One small step...

So if you have an iPhone in the US you may have noticed that on the latest 16.3.1 update Apple flipped a switch on everyone's phones. That makes charging slower is what some of the headlines would say. But the real story is actually really interesting. So if you look now in battery health settings, there's a new setting called Clean Energy Charging.

And what it does is it tries to reduce your carbon footprint by only charging when your house is likely to be pulling from cleaner sources of energy based on your local electrical grid. That is kind of wild. Luckily, you can override it. You'll get a notification that says it's not charging and waiting for clean Energy you can bypass it.

But the interesting thing about this one is this setting is opt out. Meaning if you go to check your settings, it's going to be on by default. Now you know, charging your one iPhone at slightly more optimized hours won't make a big difference to your own personal carbon footprint. But Apple Flipping a switch for millions and millions of iPhones at once will probably in total make a really big difference to Total Energy saved a rare W for the environment.

I Also can guarantee this would be in a slide at the next Apple Keynote.

By MKBHD

12 thoughts on “A rare iphone environmental w”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mario says:

    How much did you get payed for this?

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ken m says:

    Thanks! I just turned this bullshit off. It's hard to believe that something this stupid actually exists and is on by default.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JOHNNY V says:

    I call it BS

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Frank says:

    Oh, this is like a b.s. media p.r. first step in making their company seem environmentally friendly after the irreparable damage with all the cobalt mining they've done.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Sorcerer supreme says:

    Tate predicted it

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Astle Truscott says:

    Some dumb shit 😂

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ZeJama says:

    I just turn off

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bohdan Nazarenko says:

    dont care, i want the dumn phone charged

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Angelo says:

    Yeah as soon as I found out about this crap I shut it off on my phone and anyone else’s I can get my hands on

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dallin Nevitt says:

    This is stupid

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gerald Parker says:

    Yeah this is the most bullshit reason I’ve ever seen for jumping about anything Apple has done.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Arc08 says:

    Probably not going to do anything at all

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