iOS 16 has added a touch keyboard option to the iPhone, which adds a small vibration every time you tap a letter when typing messages and the like. Unfortunately, Apple has warned users that turning this on could cost you battery life.
We don’t know how much the battery is drained, that’s just Apple support page for this feature (Opens in a new tab) “Turning on keyboard touches may affect iPhone battery life,” he says.
The latest iPhones (with the exception of the iPhone SE 2022 and possibly the iPhone 14 Pro) have good to excellent battery life, so if it’s just a small battery drain, you might not notice a difference. However, if you’re a heavy type, or really struggle to get your iPhone up all day without a trip to a wall socket, this won’t be what you want to hear.
I still love the fact that Apple finally added keyboard touches to the iPhone, and with the iPhone 13 Pro Max, I don’t notice any major battery drops. So if you’re curious, I’d recommend at least trying the touch keyboard notes on your iPhone for a few days to see if you like it, and if you notice a difference in the remaining charge when you reach the end of the day. If you are not sure how to do it, we can tell you how to enable the touch keyboard on iPhone.
iOS 16 had some other issues, like excessive copy/paste permissions, but we mostly enjoyed all of its new capabilities. New lock screen customization is especially welcome, as are new notification formats and the ability to unsend messages. In addition we also have a “magic memes machine” which is the ability to raise the subject of a photo from its background.
As for the future of the iPhone software, iOS 16.1 has just arrived in the second developer beta. This adds more features and improvements, including a more readable battery percentage indicator, clean power charging, and the long-awaited addition of live activities.
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