AOD is terrific. It's a shame it took so long to come to the iPhone. I have my wallpaper disabled since 16.2. Much better IMO.
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Test Shows How Much Battery Drain Your Wallpaper Causes on the iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display
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Like a lot of other features — this will use your battery. I find it mildly useful, but nothing that I will keep on if it becomes a problem.
It is seemingly once again only a vocal minority of tech bloggers (and commenters!) who claim to be "distracted" (come on, really?) by iPhone 14's AOD with wallpaper - likely the same crowd who complained for years about the notch, which no ordinary user minded. To each their own, of course, and it's nice to have the new toggles. As with the notch, those of us who enjoy, or don't think much about, AOD with wallpaper are simply less vocal about it. The feature works exactly as intended, doesn't consume much battery, and - for me - has been a value added over the 13.
Apple needs to make it possible to add another row or two of widgets
I tried the wallpaper off, but there is some delay sometimes on pick up for screen to turn on.
It’s very slight… I don’t know maybe it’s a subjective thing, but I find the experience much less jarring already having the wallpaper showing.
Giving it another go to see if 16.2 made improvement to it.
It’s very slight… I don’t know maybe it’s a subjective thing, but I find the experience much less jarring already having the wallpaper showing.
Giving it another go to see if 16.2 made improvement to it.
I love looking at my wallpaper. That's why I have it there in the first place. I have no battery issues with the Pro Max. In fact it's FANTASTIC!
Yeah that's fair, I know lots of folks really like it and it's definitely a brilliant feature.
I have the S8 now (with AOD off) and its battery is fantastic, can get a full day, night, and another day out of it before the battery starts to get a little stressed. Really brilliant technology compared to the original Watch.
Same… I turned off the AOD on the watch. Makes a huge difference when it comes to battery. Plus, it’s winter here, and cold, which usually means long sleeves. Seems pointless to have an AOD when you can’t glance at it anyway because it’s covered by a shirt
So interesting to see how little difference there is between showing the wallpaper and not. Really shows how good apples implementation is, seems the dim wallpaper is nearly the same as black pixels power-draw-wise and the only way to save battery is disable it (or do it temporarily with LPM)
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Aha yeah the long sleeve is relatable! I'm in Scotland so short sleeves are a rare thing to see 😂
The always-on display is excellent on my 14 Pro Max. I charge my device every other day with everything turned on.
My always-on wallpaper is current weather. It would be cool if there were occasional animations (with sound) with this wallpaper. Lightning, birds,...
My always-on wallpaper is current weather. It would be cool if there were occasional animations (with sound) with this wallpaper. Lightning, birds,...
Looks like I’m turning off always on lmao
Never had any interest in glancing at my phone when I have a watch specifically designed for that
Never had any interest in glancing at my phone when I have a watch specifically designed for that
It literally is not, and you have no idea what you're talking about. So tired of people spreading this kind of nonsense.
I'm keeping wallpapers on. I was going to turn them off recently on a day when I traveled for the holidays but forgot to. Used my phone heavily all day and never ran out of juice.
Don't you think that would have been one of the major concerns when this feature was being developed and tested? I've seen posters with the same "concerns" about burn in on the Apple Watch. I use the same watch face 99% of the time with AoD on and burn is not something I'm remotely worried about.
Don't you think that would have been one of the major concerns when this feature was being developed and tested? I've seen posters with the same "concerns" about burn in on the Apple Watch. I use the same watch face 99% of the time with AoD on and burn is not something I'm remotely worried about.
Have you not had your morning coffee yet?
I never use wallpapers anyway.
Black background and icons. Very minimalist approach.
Every once in awhile I’ll put one up, but I end up going back to a black background.
Black background and icons. Very minimalist approach.
Every once in awhile I’ll put one up, but I end up going back to a black background.
Tired of people spreading unsubstantiated FUD based on their anecdotal experiences.Have you not had your morning coffee yet?
One of the biggest things I want is a notifications change. I'd like to have the option to hide notifications, but want to see it come in. So, I get a text and I'd like it to notify me and let me see who it was, then go back down into the tray where I can't see it until I wake the screen. I hope that makes sense the way I wrote it.
Always-on is a bit of a distraction.
I wish I could turn down the brightness more. The "off" screen still seems too bright.
Also, the burn-in on my watch is kind of annoying (Series 5, I noticed burn-in "shadows" after maybe 2 years). The on-screen items need to shift around a LOT more to prevent burn-in.
Basically, I'm still going to keep it OFF.
I wish I could turn down the brightness more. The "off" screen still seems too bright.
Also, the burn-in on my watch is kind of annoying (Series 5, I noticed burn-in "shadows" after maybe 2 years). The on-screen items need to shift around a LOT more to prevent burn-in.
Basically, I'm still going to keep it OFF.
The one thing I would like to change about Apple's often-on display is for the option to make it a true always-on display.
It learns my pattern pretty well, so the often-on display is good, but sometimes I do I have tap it if I want to check the time or notification in the middle of the night, or if my pattern changes for a few days, like during travel.
I am smart enough to take into account the very slight additional drain to battery life. I am an adult. I want to have the option to choose for myself.
It learns my pattern pretty well, so the often-on display is good, but sometimes I do I have tap it if I want to check the time or notification in the middle of the night, or if my pattern changes for a few days, like during travel.
I am smart enough to take into account the very slight additional drain to battery life. I am an adult. I want to have the option to choose for myself.
This article is about Always On Display on the iPhone, not the watch.
IMHO, AOD is a gimmick. I simply set up notifications accordingly if I am worried to miss smth important. Otherwise, I keep it off. Same goes for the watch.