rolling out now, we're told.

Instagram App Gets Battery Drain Fix. Google posted a message on the Android Help Community advising users to update Instagram to version 382.0.0.49.84.

Instagram releases Android update version 382.0.0.49.84 to fix battery drain issue affecting Google Pixel and other devices. Home; ... the new version of Instagram should work for all Android users.

How to fix your Google Pixel battery issues. Google told 9to5Google that while the battery issues affecting Pixel users were genuine, they were due to an ongoing bug with the Instagram app instead.

Android 16's beta 2.1 was supposed to fix battery drain, ... One user even says that their battery is only at 57% even after logging in over five hours of screen on time (SOT).