Two settings that destroy your iPhone’s battery; it only takes a few seconds to fix them
APPLE’s iOS 17 update was rolled out to handsets last year and continues to bring sparkling new feature additions.
But there are two new Settings features that can quietly kill your battery.
iOS 17.4 is the latest version of the update, which is packed with surprising new features – as it was expected to be a mid-range update between iOS 17 and the highly anticipated iOS 18.
Apple decided to wow customers mid-year with a host of new features, including a nifty new battery saving setting, lock screen widgets, and new vibrations when using the keyboard.
However, the last pair of features was mentioned by CNET as being the two most important ones to disable if you’re trying to save your iPhone’s battery.
Remove lock screen widgets
When widgets are on your lock screen, the apps they belong to automatically run in the background.
This means that they are constantly collecting data behind the scenes to update the display information.
If you want to protect your battery life, don’t put widgets on your lock screen.
And if you really want to extend battery life, delete the apps on your home screen as well.
To remove widgets from your lock screen, long press the screen and click To adjust > Lock screen > tap the widget box and press minus (-) icon to delete them.
To do this on your home screen, simply long-press on the widget and tap Remote Widget.
Disable keyboard vibration
The iPhone keyboard has never had the ability to vibrate, so you probably don’t need it now.
The vibration is known as haptic feedback and was introduced with iOS 17 late last year.
All it does is give a little buzz when you type.
According to an apple support pagehaptic feedback “can affect your iPhone’s battery life.”
That’s probably why Apple left it up to you to enable it yourself.
If you want to disable it, just go to Institutions > Sounds and haptics > Keyboard feedback and switch off Haptic.