Issues with battery life crop up when Apple introduces new iPhones and OS updates. Despite improvements to battery life in the iPhone 16 series, some owners are still having problems with their batteries.
Battery life challenges can stem from new functionalities or unresolved bugs. Here are a few practical tips to help users extend their iPhone battery life. Although there are ways of saving battery, it may disable many other useful features so a good balance should be implemented to give the best possible effective yet excellent bare life.
Battery Life Improvement Tips on iPhone 16
Turning Off The iPhone Mirroring: With this, people can control their iPhone right from the Mac but keeping connected all the time is a big no. If not regularly used, turn off iPhone Mirroring by navigating to Settings > General > AirPlay and Continuity and deleting connected Macs.
Delete Unused Widgets: Having a lot of widgets more commonly, can drain your battery. Simply long-press on the Home Screen or Lock Screen, and tap on that “-” button to get rid of them.
Turn on Dark Mode: Dark mode also saves battery, a useful tool for OLED displays. Research reported that the usage of Dark Mode outdoors could save up to 47% of battery power.
Control Center: The control center that is accessible from the home screen can also be customized to remove certain toggles, some of which are animating and placing unnecessary loads on the battery like Music Control.
Customize Lock Screen Controls: Select the Disable Camera and Flashlight buttons option to help avoid phony activations that eat into your battery.
Use Focus Modes: Apple has a great feature called the focus that helps with notification control and also battery saving, cutting app wakeups when appropriate.
Activate Low Power Mode: This is a mode that can be easily toggled on and turns down background activity to save battery.
Use Wi-Fi and Airplane Mode: Use Wi-Fi when at home or work to save battery, then switch over to airplane mode if you are in an area with little signal.
Disable Haptic Keyboard Feedback: This consumes extra power, so setting this off could help save battery.
Turn off Always-On Display: This option already low refresh rate to save battery life, but any form of an activated screen will always draw power.
FAQs
How do I check my battery health?
Go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health to view your iPhone’s battery status.
Will Low Power Mode slow down my apps?
Yes, it limits background activity, which may affect app performance.
