When Apple released iOS 18 earlier this fall, your current iPhone received a significantly more customizable home screen and Control Center, a redesigned Flashlight app, new iMessaging features, and Wi-Fi sharing capabilities. , and hide and lock apps.
(And that’s not even mentioning the Apple Intelligence feature. Finally It was released this week on the new iPhone. )
Additionally, iOS 18 added a little-known feature called “Charging Limits.” This gives you more control over how much your iPhone charges when connected to a power source. This is intended to extend the long-term lifespan of your iPhone by preventing it from fully charging.
What about the prey? This new feature only works on iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models.
Protect your iPhone battery health
You probably know that your iPhone’s lithium-ion battery degrades over time. Therefore, it won’t last as long as it did when it was new. But what you probably didn’t know is that it’s also bad for your battery to be fully charged at 100% all the time. Therefore, the battery deteriorates faster.
According to Isidor Buchmann, CEO and founder of Cadex Electronics, in an ideal world, it’s best to keep your iPhone charged at 20% or 80% or higher at all times. And these new battery controls that iOS 18 offers are meant to help you do that.
