iOS 18 - Ultimate Battery Guide with Tips That Work

[@denniskirschbaum9109]

Great tips! I actually adjust a few things.

[@DollyParton-k7e]

Yeah me too

[@1Archegos]

Yeahh, loving the new thumbnails. Much cooler tones always prompt me to click. Thanks for the tips, Aaron!

[@ViktorAndy]

My battery sent me this.

[@orrbixx]

I’m on IOS 18.0.1 on a iPhone 15 pro max & my battery goes down pretty quick without even opening apps

[@MrFjellias]

Again, great advice, thank you!

[@DollyParton-k7e]

Yeah lol

[@StatenH-k5q]

15 Pro Max running 18.0.1, 88% battery health and at 486 cycles after 13 months of use and counting. Using between 200 to 300 percent of battery per day. Running Camera hard every day and Heavy gaming.

[@emmanueloseitutu8257]

Same here but at 415 cycles after 11 months of use😐.

[@Ruslan_davudov_photography]

Damn! 318 cycles and 88% here, charging once a day.

[@bulletz4life]

goddamn i just replaced my day one 14 pro max battery that had 506 cycles after over 2 years. you use your phone WAY too much lmao

[@simplyeric12]

I bought a $1000+ iPhone. I'm using it to it's full extent. 100% optimized charging. Use it like it's intended folks and live a little. Battery replacement costs $100 WITHOUT Apple Care if you love it that much.

[@oms2435]

I’m thinking of doing this 😅

[@friends4evrr]

by liking this comment Arron that means you agree and that your video is a lie ):

[@adamcheeseplease]

I agree with you entirely!

[@realfake3783]

this is stupid if you are trying to have your phone last longer during the day

[@andrewsamuel368]

Replaced batteries are subject to overheating and overall never meeting the quality of the original. Got one from Apple and I still had to charge it twice a day a week into it.

[@jasfx7241]

Your new dark thumbnails look amazing Aaron keep it up

[@zollotech]

Thank you

[@skrachamaniacs3878]

I was stuck with an iPhone 11 Pro Max until I got my 16 pro, I absolutely love it!

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

THX AARON 🤗💚💚💚

[@whiteshark2060]

Low power mode is great as I turn mines on when I reach work for my 12 hour shift and I turn it off when I leave to go home it’s really helpful and I don’t have to worry about a charger the whole day

[@copywritten8462]

I have to do the same, RN here

[@everyonesfavoritesidechara3816]

I pretty much always keep my phone in low power mode

[@jimmyboy1582]

Have you tried setting it up for an automation? I have mine set to turn on at 7 o’clock every day and turn off when I get back home at my address.

[@whiteshark2060]

@@jimmyboy1582 that’s a good idea but I’m used to this formula since my iPhone 7 Plus plus it gives me a sense of freedom that soon as my shift is over and I turn it off

[@whiteshark2060]

@@jimmyboy1582 only automations I use are my over 120 wallpapers changing randomly every hour for my Lock Screen and Home Screen for ex: Lock Screen at 1:00pm and Home Screen at 1:30 pm and so on throughout the day and night since Apple only gives 50 wallpapers to shuffle from the wallpaper section in settings and my other automation is Speak Text that tells me that my iPhone is fully charged when it’s plugged in and reaches 100%

[@yupdatscookie]

Procured the 16 ProMax about a week ago and noticed a similar battery drain from my ProMax. Just applied 90% of your suggestions and expect less drain this week.

[@zeuscheng11]

I need this, thanks Allen.

[@The8travelgirl]

Ohhh ny God!! Thank You Aaron for this video! I learn a lot of features that I didn't know that I can disable to save battery, specially with the background app refresh. Again great video, I always tell my friends to follow you because you are good and take time to explain every feature.

[@Mitracast]

Just a suggestion if u explaining things to do suppose in location kindly keep it in continuity of all the suggestion related to location option as many of us pause n do things as u explain would be easier. Thanks for the video

[@bill6872]

Very helpful information. I didn’t know about some of these settings. Thanks!

[@parmend2001]

I feel like the real issue for me is the lack of touchscreen sensitivity with my 16PM when a screen protector is applied, even after the 18.0.1 update . I’m using the one Apple installed because they blamed the issue on my Amazon protector. Well I’m still having touchscreen sensitivity issues. Every tech KZbinr I see doing reviews doesn’t use a case or a screen protector, so I feel the issue is hard to discover. My 13PM with a cheap Amazon protector is super sensitive. People in the forums are still experiencing this issue. Aaron, can you test this out? It would help get apples attention. Thanks

[@Rawa-Rahim]

Same here.

[@adriankatava6662]

Noticed this when typing. I have kinda gotten used to it now but I hope they do touch on this indeed. I have an amazon screen protector. It is not that bad on mine, but still something that should be fixed.

[@mannyman5521]

I got a iPhone 16 witj Screen Protection from Amazon and i got 0 Problems With touch

[@UFCFan777]

Very informative video as always ! Thank you so much for these 🎉

[@achekholbeckal889]

my iPhone 16 pro running iOS 18.1 battery life improved significantly, I limited to 85% and switched off notifications and refresh for apps that I didn’t need such as washing machine and electricity consumption and bills etc. my apple watch ultra too, on watch 11.1 battery life too last so much longer, but mu iPad M1 Pro on ipad os 18.2 Beta had a poor battery life, I am thinking to stop installing Beta on my daily driver after this 18.2 complete

[@TechlikeLeon]

Thanks for the tips. Keep it up. Your videos are so helpful!

[@Alsada_515-Q8]

Amazing video!!!

[@flopez1025]

Thx I updated my apps and my battery life is back. Problem solved 👍

[@Primitivum]

Aaron, when its actually a good idea to install a new battery? My iPhone 13 pro Max 1TB is at 85% battery health and honestly I see no reason to upgrade, compared mine to the 16 Pro Max and I see improvements, not just enought to make me buy a new one I guess.

[@volcolby]

Thanks. This was helpful. My 15 Pro Max updated a few days ago and the next day my battery life was terrible. It does seem to have "normalized" now.

[@garethalston]

My 16 pro max battery is best battery I’ve ever had from an iPhone and I’ve had all the pro max phones from 11-16. I don’t use 5g though as 4g gives me 100mbps already and that can do everything I need, 5g not as optimised as 4g yet for most. I also have phone set to 40% brightness unless I’m outside and need more. Also dark mode user here.

[@iwill_859]

By next year its gonna be terrible, all by design of course.

[@paulmaric2965]

Helpful video Aaron! I already had several of these setting disabled/done as you suggested and doing so I've found my battery life has increased by about 25%. The few I didn't know about I've now changed and hopefully will increase my battery life even more.

[@thuwanfazilmarso3323]

Hi Aaron I just wanted to tell you since 2 days my iPhone 15 pro max 256 GB is getting full 100% charge even I have set it to only to be charged at 90% im currently running ios 18.0.1 version, seeking help from you regarding my iPhone battery 🔋 thanks as always for your valuable videos 😊

[@battery_wattage]

This problem can occur even after the device has been fully charged and calibrated for some reason. This works for me. Wait until the battery is no more than 70%. It won’t work when the battery is higher. 2. Change the charging optimisation setting to "None" and 100%. 3. Reboot your iphone 4. Plug your phone for about 30 seconds. 5. Unplug your iphone 6. Change the charging optimisation method back to your preferred limit. 7. Charge as usual Just a tip. If you find that you still have well over 30% remaining battery, lower your limit. It’s more efficient, less damaging to the battery and you can realistically get 85%+ health after 600 cycles even with fast charging. Don’t inconvenience yourself if you need that extra battery (for example traveling by air with unreliable access to charging).

[@JOJO_LEB]

My 13 pro maxxx besttt battery everrrrrr

[@anglitxuanalx1295]

Sorry Aaron, still staying put with disabling auto brightness. The point being I do not want it to continuously think it's too dark where I'm at and starting to become overly smart by brightening the display up when it's no good for me. I do not want it to change from 0%. Set it at 0, and I meant to keep it that way. Not arguing, just pointing out why disabling it make sense, even if it's just very little of it.

[@WhittyPics]

80% max charge don't cut it on an Apple watch at all. Early builds of OS usually is lousy on battery

[@rosestines66]

Great video Aaron now I got to make sure that I got everything fixed my phone so I can save my battery ❤😊

[@blakeashton8595]

Turning off location services also prevents find my iPhone working correctly

[@amoakogeorge]

Been waiting for this video 👍👍

[@benpatten6402]

Hey Aaron, have you personally noticed or heard of people having problems when sending RCS messages to an android phone? I have been using it since the first beta came out and I’m currently running 18 off of beta now still having the same issue it seems like 50-50 it will either send or fail and I will have to retry. It will fail again, so I almost always have to send it as SMS which then works. it’s just interesting. I thought by this point that bug would be fixed. Curious to know if anybody else is having this issue also when it does fail, I do have very good connectivity sometimes I’ll even be connected to Wi-Fi calling. Thanks

[@peshwaryaqub]

After ios 18 my battery life get 99 after 95 cycles all because of ios 18…but now ios18.0.1 is better actually

[@emiel333]

It has nothing to do with the update. Having 99% battery health after 95 full charge cycles is normal.

[@peshwaryaqub]

@@emiel333 so what about 135 cycles and still 100% battery life and same phone ? …

[@VincenzoCappelluti]

Is a good idea charge the iPhone with a 5W charger?

[@zollotech]

You can it just will be very slow

[@GiulianoLibonati]

@@zollotechbut won’t warm up the device

[@Gabri3lRocha]

a slower charger will always be better for battery longevity especially since heat is like the under 1 enemy of batteries and fast charging creates more heat. If you do end up using a slow charger the effects are probably minimal at best but thats just my guess. I personally don't really care because battery replacements are pretty cheap these days at least in m opinion Even though I'm lower middle class. a good approach is probably slow charging at night while sleeping but then also have a fast charger laying around during the day for emergency fast charging

[@jazzfreak38]

@@zollotech please don't in my opinion. There are videos on this. The 5W Charger with a modern iPhone will get so hot you almost can't touch it. They used different watts for the test. 20W is the number the iPhone is made for, the new ones 25W. Nonetheless you can use best a 20W or 30W charger, and then charger gets hot, but not that hot, your battery will be fine and charging speeds will be ok. It seems even magsafe and its temperature won't damage your phones battery that much, it's just inefficient. But yeah. Also since the iPhone 15 you can get 1000 cycles out of your battery, double than what was possible on the iPhone 14 series. So don't worry and use the phone. Replacement is 100 bugs after 2-3 years at an Apple Store. that's ok. My last iPhone XS did 3-4 years till 79% capacity was reached

[@joejenkins1978]

Thanks for the video I learned a lot on how to save your battery 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@danielrestrepo2319]

16 pro Max user here , I think all these recommendations are really good for small iPhone users, with the pro Max the battery is fenomenal and turning all these features off don't make the phone worth it ,I have most of the features turned on and I still get fenomenal battery life on 16pm , I go every day from about 5am to 9pm and still have about 40% in the tank, the only thing o don't do is game o my phone

[@frisco61]

Phenomenal- just an fyi

[@danielrestrepo2319]

@@frisco61 thanks

[@dandelion935]

I got an iPhone 16 and to preserve battery health I set charge limit to 80 and got a MagSafe battery pack, and it’s pretty much always plugged it into power so after about 20 days of regular use I’m only at 2 charge cycles. The only downside is that the phone is noticeably heavier, but for me personally it’s really no big deal

[@samueldzurina290]

Hey! My Apple Notes app is super laggy and keeps crashing. This has been happening since I updated to iPadOS 18 RC on my iPad 10th gen with the Apple Pencil (USB-C). Now i am on 18.0.1 and it is still happening. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

[@gcaswell19]

20 mins of game play on madden took my battery from 100 to 68

[@kjo1986]

I updated. Bummed the battery slider percentage doesn’t work on iPhone 13 Pro Max hoping that it’ll be corrected soon. Am not going to upgrade every dang year for the best of the best but wish Apple would give the same to all its devices. Frustrating.

[@cgarby]

Best no nonsense updates in the business.

[@miggyyusay]

A bit late, but consider turning off Apple Intelligence Report on iOS 18.1 or newer.

[@thevacdude]

Thanks for the video, Aaron.

[@_icscata_]

19:05 Nice mentioning this, I also left it toggled on for traffic notifications and improvements. 👌🏻

[@seank6375]

I have noticed on the 16 Pro the biggest battery drainer by far is the camera. Today i took 5 pictures in about 1 minute and it dropped from 30% to 27%, but even just opening the camera can drop a %. Is this normal or a software issue? I’m paying more attention to battery since this is a new phone and not sure if it is normal?”.

[@artur1789]

Phone issue

[@seank6375]

@@artur1789 my phone specifically, or all iPhone 16 Pro?

[@zakwanhym5315]

Yup my phone too . 16pro can heating and use the battery much when comes to camera

[@jazzfreak38]

depends on the settings, but sure this will be improved in software updates. But for the most part your battery was at 30%. It drains faster on the lower end. Display brightness is also a drainer or auto display brightness can be.

[@willlahke]

Love your videos keep up the work

[@anoldslowhorse]

Great video… very useful , thank you

[@derekmcc]

Thank You ,Aaron, another in depth video.

[@proulxr2002]

Thank you for a great video Aaron!🤩

[@appleztooranges]

The I phone 16 pro max battery doesn’t seem the best to me unless on WiFi.

[@artur1789]

Sad because i want to change 15PM To 16PM for better battery life

[@garethalston]

@@appleztooranges my 16 pro max battery is best I’ve had on any iPhone and I’ve had all iPhone pro max’s from 11-16

[@SriramTechie]

@@artur1789 16PM having 20% increase battery life compare to 15PM i am using the phone without dark mode morning 9 am to 7pm on 5G Bluetooth always on till 11PM always connected to watch etc 3 hrs calling time remain mails 30 mins BGMI etc getting 8 Hrs SOT with 35% left in the last per day

[@adriankatava6662]

For me it is amazing, even partly on 5g I can easily get 8hrs sot with 20% left. On wifi I get even more. But I am in Europe so this could be something that influences the experience.

[@CoreRock-e6g]

Great video Aaron very informative changed everything you recommended new Sub. Can you share how you got your weather widget on your home screen how you made it look like that Thanks again

[@LCPHOTOGUY]

its called mercury weather. It took me forever to find out. great looking widget.

[@bertusmouton]

Thanks for the video and the info, however, my issue and coming to this video, is that when I listen to Apple Podcasts, by phone heats up and battery drain is intensified... I have an iPhone 15Pro with 91% battery health. This is whether it is with my AirPods or with my Shokz or just using the phone's speakers. Wasn't a problem with iOS 17!

[@karimelby25]

Great, thanks for information 😊 0:39

[@FRND23]

You need to do this for Apple Watch too please!😊

[@hwang1607]

Good video

[@FakeReal007]

What’s the difference between turning off auto brightness in accessibility and auto brightness in the control center. They seem to be two separate controls?

[@TylerDShun]

Just got upgraded to 15 pro max 2 days and searched for a video to save my battery already. It dies so fast and I’m not on is as much as I used to be due to work. I didn’t have this issue with my 14 pro max or any older phone I’ve ever had with Apple.

[@shivamkrishn]

Your new thumbnails are dope..that phone laying down with screen on is 🔥🔥

[@charlesnickens685]

Ok so I have auto brightness turned on, but do you recommend True Tone?

[@zollotech]

That makes no difference as far as battery. Life is concerned I personally don’t use it because it makes the weight of the phone more like paper. Since I want to see what the actual color is for accuracy when making KZbin thumbnails and other things, I turn it off.

[@gusm2752]

Where is that wallpaper available on iPhone 16 pro. ?? I don’t see it on my phone.

[@Theinspirationalrogue]

Looks like Aaron upgraded himself with these more vibrant thumbnails haha. Thanks for all the cool content sir.

[@zollotech]

Glad you like them

[@XABI0591]

I am not able to connect my phone to a projector that I have used in the past, and it seems that it happened right after the last update. My wife's phone is able to project but I don't know what settings I have to change in order to be able to use mine. Any ideas?

[@daledevernon56]

Do accessibility features in particular voice over drain the battery a lot as during the day it's beeng turned on and off continuously through a shortcut.

[@zollotech]

Yes, they do because they have to activate the microphone and other features and keep them active. So in general, they will use more power than if they are turned off. But they are super helpful for those that need them.

[@mauriellorocco]

What about the sync between iPhone and watch? Every time I get a phone call I can’t answer it on the watch anymore. What I do wrong? Any advice on this issue.

[@Premkumar.....]

Compared to ios 18, Ios 18.0.1 is somehow better in the battery performance

[@prettyboyjay432]

Informative

[@drfavored]

How did you get your message app icon to look like it does?

[@NotNumzu]

Hopefully they don't delay the update on IOS 18.1

[@largon2008]

Oct 28th

[@Aviation_tech441]

Lol. My mother turns on low power mode on her 16 Pro almost every day. I hear her saying"Hey siri turn on low power mode " everyday.

[@ojphones]

I think it’s all down to how you charge your phone and on how much of a power user you are with your phone… If you are on heavy usage definitely the battery will degrade faster and if you’ve got poor charging habits you killing your battery faster!

[@jonathanmoseley6447]

My 15 Pro Max battery is really great 💯💯👍🏾

[@anthonydavis5365]

Are you running iOS 18 or Better?

[@Volkswarren]

Still getting unresponsive screen issues on iphone 15 pro max on 18.1 beta

[@iambujar]

i Don't Know why your phone usually has such low Screen on time , my 15 pro max reaches 8-10h everyday , i usually leave background app refresh off and it helps alot ! There is a bug with location , either Find My or Homescreen drain battery overnight , and if Location is off then it dont drain!

[@zollotech]

Betas

[@iambujar]

@@zollotechim on 18.1 beta aswell, there is a problem with find my and location, drains battery slightly when you dont use the phone and even overnight and when you turn off location it doesnt drain, reported to Apple and hope they fix it.

[@jamesdemola7283]

How did you get it to light up on the side

[@What-supwiththis5448]

You keep showing this battery deal but like what do you do if you have only a 14 pro max I don’t have that type of enhancement feature like other people do

[@zollotech]

Most of the changes in this video apply to all phones

[@user-nekomario]

AppleはiOS18.1と同時にiOS18.1.とiOS15.8.4rcとiPados15.8.4rcのテスト版をリリースする必要があります

[@wizerdjuice9589]

Couple days is the truth. My SE3 went to bad to worst with the 18 update and seems to have gotten better after a couple days. Battery at 81% so when I walked into Apple and asked WTF there solution was I need a new battery NOT.

[@artur1789]

😂😂😂

[@patricemehandzhiev1999]

Terrible battery performance. I use my 15 pro max the exact same way every day and it lasts me 36-48 h per cycle. At 99% health. Now it lasts 24-30h. This update only drains it to make the 16 pm battery look far better.

[@Terminator_231]

Each new iOS update uses more battery power in all devices, plus Apple add more features to use more power in each iOS update

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Aaron, my 15+ does not have an "Always on Display" option. The only option I can ever see under "Rise to Wake" is Display Zoom (which I love due to my aged eyes). Funny, my 15+ says "Mobile Service" rather than Cellular, but the rest of the stuff I found alright.

[@sharifrizan1909]

which one is the best way ? i limit to 80% or set to 100% + optimized battery charging then i stop charging manually when reach to 80% ? sorry for my English language

[@jazzfreak38]

depends on your life situation. If you go to bed and you have similar use cases for the the iPhone on the different days of the week, the iPhone will learn of your situation. But if your are a shift worker, or just charge your phone irregular, the learning process will be inefficient and sometimes random, when it decides to charge the phone up to 100%. But even the 80% Limit is not that huge, like you would expect. It sure helps, as the battery can last really long (long enough for the day on most days for me). But your capacity of the battery will sink no matter what. After a year most iPhone 15 users have 92% capacity. Its will reach 80% after 1000 cycles instead of 500 on the iPhone 14. So yeah not that big of a difference

[@Tonebone2k8]

I turned apple intelligence off and have had the best battery life I’ve ever had in a while.

[@juanlevano9867]

Does any ones phone just completely turn off? For no reason?

[@realkoko-loco]

On 18.1 beta 6, Siri wasn’t working. I had to connect to WiFi and then it worked an hour later. Apparently, extra stuff had to download. Weird that Apple didn’t include it in the actual update download.

[@Alianorodrigues]

On my 15 pro max i have the battery set up to 90% charging limit…but my phone recently charged up to 100% twice…i’m on a public version of ios 18.0.1.

[@garethalston]

@@Alianorodrigues yeah that’s normal. It’s is meant to do that at times. Click the learn more in battery charge bit. It tells you its does this some times

[@Alianorodrigues]

@@garethalston ohh okay

[@gymlife408]

Did they get rid of being able to record video in square ?

[@thetechguy600]

Yes they did.

[@dereckabackus5411]

I turn off location if possible in settings.

[@henrifischer1119]

I have an automation that turns on Low Power Mode at 00:00 en turns it back off at 06:00. Who needs apps refreshing in the background when they are asleep? If it doesn't harm the battery of course.

[@jasonashley9853]

Waiting on my Iphone friends to update so we can use RCS! Im sure it wont be until late November/early December until most will update. Hopefully 17.1 is solid.

[@realkoko-loco]

Apparently the AirPods Pro 1 got a software update that flew under everyone’s radar. I just noticed today. It has auto-adjusting nc that I’ve heard people talking about with AirPods Pro 2. It’s kind of weird.

[@JAYREEZE1]

Can you do battery saving tips on Apple Watch Ultra 1 and 2 on watch OS 11 my ultra 1 just can’t get through the day watch os 11

[@ro794]

No auto brightness settings

[@KC-rn3bd]

I find it crazy how find my iPhone is constantly pulling my location. And I am just using my phone normally, not moving. Every 5-10 seconds

[@zollotech]

It could be someone looking at your location, has access to it

[@KC-rn3bd]

@@zollotech only family has access. I checked. I personally think it’s a 18.0.1 issue

[@Cunning_Jester]

From what I’ve been reading 5G standalone supposedly uses less power. I would like to know the definitive answer to this

[@zollotech]

5G in general uses more power. LTE is less power hungry also from what I understand 5G stand on, actually uses more power than regular 5G.

[@fluxezz2095]

iPhone 16 pro Max battery it’s insane bruh plus these vids help more

[@quadriderhonda]

Yess battery is so good on this iPhone!! No compliments!! 👍🏼

[@mdhanif9021]

❤

[@ZulfitriZoolhilmeyS]

Hi, I have problem here, is it normal that my Iphone 15 pro max charged 100% instead of 80%? But I already turned the charge limit to 80%. Can someone explain why?

[@zollotech]

Yes, it will charge to 100% sometimes as needed by the overall battery management system. However, if you’re using optimized battery charging, it takes up to 14 days for that to work and you have to have location settings enabled for that to work.

[@ZulfitriZoolhilmeyS]

@@zollotech thank you very much brader

[@nicdiamond9989]

What about True Tone

[@zollotech]

True tone doesn’t use any power but changes the color of the whites on the display to match paper. I turn it off just because I want my screen to be color accurate