iOS 16’s finest characteristic could also be draining your battery

iOS 16 brings a slew of recent options to your iPhone, together with a redesigned Lock Screen, modifying in Messages, and a brand new battery proportion indicator. But a brand new assist doc warns that the most effective would possibly come at a value to battery life.

In a assist doc titled “Change how your iPhone keyboard sounds or vibrates once you’re typing,” Apple describes activate the brand new iPhone keyboard vibration when typing. For the primary time, Apple is permitting customers to activate haptics whereas typing, and it’s one among our favourite new iOS 16 options. But whereas we completely advocate turning it on, Apple warns that it would come at a value.

In small print under the directions, Apple says, “Turning on keyboard haptics would possibly have an effect on the battery lifetime of your iPhone.” It’s a shocking disclaimer; although some customers have complained about battery life beneath iOS 16, haptics isn’t the form of factor you’d anticipate to be a big drain on longevity. Apple has an replace arriving subsequent week that might handle among the bigger points. However, it’s unlikely to alter the haptic keyboard.

We haven’t seen the characteristic affecting battery life on our telephones—and we’ve had haptics on since day one—however for those who discover your battery draining quicker beneath iOS 16, that could possibly be the wrongdoer.