Lastly, an Apple Intelligence characteristic we will all get behind! As a substitute of extra generative options of questionable high quality, Apple reportedly plans to make use of AI to assist us all get longer battery life, in keeping with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Whereas it’s prone to be promoted as a part of Apple’s “Apple Intelligence” platform, that is the type of data-analysis AI that we’ve seen on iPhones for years already, reasonably than the generative AI that has been met with combined evaluations, to place it charitably. Apple is taking the battery information it has collected from many hundreds of thousands (or billions) of gadgets, combining that with every particular person person’s personal utilization traits, and utilizing that to find out when it might probably decrease the ability draw of sure purposes or options to save lots of battery life with out impacting the person expertise.
As well as, Gurman says, the lock display screen will now present lengthy lengthy it should take to cost up your gadget. Lastly! We first heard about this characteristic hidden within the iOS 18.2 beta, however it was by no means out there for testing. Gurman experiences that the characteristic has been in growth primarily as a option to offset the smaller battery required for the brand new ultra-slim iPhone 17 mannequin, however it should work on all gadgets working iOS 19, so that you received’t want a brand new iPhone to profit.
Gurman refers back to the characteristic as a “mode,” so it’s prone to be an elective characteristic you’ll be able to flip off. The brand new battery characteristic is only one of many options stated to be “powered by Apple Intelligence” in iOS 19, together with a serious overhaul to the interface. The report additionally says Apple is “pushing engineers to make sure that this yr’s releases are extra practical and fewer glitchy,” however we’ve heard that earlier than, haven’t we?
Apple will unveil iOS 19 throughout its WWDC keynote on June 9.
