In recent years, smartphone batteries have been one of the main reasons for users to upgrade to a new phone, and iPhone users are no exception. When the battery performance declines to a certain extent, it’s time to consider replacing the battery or the phone. However, users who pay attention to battery health in their daily usage can also extend the usage time of their iPhone batteries.
Users can adjust certain settings in iOS to prevent the phone from running out of battery at crucial moments. The iPhone battery health option will display the battery health percentage (80% or above is considered healthy), as well as show users the number of battery cycles and whether the battery is “normal.”
Tech website Cnet published an article, reminding users of three iOS features that put pressure on the iPhone battery, while also providing guidance on how to disable these settings to help extend battery life.
One of these features is the Lock Screen, where all widgets force applications (APPS) to run in the background constantly to fetch data for updating the information displayed on the widgets, such as sports scores or weather updates. As these applications continuously run in the background, they will drain the battery.
To save some battery, the best way is to avoid using widgets on the Lock Screen (and Home Screen). The easiest method is to switch to another Lock Screen configuration: press the existing Lock Screen with your finger, then swipe to select a Lock Screen with no widgets.
To remove widgets from the existing Lock Screen, you can press the Lock Screen, click on Customize, select the Lock Screen option, click on the widget box, and then click the “-” button on each widget to delete it.
The iPhone user interface features some interesting smooth animations, fluid actions when opening and closing apps, as well as color bursts when activating Siri using Apple Intelligence. These visual tricks make using the iPhone more engaging for users, but they also shorten the phone’s battery life.
To avoid this, you can enable the “Reduce Motion” setting. To do this, go to Settings > Accessibility > Motion, and then turn on “Reduce Motion”.
One additional feature added to the iPhone in iOS 16 is called “haptic feedback.” Haptic feedback not only provides sound feedback but also adds vibration to each key press, providing a more immersive typing experience. However, Apple warns that this feature may also impact battery life.
According to Apple’s support page for the keyboard, haptic feedback “may impact iPhone battery life.” While Apple does not specify how much battery life this keyboard feature consumes, it is recommended to disable this feature if you want to save battery consumption.
By default, this feature is not enabled. If you have activated this feature, you can click on Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback, and then turn off “Haptic” to disable keyboard haptic feedback.