New iPads: Apple improves battery management
As with the iPhone 15, the two new iPad series allow you to see how the integrated battery is doing. There is also a new charging limit.
iPad Pro M4 mit Magic Keyboard.
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Apple has added a function to its new iPads that is designed to increase the service life of the integrated battery. The new battery management is already known from Apple's current iPhone 15 models and is part of the operating system. The feature is available on both the iPad Pro M4 and the iPad Air M2, as reported by first-time buyers.
More information and desired "charge inhibition"
Battery management consists of two parts. Firstly, iPad users will receive more information about their battery in the future. In addition to the battery status and the current maximum available capacity, the number of charging cycles already completed (cycle count) will finally be displayed directly in the settings. Previously, this had to be laboriously read out manually or via a shortcut. This is also useful if you buy a used device later and want to see how long the battery will last. According to Apple, 80 percent of the original capacity should still be available after 1000 cycles.
The second new function relates to charging itself. As with the iPhone 15, you can now set the iPad to only charge up to 80 percent. This limit should help to reduce the load on the battery. However, if the battery is not calibrated correctly, it can occasionally charge fully - but this should only happen once. "When the 80 percent limit is enabled, iPad will occasionally charge to 100 percent to get an accurate assessment of the battery's charge level," Apple writes.
Battery lasts longer, but full power is only available when fully charged
It should be noted that a battery that is not fully charged will, of course, not deliver full performance - according to Apple, the runtime of a current iPad Pro M4, for example, is around 10 hours in normal operation. Apple has summarized further information on the new battery management functions for the iPad Air M2 and iPod Pro M4 in a support document that is currently only available in English.
It was updated this week. It also states that the iPad will only recharge after reaching the 80 percent limit when the capacity has dropped to 80 percent. In this mode, the device always tries to maintain 80 percent capacity. In everyday life, you should first determine how long you use the iPad in each case. If the 80 percent capacity is sufficient, you could use this as standard and then only charge the device on longer trips to conserve the battery as much as possible.
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