As promised by Tim Cook, iOS 11.3 will
show battery health and provide custom recommendations on whether or not that battery needs to be replaced or serviced.
iOS 11.3 adds new features to
show battery health and recommend if a battery needs to be serviced.
iOS 11.3 adds new features to
show battery health and recommend if a battery needs to be replaced.
It basically says the new version of iOS
shows your battery health and will recommend when it needs to be replaced.
Not exact matches
Research
shows that maintaining a minimum of 50 % discharge extends your
battery's
health as much as possible.
The update could also include a new menu that
shows users information about their iPhone's
battery health.
But that offer, along with the promised iOS 11.3 ability to disable the «Power Management» plan and
show the
health of a phone's
battery, hasn't appeased angry owners, some of whom have launched lawsuits against Apple.
In the case of my iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, it
showed that the
battery health was perfect and that it hadn't lost any capacity so far.
Tapping this new section will
show the current
health of the iPhone's
battery.
A few days back, we
showed you how to check iPhone
battery health after Apple admitted that it had introduced a power management feature in iOS, which slows some of the older iPhones down to prevent them from unexpectedly shutting down.
The company will introduce a feature that
shows the
health of a phone's
battery, and recommends if it needs to be serviced.
Apple
shows the following messages in
Battery Health, depending on your iPhone's capability to handle apps at peak performance:
According to Apple, the new
Battery Health feature will
show users if the performance management feature is disabled or enabled on their device.
This will
show users their iPhone's
battery health and let them turn off power management improvements.
According to iGeneration, Apple will replace the
battery on the iPhone 6, 6s, SE or 7 for $ 29 even if the internal tool
shows the
battery is in good
health.
The info side
shows you the
battery level, gives you access to the S
Health part of the app (Samsung's fitness tracking service) and the Suggested apps card, with a link to download new apps and watch faces.
We have
shown you how to check your iPhone's
battery health.
Finally, if the
battery health has degraded significantly, the feature will
show this message: «Your
battery's
health is significantly degraded.
The update also
shows more detailed information on
battery health for the iPhone 6 and later.
Apple is offering
battery replacements for iPhone 6 and later through the end of the year, and will soon be pushing out a software that will
show if the
health of your
battery is affecting performance.