Apple Watch Gets New Mode to Extend Battery Life — But For Kids Only

It turns retired that Apple's caller Adaptive Power mode extends beyond the iPhone.


Starting with watchOS 26, Adaptive Power is enabled by default connected each compatible Apple Watch models acceptable up via Apple Watch For Your Kids, formerly known arsenic Family Setup. This includes an Apple Watch that is already acceptable up and updated to watchOS 26.

Apple Watch For Your Kids lets parents acceptable up an Apple Watch — a exemplary with cellular connectivity is required — for a kid who does not person their ain iPhone.

On the Apple Watch, Adaptive Power tin assistance to widen artillery beingness by adjusting the show of definite features, according to an Apple enactment document. Apple says Siri whitethorn instrumentality longer to process requests, and immoderate animations and scrolling mightiness look little creaseless connected the screen, but it is unclear however often this volition happen.

Parents tin crook disconnected Adaptive Power connected the child's Apple Watch, by opening the Settings app connected it, tapping connected Battery, and scrolling down to Adaptive Power.

Adaptive Power is lone disposable connected Apple Watch units acceptable up via Apple Watch For Your Kids.

Adaptive Power mode is besides disposable connected iPhone 15 Pro models and newer moving iOS 26, and it is on by default connected the iPhone 17 bid and iPhone Air.

On the iPhone, Apple says the optional mounting tin marque "performance adjustments" erstwhile indispensable to widen artillery life, including somewhat lowering the show brightness, allowing immoderate activities to "take longer," and automatically turning connected Low Power Mode erstwhile remaining artillery beingness reaches the 20% mark.
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