Apple To Lean on AI Tool To Help iPhone Battery Lifespan for Devices in iOS 19 (bloomberg.com) 25
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.
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? (Score:2)
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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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) (Score:2)
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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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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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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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AI agent to optimize power consumption. From all the press about the power demands of AI that seems like a questionable proposition.
This is like Maxwell’s demon gathering free energy by complex processing and gate toggling with no energy consumed somehow.
Low power mode (Score:3)
I am surprised how efficient low power mode can be. During a pretty bad ice storm we lost power and I was using a 3kw generator to power some essentials like an oxygen generator for the mother-in-law. I was at 60% but had no idea how long we would be running on backup. I switched to low power mode and closed all my apps. I still used my phone to check for status updates. In 5hrs my battery only depleted 5%. Now anytime I am in a situation where I cant get to a charger or battery for an extended time I alway
thanks Tim Apple (Score:2)
Sounds utterly useless. This is what an enormous company with massive cash and no ideas does.
If everything is, nothing is. (Score:2)
Apparently everything is AI now.
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Apparently everything is AI now.
Even magnesium.
Woohoo! an (A)lgorithm! With and (I)nterface! (Score:2)
NO BUT IT's AI!
Hi, you must be from marketing.
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No, you're on to something real there. Samsung has pulled a similar trick on the latest phone series. They also have a setting called "adaptative battery protection". Their sale pitch is that with it, they can keep the battery charge at 85% until not long before you usually wake up, and charge it to 100% just before you wake up.
So far, so good, it should not be hard to make a program that checks current charge level, does some stats about battery profile, checks at what time your alarm is set, and starts th
Suspicion (Score:2, Insightful)
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 (Score:2)
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.. (Score:2)
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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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.
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Is a Ferrari not properly engineered because it has a top speed far beyond what most drivers will ever need? It's not unreasonable to want a luxury piece of technology (like a flagship iPhone) to have specs that are extravagant rather than pragmatic.
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A Ferrari is engineered for performance because that's its design goal—and its customers pay for that. But slapping a 4Ah battery into a phone isn’t engineering brilliance; it’s lazy compensation for not optimizing power draw, thermal management, or user habits. If your solution to every problem is 'double it,' congratulations—you've reinvented overengineering.
Real engineers don’t throw money, weight, and space at a problem. They solve it with precision.
Why is every damn thing called AI now? (Score:1)
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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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.
No need (Score:1)
Balancing power draw vs spying (Score:2)
Really it's phone companies balancing the spying aspect of owning a phone versus the battery life.
How much battery do we want to give the user? that is the question.