Is the iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On display a battery hog? Here's what we found - XDA Developers

Compared to galore Android phones, the iPhone 14 Pro offers a richer Always-On display. How overmuch artillery bash these added elements drain, though?

With the motorboat of the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple adopted the Always-On show (AOD) diagnostic for the archetypal clip connected an iPhone. Prior to this release, AOD was constricted to newer Apple Watch models. In emblematic Apple fashion, the diagnostic arrived precocious but not without an innovative spin. You see, astir Android telephone manufacturers person been offering a basal AOD that usually shows the time, date, weather, notifications, and different similarly-relevant information. The iPhone shaper went up and integrated the wallpaper into the AOD arsenic well. Expectedly, users person expressed mixed feelings astir this execution, with some disabling it, portion others clasp it. Though, 1 communal enigma crossed some groups has been the artillery life. Does the constantly-visible wallpaper drain a batch of juice? A caller experimentation clears up this interest erstwhile and for all.

With the merchandise of iOS 16.2, Apple started allowing iPhone 14 Pro owners to customize the Always-On display. This alteration enables users to fell the wallpaper and/or notifications erstwhile successful AOD mode. PhoneBuff has gone up and visualized the iPhone 14 Pro Max's artillery drain with AOD wholly disabled, enabled without the wallpaper, and enabled with the wallpaper. To bash so, they near the telephone idle for 24 hours successful a well-lit room.

• With the AOD disabled, the artillery level remained astatine 100% aft the 24 hours elapsed.
• Meanwhile, with AOD enabled and the wallpaper disabled, the artillery dropped to 84% 24 hours later. That's an mean of 0.66% artillery drain per hour.
• Lastly, with the AOD and wallpaper enabled, the artillery percent fell to 80% wrong the aforesaid clip period. That's an mean of 0.83% artillery drain per hour.

As these results reflect, enabling the wallpaper erstwhile successful AOD mode doesn't drain a importantly higher artillery percentage. It's besides worthy mentioning that your iPhone disables the AOD erstwhile it's successful your pocket, you're dormant oregon distant from it, successful summation to different AI-predicted conditions. So the existent drain caused by the AOD per 24 hours is really lower, since, dissimilar PhoneBuff's test, it isn't connected astatine each times. For reference, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra with AOD connected dropped to 84% aft 24 hours. That's identical to the artillery drain connected the iPhone 14 Pro Max with AOD enabled without the wallpaper.

Personally, erstwhile I disabled the AOD wallpaper, I felt similar I was getting a importantly longer artillery life. But present that I've viewed the results of this experiment, I'm realizing that it could've been a placebo effect. Nonetheless, I've near it disabled since, successful my opinion, the time, date, and upwind are sufficient. While the AOD wallpaper adds quality and property to the telephone erstwhile the surface is off, it besides acts arsenic a distraction, particularly erstwhile you're streaming media and the subordinate is disposable connected the Lock Screen. That's not to notation that viewing the notifications becomes somewhat much challenging, owed to the colors of each on-screen elements being dimmer/duller.

• Apple iPhone 14 Pro

  Apple iPhone 14 Pro

  The iPhone 14 Pro brings a caller beforehand design, upgraded cameras, and a caller all-powerful Apple silicon for the astir premium iPhone yet.

• Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

  Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

  The iPhone 14 Pro Max is Apple's biggest and champion smartphone, and successful emblematic Apple fashion, it is some a powerhouse and an endurance beast.

Do you person the wallpaper enabled oregon disabled for the AOD connected your iPhone? Let america cognize successful the comments conception below.

Source: PhoneBuff