Low Power Mode

Low Power Mode is a feature in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS that allows mobile Apple devices to extend battery life by reducing background activities.iPhone Low Power Mode – What Does it Do and How Do You Turn it on? by Charlotte Henry, The Mac Observer. 2020-05-28.New ‘Low Power Mode’ coming to Apple Watch Series 4 and later with watchOS 9 by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac. 2022-09-07. It can be accessed at Settings > Battery. A button can also be added to the Control Center at Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls.How to turn off Low Power Mode on an iPhone in 2 different ways by Kelly Laffey, Business Insider. 2019-12-27.
==Affected activities==
*CPU may be throttled by as much as 40%.
*Display brightness is reduced.
*Display refresh rate is limited to 60 Hz on devices that support ProMotion.
*Some visual effects are reduced.
*5G connections are switched to 4G (except for large downloads and streaming).
*Background app refresh is disabled.
*Background email fetch is disabled.
*Automatic downloads are disabled.
*iCloud Photos are temporarily paused.
*Auto-Lock defaults to 30 seconds.
Low Power Mode is automatically turned off when a charging an iPhone or iPad reaches 80% battery life, though it can be manually enabled again. A user is normally prompted to turn on this feature when the battery level of their iOS device has been drained down to 20%, and once again at 10%.Low Power Mode on iPhone and iPad: What it does and how to enable it by Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Business Insider India. 2021-09-10. iPadOS users only receive a single warning at 10%.Feature Request: iOS 16 should give Low Power Battery pop-up the volume HUD overhaul by José Adorno, 9To5Mac. 2022-06-01.
==History==
Low Power Mode was introduced for supported iPhones with iOS 9 in September 2015, for iPads with iPadOS 15 in September 2021, for Macs with macOS 12 (Monterey) in October 2021, and for Apple Watches with watchOS 9 in September 2022.Apple brings low power mode to Mac and iPad by Christian Zibreg, iDownloadBlog. 2021-06-11.iPhone or iPad and what happens when you do so by Ankur Thakur, iDownloadBlog. 2022-05-09. In September 2022, the modal low power warning was also changed to a less intrusive notification within the Dynamic Island on the new iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max.iPhone 14 Pro Moves Annoying Low Battery Alerts to the Dynamic Island by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors. 2022-09-14.
==References==
==See also==
*Battery Health, for checking the battery service life of supported iPhone models.
*Low Data Mode, to reduce data and energy usage on Apple's mobile devices.
*High Power Mode, for 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple Silicon.
==External links==
*Use Low Power Mode to save battery life on your iPhone or iPad at Apple Support (2022-04-08)
**Use Low Power Mode on your Apple Watch (2022-09-12)
**Save energy on your Mac
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