I wonder if anyone on iOS beta of 18.1 can see if this has been resolved.
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iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 16 Always on Display is not always on
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This confirms the perception that the 16 is NOT working the same as the 15. I can clearly see that my 16 is off when the 15 would still be on. I suspect that even though I transferred from he old phone some settings did not migrate or the new OS is working differently.
I did the same with my transfer. I wonder if it is an iOS bug. That is why I was hoping someone was on the beta of ios 18.1. They could tell us if it was fixed or we need to nag apple so that they can put it on their list. I doubt it would be a hardware issue. If it was, my phone would turn off during the day but it stays on in bright light.
I have the same problem with the 16 Pro Max. If the room isn't bright as day, the display turns off after a few seconds. I've tried everything, nothing has helped. It's really annoying! Didn't they always say that the iPhone learns when it's being used and the display eventually realizes that it should stay on?!
Alarm clock does not require AOD to work, otherwise how do you explain every other previous iphone's alarm clock working?
The alarm works, obviously, but a (bedside) alarm clock - you know, where the time is constantly displayed like a normal clock - requires AOD.
It's working as intended and was the same on my 15 Pro and apple mentions it in some documentation about AOD (can't remember where)
If the room reaches a certain darkness, the AOD turns off, even when on a charger. Same thing applies when the sleep focus is active. It wakes up once it detects movement on the place it sits on – i.e. if your phone sits on the nightstand, it will wake up if you tap the surface of the nightstand.
If the room reaches a certain darkness, the AOD turns off, even when on a charger. Same thing applies when the sleep focus is active. It wakes up once it detects movement on the place it sits on – i.e. if your phone sits on the nightstand, it will wake up if you tap the surface of the nightstand.
YOU ARE 100% WRONG.
I still have my 15PM and AOD is active except during sleep, where the screen is black on the 16PM. Same conditions.
Well, this is how it works for me.
Btw: I'm talking about the standby feature, as in the phone is on a charger and oriented in landscape. So I guess I might be wrong about the normal AOD display. Although, this also works like described by apple.
This is apples description of the normal AOD displays behaviour.
The display automatically turns off when iPhone is either face down or obstructed from view, not near a paired Apple Watch, when a CarPlay session begins, while Continuity Camera is in use, while Low Power Mode is on, while Sleep Focus is on, or at your usual bedtime.
Unless I take action to set something that will supersede the AOD, the display is always one. This items above will supersede but if none apply, the display will remain on. I have a PM15 next to the PM16. The 15 is on where the 16 is not. Nothing I can see on the 16 should be interfering....hence it is not working.
BTW, the dark room comments in this thread are not supposed to be true. And if they are true then Apple changed the AOD functionality.
Ah, ok, that's really weird. Seems to be a bug then. Hope they fix it soon!
Luckily my 16 Pro still works like the 15 Pro … just had it sitting in front of me on my desk while working for the last ~12 hrs and it only turned off the screen when I left the room, as I'm wearing an Apple Watch, and woke up when I entered the room. Hope it stays this way because the whole camera app crashing and very slow charging makes me a little riled up already.
Ad. dark rooms: I was sure I read/heard it somewhere, but honestly, I can't remember how/when/where. But you seem to be right as I couldn't find any documentation that actually describes this.
OP here. One week later in the same room watching a movie in the same darkness, and the Always on Display is staying on. I guess there is something to the folks who said the phone learns your activity schedule and adjusts over time. I’m satisfied.
Edit: never mind. It still turns off in the dark after about a minute. I guess this is how it works. “Always on.”
Edit: never mind. It still turns off in the dark after about a minute. I guess this is how it works. “Always on.”
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I think both are affected. I have a 16 pro and compared to my 15 pro, it turns off in lighting that was bright enough to keep the 15 on.
I can confirm that. If you set the setting for "Standby" -> "Display" to "Never", the display stays on and behaves as before. So it's obviously a bug.
Over the weekend, I think my 16pro has been getting better. I no longer have my 15pro to compare side by side. But I was in really dark rooms and the phone was staying on. So for those that said, it is adaptive, I think that might be right. I guess for those that still experience issues, to keep tapping the screen when it turns off. I don't think I changed any other settings. *Note: this is NOT for standby mode but for just unplugged sitting in a darker room.
I still have my 14 PM sitting right next to my new 16PM and the Always on Display stays on 14PM and goes off on the 16PM. Same exact iOS.
Go to Settings -> Standby -> Display and set it to "Never". Then the Always on Display will work normally again! Even if the error here has nothing to do with the standby feature, it helps and ensures that the display no longer switches off.