iOS 16 to Gain 'Clean Energy Charging' Option Later This Year

[MacRumors]

In an update coming to iOS 16 later this year, Apple plans to add a new "Clean Energy Charging" option in the United States. The information was shared in Apple's iOS 16 press release, and it says that clean energy charging will optimize charging times for when the grid is using cleaner energy sources.

With Clean Energy Charging, Apple is aiming to decrease the carbon footprint of the iPhone. This is the first we've heard of clean energy charging, and it's not a feature that Apple has previously highlighted.

There are several other features that are not available in iOS 16 and will be coming in a later update, including iCloud Shared Photo Library, Live Activities, and support for the Matter smart home standard.

Apple also has not implemented Game Center SharePlay support and Contacts integration, the Freeform app, key sharing, or easy Shortcuts setup.

Article Link: iOS 16 to Gain 'Clean Energy Charging' Option Later This Year

 

[WiiDSmoker]

This is great. Would also love the ability to control what it max charges too similar to Tesla to lengthen the battery life.

 

[macsplusmacs]

very very nice!

🌎

 

[Greenmaco]

Sounds like a cool idea! I wonder how it will work.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

As long as it's not relying on carbon credits I'm all for this.

 

[Greenmaco]

If you did this in Alberta the iPhone would never charge 🤣

I’m ashamed of my province of birth

 

[alex2792]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I want my phone to charge when I tell it to charge and couldn't care less whether the grid is running on coal or unicorn tears.

 

[Greenmaco]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I want my phone to charge when I tell it to charge and couldn't care less whether the grid is running on coal or unicorn tears.

It’s an option… no one said you had to participate

 

[KaliYoni]

I wonder if Tim Apple wants to make this some kind of paid service...either on its own ( Clean Energy Charging, have the courage to subscribe to the most amazing Green initiative ever!) or bundled into iCloud+. I hope not.

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ETA: some people here want Clean Energy Charging to cost money??? Weird.

 

[SakeBalboa]

Every little bit helps, this is great.

 

[Greenmaco]

I wonder if Tim Apple wants to make this some kind of paid service...either on its own or bundled into iCloud+. I hope not.

That wouldn’t make any sense the media would have a field day with him

 

[goobot]

Sounds like a cool idea! I wonder how it will work.

If your power grid is experiencing high power loads your phone will stop charging

 

[orbital~debris]

Came here to dismay at the comments, but pleasantly surprised!
Glad to see others who love our planet and want to support all efforts to help save it. 💚🌏

 

[alex2792]

I wonder if Tim Apple wants to make this some kind of paid service...either on its own or bundled into iCloud+. I hope not.

Why would anyone pay for the luxury of letting Tim choose when to charge your phone?

 

[Greenmaco]

Came here to dismay at the comments, but pleasantly surprised!
Glad to see others who love our planet and want to support all efforts to help save it. 💚🌏

There was one straggler who didn’t even read the article and got enraged haha

 

[fwmireault]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I want my phone to charge when I tell it to charge and couldn't care less whether the grid is running on coal or unicorn tears.

We will definitely save the planet and the mankind with this kind of comment

 

[Return Zero]

Interesting, but I don’t understand how it will actually work (or make a difference). Regional grids can vary widely in “cleanness”, peak schedules, generation vs. purchase strategies, etc. Also, in many states the “cleanest” time may actually be the peak demand time, because at that point the highest percentage of power is being generated by expensive gas peakers or solar, while base/overnight load is handled mostly by coal-fired plants. Adding to peak times stresses the grid and raises embodied carbon via grid capacity increases, while adding to off-peak loads raises coal consumption and operational carbon emissions. I’d be very interested to see what kind of schedule this implementation ends up following.

 

[vegetassj4]

Several companies have had this for quite some time. When the fan is off, it operates in reverse as a windmill, clean energy charging your phone through mag safe or the lightning port.

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[itti]

I love the idea. However, charging phones uses almost no energy so it doesn’t help much

 

[saudor]

The bigger benefit is an option that allows us to manually cap the battery charge to 80%. Battery lasts longer, better for the environment.

 

[Kirkster]

Won’t be too long before you see the message that your phone’s charging has been discontinued due to your local government asking us to. Kind of like the messages on the eco bee thermostats in Colorado when they Had a hot day…

 

[jimbobb24]

For those of us stuck in the past and still trying to fight global cooling will there be a coal only option

 

[tothemoonsands]

We will definitely save the planet and the mankind with this kind of comment

The impact of changing the time of day one charges their phone is so miniscule, even when scaled up to billions of people/devices. A bigger impact would be, say, not upgrading to a new iPhone every year. Not buying/leasing a new car every 2-3 years. Etc.

Perhaps Apple should not offer new iPhone models each year? That would be quite the statement if they would do that. It would force longer upgrade cycles upon consumers.

 

[alex2792]

We will definitely save the planet and the mankind with this kind of comment

And yet Tim Cook, Al Gore and varous famous climate activists will continue flying private jets that generate exponentially more CO2 than a zillion iPhones.

 

[Slow Programmer]

Some of us have solar chargers to charge phones and iPads. You don't need a billion dollar company telling you how to save the planet. Tim will damage the world more with flights made on Apple's private planes in the next quarter than this feel good crap will every recover.