Apple To Lean on AI Tool To Help iPhone Battery Lifespan for Devices in iOS 19

Apple is planning to use AI technology to address a frequent source of customer frustration: the iPhone's battery life. From a report: The company is planning an AI-powered battery management mode for iOS 19, an iPhone software update due in September, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The enhancement will analyze how a person uses their device and make adjustments to conserve energy, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the service hasn't been announced.

To create the technology -- part of the Apple Intelligence platform -- the company is using battery data it has collected from users' devices to understand trends and make predictions for when it should lower the power draw of certain applications or features. There also will be a lock-screen indicator showing how long it will take to charge up the device, said the people.

How Much Juice Will the AI Agent Suck?

[careysub]

AI agent to optimize power consumption. From all the press about the power demands of AI that seems like a questionable proposition.

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[buss_error]

From all the press about the power demands of AI that seems like a questionable proposition.

I don't know. As I love to point out, AI's attention span is only as long as it's power cords. Kinda fitting in a way.

O(n2)

[JBMcB]

Looking at a linear log of battery usage then comparing it to a linear log of battery voltage and finding patterns in that data doesn't sound like a terribly complicated series of calculations.

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[tacarat]

It's almost like AI is just being used as a buzzword. "Algorithmically Implemented" seems like a good fit here. Regardless, they can do the calculations while the phone is charging instead of when it's in use.

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[GoTeam]

It's almost like AI is just being used as a buzzword. "Algorithmically Implemented"

Hah, I like that! I'm using it in the future.

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[jacks smirking reven]

But if this was titled "Apple updates battery lifespan algorithm in IOS 19" it wouldn't be /. story bait now would it?

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[arglebargle_xiv]

It's OK, it's just standard power management with an "AI" label attached to it to make it sound cool. Nothing to see here, move along.

thanks Tim Apple

[dfghjk]

Sounds utterly useless. This is what an enormous company with massive cash and no ideas does.

If everything is, nothing is.

[RonVNX]

Apparently everything is AI now.

Woohoo! an (A)lgorithm! With and (I)nterface!

[Fly Swatter]

Maybe the algorithm was created by traversing their vast data collection with something close to today's AI, but in the end, on the phone, it's just a predetermined algorithm set by the results..

NO BUT IT's AI!

Hi, you must be from marketing.

Suspicion

[Dripdry]

One suspects that the real culprits, phoning data home constantly, will not be part of this magical new feature

Anything to avoid the elephant in the room

[Powercntrl]

iPhones have always been pretty good about conserving battery while idle. IIRC, it was Android that used to have an issue with battery drain while you weren't even using the phone. These days, if your battery isn't making it through the day it's because you're using your phone heavily, and that's something Apple would have to address by giving you more actual capacity. That typically means a physically larger battery. Of course, Apple's latest plan is to continue going in the opposite of that direction,

You could always do the proper thing, Apple..

[TigerPlish]

The proper thing is to take how much the typical user beats up their phone in a day, select a battery that'll do that and a little more -- then double that number and that's what you put in.

If your math says you need 2ah, put 4.

If it's user-swappable even better.

Be courageous, do it. Buck the trend.

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[Vanyle]

That's the opposite of proper engineering. The goal of any engineer is to figure out how to do a thing for as cheap as possible. Anyone can build a bridge if you use thick enough logs, the trick is doing it cost effectively.

Why is every damn thing called AI now?

[innocent_white_lamb]

Every program that does data analysis is suddenly been called Artificial Intelligence.

Statistical analysis has been a science for longer than computers have existed.

So why is it suddenly AI?

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[nightflameauto]

Every program that does data analysis is suddenly been called Artificial Intelligence.

Statistical analysis has been a science for longer than computers have existed.

So why is it suddenly AI?

Buzzword compliance. Marketing demands buzzword compliance. If it's using any form of data analysis, it is AI, or else it won't sound current and hip and trendy and all that other marketing gobbledygook.