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Apple Shares More Details on iOS 16.1 Clean Energy Charging Feature
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Almost every grid uses an energy mix today, and it varies over the day. This feature aims to charge during the times your grid uses renewable energy.
Ok, bye.
No need to announce your departure from everything that doesn't "allign" with your likes. Cya.
Enabling all the battery draining features to charge with green energy. What is the logic in this.
I think I have figured out how it works:
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I stuck me on a plane at 80% thinking I had a full charge. It is a design flaw to have this automatically on like the auto engine-shut-off on my Jeep. I have shut that off each time I start it. Sick of environmentalist garbage that encumbers normal people while the elite fly in private jets. You realize none of this has anything to do with the environment I hope.
Using any electronics is dirty-strip mining, child and slave labor, poisonous byproduct dumping, e-waste, etc. No need to act all high and mighty now.
The USB port is free and the power comes from the jet engine. It's being generated if you use it or not.
The greenwashing / eco virtue signaling from Apple is laughable. They don't care about the planet as long as all of us replace our old devices, oftentimes leading to e-waste. The amount of energy that this charging method saves has got to be negligible, it's only a placebo so that you can feel good playing AT being "green" while enjoying your fancy device. I recognize that it's available on all 16.1 devices but still
We no longer include a charger or headphones with your 1K phone bc GREEN, but if you need them, we do sell those separately in other boxes with more packaging and for separate fees. Let's make a whole new dongle required to charge the Apple Pencil 1 with the new iPad, like what. I love my 14 Pro Max and all my other Apple stuff, but any kind of material production hurts the earth. If you buy something made in a factory by a mass-produced company, no self-back-patting actions like removing a charger or implementing GREEN charging will undo the harm
We no longer include a charger or headphones with your 1K phone bc GREEN, but if you need them, we do sell those separately in other boxes with more packaging and for separate fees. Let's make a whole new dongle required to charge the Apple Pencil 1 with the new iPad, like what. I love my 14 Pro Max and all my other Apple stuff, but any kind of material production hurts the earth. If you buy something made in a factory by a mass-produced company, no self-back-patting actions like removing a charger or implementing GREEN charging will undo the harm
Some people need to dig out an old National Geographic and read “The Year The Weather Went Wild” and read it and ponder on what all was said in that article.
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What happens if you are a pilot and charge your iPhone using airplane electricity? Does this charging thing still matter for the environment?
The irony of this to me is they boost MagSafe charging on the phone that consumes 30% more electricity than a cable. If you want to clean charge your phone, use a cable!?![]()
iOS 16.1 includes a Clean Energy Charging option that is designed to allow iPhone users to cut down on their carbon footprint. Clean Energy Charging selectively charges when lower carbon emission electricity is available for those who want a greener charging method.
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Apple today published a support document on Clean Energy Charging, providing more specific details on how it works, how to disable it when necessary, and which settings need to be active to get it to work.
Clean Energy Charging is limited to the United States, and it requires Location Services, System Customization, and Significant Locations to all be enabled in the System Services section of the Settings app in order to function.
It is on by default, and those who want to turn it off will need to do so by going to Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging.
When enabled, Clean Energy Charging allows the iPhone to get a forecast of carbon emissions in the nearby energy grid, using that to charge the iPhone during times of cleaner energy production.
Apple says that Clean Energy Charging works with Optimized Battery Charging to learn a user's habits, engaging only when the iPhone is charged for long periods of time, such as at home or work. It does not engage if charging habits are variable or when the user is in a new location, such as when traveling.
When Clean Energy Charging turns charging off, a notification on the Lock Screen provides details when the iPhone will be fully charged, similar to Optimized Battery Charging. Touching and holding on the notification brings up a "Charge Now" option to set the iPhone to charge the iPhone to full.
Article Link: Apple Shares More Details on iOS 16.1 Clean Energy Charging Feature
I don’t know anymore. Seems like it doesn’t benefit much. And with you asking all your questions, now has me paranoid. 😜
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Bruhhhhh, I'm just going to leave it on for now. This feature alone gave me too much headache today and now my head hurts. Drained my energy
Apple is the most greenwashed company on the face of the earth.
When I plug in my phone - I want it to charge. It is really that simple.
The energy being used by the jet engine makes the drain from the phone trivial. I doubt it could be measured. (I don't think the pilots are allowed to plug in their phones in the cockpit. They could probably hand it off to a flight attendant and have them charge it at their station.)
If anyone has tallied how much electricity it takes to charge an iPhone each day - they’d realize this feature for a single user is rediculous. Charging an iPhone uses only a teensy weensy miniscule amount of power.
I guess though when 1 billion iPhones use it, it adds up.
I guess though when 1 billion iPhones use it, it adds up.
I have solar panels on the roof and whole-house battery storage in the basement. I also want my phone charging when I put it on the charger. Misfeature disabled.
Celebrities will tell us to turn this on while boarding their private planes.
The feature needs some sort of "signal" so that the world knows you've chosen to activate it. Maybe it could automatically add, "I've enabled Clean Energy Charging to reduce my carbon footprint!" to your messages and emails.