If you’re not using Apple Intelligence on iPhone at all, then turn the feature off because you’ll get a handful of battery life back.
Apple Intelligence Works in the Background and Uses Battery Life and Other Resources, it’s Not a Surprise at All
I’m stating the obvious right now, and something most of you already know, I hope. But if you’re today years old and discovering that artificial intelligence, or Apple Intelligence in this particular case, uses a little extra battery on your iPhone, then there’s something you should do right now.
Turn off Apple Intelligence if you’re not using it at all. Because every single time that notification comes in, your iPhone works a little harder to summarize it. The same goes for auto-generated text replies and other things scattered around the operating system.
Chances are, you don’t care about what AI is doing for you at all, and having it run in the background is not worth it in that case. In fact, it’s just harming your iPhone’s battery in the long run because you’re accumulating extra charge cycles.
The moment you turn off Apple Intelligence you’ll notice an extra 15-25% battery life remaining at the end of the day, as folks over at this Reddit thread have discovered. And it’s real, you don’t have to dive into it and do an experiment of your own.
In a lot of cases, you’ll see improved performance as well, since you’re freeing up a lot of background resources, giving your iPhone some breathing space to work on things you’re actively using.
Once you’ve turned off AI on your iPhone, make sure you give it a restart as well. A lot of users report that it helps flush the files from memory, giving your iPhone a proper start after disabling Apple Intelligence.
As for me, Apple Intelligence stays on, because the advantages are far greater, and I don’t see battery life as an issue even on the iPhone Air. But if battery life is a huge concern for you, just turn AI off, you’ll get something back for sure.
