Apple's iOS 16.4 beta shows how much battery life is used when a new iPhone 14 Pro feature is enabled

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The iOS 16.4 developer beta features a setting that shows how much energy your battery has used when the Always-On display is enabled.

If you own an iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max, you can take advantage of Apple's Always-On display . Instead of completely blacking out from non-use, or when you lock the device, the screen dims and the refresh rate drops to as low as 1Hz. Multiple co-processors in the A16 Bionic SoC are used to keep the display updating while keeping power use to a minimum.Still, there is no denying that having the Always-On display enabled is going to do a number on battery consumption.

Making the AOD on your iPhone 14 Pro series model to look more like the Android version of the Always-On display, the iOS 16.4 developer beta, which was released today, adds more data to the Battery menu such as the battery consumption while the AOD feature is toggled on. It isn't clear whether this info is on by default in the beta since it could take a little time before iOS has gathered enough data to detail Always-On display battery consumption.

You might recall that when Apple first released the Always-On display for the iPhone 14 Pro line, it left too many distracting items on the screen including colorful wallpaper. This made an active AOD screen look like a slightly dimmer lock screen. As a result, some iPhone users felt that they were always on high alert since the screen looked like it was about to receive a phone call when in reality it was just the AOD display.

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