JosephAW
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Possibly still does it even with that turned off because you could still receive normal notifications with background refresh turned off.
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10 Ways to Improve Your iPhone's Battery Life
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klasma
macrumors G4
It was in iOS 26 from the start: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2025/08/21/apple-ios-26-iphone-adaptive-power-notification-tutorial/
Mr_Ed
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Some of these look like just limiting or turning off features (#3, 4, 8, 9) that Apple advertised as "new and cool" at one time or another to sell phones.
My "trick" is simply to use the phone for thing's it is good for, like voice calls, text messages, a few notifications, occasional info. lookup while out and about, occasional snapshot or short video, sometimes music in the car. I don't like watching videos on the phone due to the screen size (I find iPad barely adequate for that). I have yet to show < 65-70% charge remaining on my 15PM when I throw it on a charger at night.
My "trick" is simply to use the phone for thing's it is good for, like voice calls, text messages, a few notifications, occasional info. lookup while out and about, occasional snapshot or short video, sometimes music in the car. I don't like watching videos on the phone due to the screen size (I find iPad barely adequate for that). I have yet to show < 65-70% charge remaining on my 15PM when I throw it on a charger at night.
GregoryPeckEPA
macrumors regular
To add to the Dark Mode tip, using wallpapers with a lot black (#00000) means those pixels are effectively turned off. Using an all black wallpaper will save considerable battery life as a large chunk of your home screen will not consume power.
Very interesting. I didn't know about that. So they ping periodically to see if an app is running?
JosephAW
macrumors 604
It still boggles my mind that you have to create a shortcut to automatically enable low power mode at a certain battery percentage. How is that not a built in, easily configurable setting?
pakupakuman
macrumors regular
So the on-device intelligence uses power to think about when to use power. Hmmmm.
code-m
macrumors 601
iPhone 16 Pro, launch day. 2 years later and battery is at 100%, charge up to 80%. Never felt anxiety not to get through the day, sometimes iOS will charge to 100% for battery calibration but that is out of my control. I find iOS 26 performance slow especially when using the camera app. I hear iOS 27 is the Snow Leopard release.
code-m
macrumors 601
Would be nice to have but limiting or triggering LP mode is not needed for many. I do it out of habit and I need to relearn to just let it be. 😅
code-m
macrumors 601
Honestly, Turning off the always on display was an easy decision to make for me. I kept feeling like it was unlocked and wanting to lock it when it was on all the time which was irritating to me. It lasted about a day before I turned it off. Which turns out is the opposite I was for the watch. I thought I wouldn't want always on on my watch, but then found it really helpful to have that always on so I could see the time at a glance without having to move my wrist or press a button. But since my watch can easily tell me the time, I don't need the phone also showing the time all the time, and I really don't find much benefit to having other things always on on the phone.
HazeAndHahmahneez
macrumors 6502a
Always on only gets better too…I’m on series 9 and I think series 10 introduced always on for the seconds hands ability…that’s just so awesome..very precise and sometimes very necessary!
Love Apple Watch ⌚️ but when inside always on mode primarily stays off…
I also never thought of it your way b4…always on for the phone makes it feel off somehow hahaha…. I think back when I first got iPhone 14 max (first device with always on I think) I tested the battery time for one day always on on and one day for screen always on off all day and didn’t notice a difference in hours lasted…
Low Power mode always on. No siri whatsoever. ios18.
This SE 2020 lasts all day doing various smartphone things without much effort (no gaming whatsoever, though)
This SE 2020 lasts all day doing various smartphone things without much effort (no gaming whatsoever, though)
Aeroplane mode + run through WiFi is by far the single biggest power saving trick I have found. I am taking 3 days to drop from 80% to 30-40% charge. (13 Mini, with battery capacity at 86%)
Though obviously not possible for everybody if you want to stay connected and don't have a WiFi point available nearby. But I am at home most of the time these days so that is not an issue for me.
Also, I am a light user, and tend to leave it Aeroplane mode for most of my journeys away from home, which are usually fairly short, rarely more than 2 hours these days, and not frequent.
Still, Aeroplane Mode really saves on power. If I leave it on I need to recharge every day or so, for the same use pattern. That constant unnecessary hunting for a tower signal really chews up the power.
HazeAndHahmahneez
macrumors 6502a
wifi is king in terms of battery, you prob already know about using cell data via wifi so even droid users (unfortunately smh) can text/ call you....let me read your post fully...nope you didn't mention it and not all carriers/plans allow for it so...yeah maybe you don't use it or don't know about it but that helps too if you're ONLY focused about battery....but yeah wifi cell use is something I don't recommend regularly as it doesn't seem as secure as cell data 5g (in my mind 5g FaceTime/iMessages is like god tier encryption/safety away from goog or whoever...someone please correct me if im wrong).
also not using bluetooth unless using it directly (headphones/syncing data etc) and not (for example) in a standby mode for some other device in the home/space etc.