Apple could finally add “charging time remaining” to the iPhone starting with the iOS 18.2 update. Hidden inside the incremental update are traces of code pointing to the new feature in addition to more Apple Intelligence features.
More Apple Intelligence features arriving with iOS 18.2
Apple started actively adding Apple Intelligence features to the iPhones starting with iOS 18. Eligible iOS smartphones received the first batch of Apple’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) features with iOS 18.1.
Apple has indicated that it will gradually roll out Apple Intelligence features and allow iPhone users to change default apps. Specifically speaking, the iOS 18.2 update, expected to arrive next month, should include Genmoji, Image Playgrounds, ChatGPT integration, and Visual Intelligence.
Apple iPhone users have been eagerly looking forward to getting the aforementioned features. However, Apple is also reportedly testing other features not related to Apple’s Gen AI.
One such feature that Android smartphone users have long had, was the ability to see when their smartphones would be fully charged. In other words, newer versions of Android have allowed smartphone users to know the estimated time their devices would take to fully charge.
‘BatteryIntelligence’ framework in iOS 18.2 may show the charging time remaining
Hidden inside the OS 18.2 beta 2, which was released on Monday to developers, is a new framework called “BatteryIntelligence”. Although the feature appears in iOS 18.2, Apple has reportedly disabled the same, and it appears unfinished.
Apple currently offers a similar feature for MacBooks within the Battery menu. Hence, it is likely that the new framework inside iOS 18.2 may extend the feature to the iPhone.
Apple may allow iPhone users to see the charging time remaining from iOS 18.2. Since it’s Apple, the company may limit the feature to a notification. Apple may only alert users when their iPhones reach 80% charge. Needless to say, an estimation of the actual charging time remaining would be very handy primarily because there are several types of USB-C chargers, cables, and charging protocols.
