Report: New AI feature to save iPhone battery
A new AI management mode for the iPhone battery could be available from September. It is designed to optimize the device . The idea is not entirely new.
iPhone with "Low Battery" warning: This sight could become rarer from the fall.
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Apple is working on improving its charging optimization for the iPhone battery. The function has been on board since 2019, but is now set to become much smarter thanks to AI, reports the business news agency Bloomberg. According to the information, 'AI-powered battery management' is expected as early as September with iOS 19.
Optimized charging will be optimized
Currently, optimized charging is already learning when a user usually starts work or connects the iPhone to the power supply – and is intended to prevent the device from being fully charged (too) often, as this can conserve battery power. "When the function is activated, the iPhone delays the charging process beyond 80 percent in certain situations," explains Apple. Machine learning is used to determine your charging habits so that optimized battery charging is only activated when the iPhone predicts that it will be connected to a charger for an extended period of time". The algorithm should ensure that the iPhone is still fully charged when necessary. In practice, however, this only works halfway optimally.
According to Bloomberg, the new AI battery management goes beyond this. Features that are to be part of Apple's intelligence platform will analyze how a user uses the iPhone and then "make adjustments to save energy". This should be quite extensive: Less power would then be allocated to certain apps or iOS functions. In future, the lock screen will also show how long it will take to charge the battery fully. The move is a further attempt by Apple to integrate AI functions into its core iOS areas, informed sources told Bloomberg. To this end, the company is said to have collected application and battery data from user devices in order to be able to make corresponding AI predictions.
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Practical questions for AI
How useful the new AI battery management will be remains to be seen in practice. With the previous optimized charging, it can happen that users are sometimes left without a fully charged iPhone when appointments change because the function sticks too rigidly to the usual plan. Many professionals have therefore deactivated the feature. AI battery management could also lead to the device being partially slowed down – even in areas that are important to the user.
Apple has already been involved in a minor scandal in connection with partially defective batteries: In this case, the company had implemented a performance throttle without telling users.
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