It looks like Apple, one of the most environmentally friendly companies, has decided to take an "unprecedented" step in the world of phones by making the iPhone "more environmentally friendly", based on the iOS 16 system, which will bring a new option in the battery settings This is called charging via clean energy.
What is the role of this option?
Apple says the "Clean Energy Charging" option aims to reduce the carbon footprint of iPhone phones, by improving charge times when using "cleaner energy" sources, as the company has only provided this information only about the new option, noting that it will only be available in the US in a later version of iOS 16.
Despite the brief information provided by Apple, the introduction of the "Clean Energy Charging" option in the beta version of the iOS 16.1 update has allowed some programmers to decode its code, to conclude that the iPhone system, in cooperation with certain authorities such as the Energy Information ”Administration in America”, it will be able to determine when the electricity grid is running at the cleanest time and then complete the charging process, which helps reduce carbon emissions.
So when iPhone owners enable the "Clean Energy Charging" option, the phone will intelligently determine the charging time based on the information it receives through the iOS system from the "Energy Information Management", in case timing indicates there is a heavy load on the grid and high carbon emissions, the iPhone will delay charging until the grid is running on cleaner power.
According to Apple, if the option of charging via clean energy is activated, the iPhone will record the user's daily routine in terms of the time the phone is charged, to ensure that it will be full when its owner needs it. to use it.
The main reason for introducing this feature only in America is that Apple has to coordinate with the relevant authorities to get peak-hour information, which it won't be able to do in various countries around the world
Although the "Clean Power Charging" option was introduced in the iOS16.1 update beta version it does not mean that this option will be introduced in the official version of the update, but rather that it can be delayed to ensure that the option is working properly