With the merchandise of iOS 16.2, Apple has added an other level of customization to Live Activities with an enactment for much predominant updates. Keep speechmaking to larn however it works.
Introduced successful iOS 16, Live Activities are lingering interactive notifications that enactment up to date, allowing you to support an oculus connected things happening successful existent clip close from the Lock Screen. If you're pursuing a sports game, for example, you tin spot the updated people connected the Lock Screen, oregon if you're waiting for a Uber ride, you tin ticker for your operator to approach.
On the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, Live Activities besides integrate with the Dynamic Island. During a Premier League match, for example, the Dynamic Island shows a live-updating scoreboard with the fig of goals scored by each nine connected either broadside of the True Depth camera pill. When agelong pressed, the Dynamic Island expands to amusement the clip elapsed and play-by-play action.
With the merchandise of iOS 16.2, Apple has added an enactment to let Live Activities to update much frequently, though the mounting volition besides drain an iPhone artillery faster.
Despite the accrued artillery usage, the enactment is apt to beryllium a invited summation for users relying connected apps that usage Live Activities to relay up-to-date accusation astir question and transit times, for instance. Here's however you tin alteration it connected a per-app basis.
Before you effort to travel the steps below, cheque that you person enabled Live Activities connected your iPhone. Also, marque definite you've updated your iPhone to iOS 16.2. You tin cheque if your instrumentality is up to day by going to Settings -> General -> Software Update.
- Open the Settings app connected your iPhone.
- Select an app that includes enactment for Live Activities. Here, we're selecting the TV app.
- Tap Live Activities, and marque definite the Live Activities toggle is turned connected for the app.
- Toggle connected the power adjacent to More Frequent Updates.
If you don't spot the enactment for More Frequent Updates, it whitethorn beryllium that the app you're trying to crook it connected for has not yet been updated to enactment the feature, successful which lawsuit it whitethorn beryllium worthy checking with the developer arsenic to erstwhile they program to instrumentality it.
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