iPhone 14 Pro Rumored to Feature Always-On Display Mode

[MacRumors]

The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max may feature an always-on display mode for the Lock Screen, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman outlined some of the changes set to come to iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, tvOS 16, and macOS 13 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year. Among the new capabilities rumored for iOS 16 is an enhanced Lock Screen with "wallpapers that have widget-like capabilities." The Lock Screen improvements reportedly set the groundwork for future features, including an "always-on" mode. Indeed, Gurman said that iOS 16 actively includes "future support" for an always-on Lock Screen.

The iPhone 13 Pro models were rumored to feature an always-on display last year, but the feature was seemingly scrapped before the devices launched in September 2021. Gurman claims that Apple has continued to work on the feature and an "always-on mode" is now in development for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, providing "quickly glanceable information — similar to newer Apple Watches."

The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max were the first iPhones to come with 120Hz ProMotion displays, enabled by the adoption of LTPO panel technology with variable refresh rates. The iPhone's current ProMotion displays are limited to screen refresh rates between 10Hz and 120Hz. On the other hand, LPTO panels used by the likes of Oppo and Samsung can drop to as low as 1Hz when viewing a static image or when the device is inactive.

Well-connected display analyst Ross Young recently said that he is "expecting" the ProMotion displays used in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max to be capable of dropping to the same low of 1Hz, effectively removing the hardware limitation that prevents Apple from offering an always-on mode on the iPhone 13 Pro models. Nevertheless, Gurman caveated that the feature may not make the final cut by the time the iPhone 14 lineup is announced in September.

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[MayaUser]

So we will have the 1hz-120hz promotion tech

 

[sniffies]

The real abomination is that in 2022 (soon 2023), Apple still refuses to let iCloud Mail sync notification badges between iOS and macOS.

 

[John Connor]

It's all feeling a little bit...stagnant to me. Hmm.

 

[System603]

Long overdue.

 

[The Game 161]

hope we finally get this

 

[joshwenke]

Will it be able to detect if it's in your pocket? I could see always-on being great if your phone is sitting on a table or desk, but if it's in your pocket surely the battery drain and heat wouldn't be worth it to have the display on?

 

[JCCL]

Cool feature, and long overdue. While My Apple Watch negates my need for this, it will be useful for those that don’t need one.

 

[t0rqx]

This is like the least wanna have feature…focus on performance and bug hunting on iOS instead.

 

[AlexESP]

I’m going to bet on this: the big advantage of this over the implementation in Android is that it will be a full lock screen, including coloured background, because it relies more on 1Hz refresh rate than disabling pixels.

Most of the Android phones (all that I know) just display specific thin text and icons on black background.

 

[MayaUser]

I’m going to bet on this: the big advantage of this over the implementation in Android is that it will be a full lock screen, including coloured background, because it relies more on 1Hz refresh rate than disabling pixels.

Most of the Android phones (all that I know) just display specific thin text and icons on black background.

it will be like samsung...hopefully by disabling pixels and those on pixels to run at 1Hz

 

[AlexESP]

it will be like samsung...hopefully by disabling pixels and those on pixels to run at 1Hz

That’s not how it works on the Apple Watch, and I don’t see Apple doing that at all.

 

[jz0309]

Yawn, Gurman click and bait my ass

 

[Tinny]

That’s not how it works on the Apple Watch, and I don’t see Apple doing that at all.

I think that’s it, why not?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Useful for the time I guess…

Seems equally likely to just keep people even more locked in and always paying attention to their phone

I’ve been at some dinners where things were literally worse just because somebody has their phone on the table. I also have a couple friends who have boxes in their house where both parents have to agree to stash their phone each night so they can actually have some quality family time that’s not interrupted by calls, texts, notifications or just the pull to do something on the device.

It’s incredible how distracting and damaging these devices are to normal in person human interactions and activities

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Hoping we get this feature this year. Long overdue. It is finally time. I just hope it does not kill the battery life.

 

[AlexESP]

I think that’s it, why not?

Part of it, as I said, is the experience we have with the watch: they could have done it like you said (which was also the mainstream AoD implementation), but they kept the full lockscreen. It makes sense that they’ll do the same for the iPhone.

Second, it’s more intuition. I think they don’t like this kind of workarounds or compromises when displaying stuff, specially in aesthetic terms (I’d say they’d never implement this dynamic change of position for the hour label in order to prevent screen burnout, for example).

 

[MayaUser]

That’s not how it works on the Apple Watch, and I don’t see Apple doing that at all.

AW has a tiny screen, Apple will do the more efficient way...just some pixels at 1Hz
For AW its different

 

[emmab2006]

Yay less battery life for my iPhone.....

 

[paulovsouza]

Let’s see this rumor started during iPhone 11, at this rate we’ll have this feature on iPhone 19. Something exciting to look forward to.

 

[boyarka]

Oh, gee, iPhones may get what Android OLED phones had for ages.

 

[dantracht]

Takes what, a split second to turn on the phone, which turns on anyway with notifications, for me, I have no interest in this.

I mean, cool as an option, but I have it off on my AW7.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Tim:

"JUST DON'T STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE PLEASE!!"

 

[jav6454]

Long overdue.

It's better to have what we have now.

 

[aeternitas]

I will quickly turn this off. Just like I did on my Apple Watch.