Optimize Battery Charging on Your iPhone
Your iPhone comes with a cool feature called Optimized Battery Charging. This feature will let your iPhone learn your charging patterns so it can then charge at a slower pace once it hits the 80% mark. This reduces the wear on your battery and increases its life span since keeping a lithium-ion battery at full charge puts more stress on it.
This means that while your iPhone might take 30 to 40 minutes to reach 80% battery, it might take at least a couple of hours to hit 100%, which is something you might want to avoid altogether (more on that later).
This feature was made by Apple to prevent battery aging, so using it is a no-brainer, and it works really well if you maintain a regular schedule. However, it can be a good idea to disable it if you want to have a quicker charge when you’re on the go. Here’s how you can turn this feature on or off:
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and choose Battery.
- Select Battery Health & Charging.
- Enable Optimized Battery Charging.
While you’re there, you can also enable Clean Energy Charging, which is a feature that will help you reduce your carbon footprint by charging your iPhone only at times when your local power grid is drawing from energy sources with lower carbon emissions. This won’t necessarily extend the life of your battery (although the slower charging won’t hurt), but it’s great for the environment.