Apple's new iPhone will be released just a few weeks away, and the official rollout of the company's new iOS 26 operating system should continue. Liquid Glass was spotlighted early this year during the company's WWDC address, but the UI has other nifty features that could also be a real head turner.
One rather lesser known feature of iOS 26 is a setting called adaptive power, which uses AI to extend the battery life of your iPhone when battery usage is high.
iPhone users are already reducing the brightness or are on display all the time, in order to slightly extend the battery life of their devices. Worse, the worst case scenario is always the option to activate a low power mode that reduces background activity to reduce power consumption.
However, the new Adaptive Power feature works more intelligently than that, and only starts when you are using your phone to consume more power, such as recording videos, editing photos, playing games, and more.
In these situations, adaptability arises to make intelligently minor adjustments to make long-lasting iPhone battery.
“If battery usage is higher than normal, the iPhone can adjust small performance to extend battery life. For example, it can reduce the brightness of the display slightly, or take some activities a little longer. The official explanation of adaptation is read.
How to turn on adaptive power settings in iOS 26?
Adaptive Power settings are not turned on by default and users must first enable them by going to Settings. Here's how to turn on the new feature:
- Make sure you are currently running iOS 26 developer or public beta
- Go to Settings, click Battery, then Power Mode
- You should see a new option for adaptive power above low power mode
- Turn it on to intelligently save battery consumption
Which devices can use adaptive power?
While Apple has not confirmed its official adaptability as an artificial intelligence feature, users on the social media forum say that the feature is only available on devices that support Apple Intelligence, but other devices do not show the option to turn it on in battery settings.
This means that Adaptive Power, including the iPhone 15 Pro, can only be turned on to a handful of devices.
