With iOS 17.4, Apple made it easier to track your iPhone 15's battery life and overall health. A new software update, currently in beta, changes the Battery submenu in the Settings app to make it easier to see and understand the overall health of your battery.
Previously, across all iPhone 15 models, there was a section called “Battery Health and Charging” that opened a screen that displayed the battery's capacity as a percentage. (Over 80% is considered good.) Newly named[バッテリーの状態]The menu will display whether the battery is healthy or not.
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Tap Battery Health to open a submenu that shows your iPhone's battery life cycle count, date of manufacture, and date of first use.
And speaking of cycle counts, Apple retested all iPhone 15 models and said the batteries should maintain at least 80% capacity for 1,000 charge and wear cycles. Apple estimates that older iPhone models can maintain 50% of their battery capacity after 80 cycles.
Apparently, the hardware and batteries across the iPhone 15 series have not changed, only Apple's predictions about the number of complete cycles it will take for the battery to reach 80% charging capacity.
In CNET's iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Max battery tests, all four phones had some of the best battery life you can buy today. We're excited to see Apple make it more intuitive to understand the health of your iPhone's battery, and look forward to adding more features to manage your battery in the future.
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