One of the features we’re expecting to see at Apple’s WWDC presentation this summer will reportedly be an iPhone AI battery preservation feature, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
This new feature is expected to be in iOS 19 and will adapt your phone’s battery management habits based on your average use. It could even involve your phone making settings or configuration changes in the background to preserve battery during certain times.
It’s unclear how exactly this could work, but perhaps it will be smart enough to know what time of day you typically interact with email. Then it could stop refreshing it as often outside that window to save power. This would be a small save, but a few tweaks like this that could save a few minutes of battery each could add up over a day.
The report also states that a new information bubble will appear on your lock screen when charging, letting you know how long until your phone is full.
This increased focus on battery has likely been ramping up behind the scenes at Apple for a few years as it gets closer to releasing the long-rumoured iPhone 17 Air, which will be thinner than the average iPhone and likely have a reduced battery life. However, Apple did make some battery improvements earlier this year with its own C1 modem in the iPhone 16e, so combined with some AI improvements, we could be surprised.
One interesting part of the report is that it mentions this feature will be under the Apple Intelligence name, but will come to older devices that can upgrade to iOS 19. That suggests Apple is expanding its AI features to older phones for the first time, with a new subtitle, “Powered by Apple Intelligence.”
The report also states we might see similar AI enhancements make their way to the Apple Watch even though the small device can’t run local models.
Source: Bloomberg
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