iOS 16.1 introduces a feature we didn’t necessarily expect in the latest iPhone software update – Clean Energy Charging, designed to reduce the carbon footprint your phone builds up while charging. But to take advantage of this smarter way to charge your phone, you must know how to turn on clean energy charging in iOS 16.1.
This is of course a feature you want to take advantage of. With clean energy charging enabled, your iPhone will charge when low-carbon electricity is available. Your iPhone can do this by obtaining forecasts or carbon emissions from the local energy grid, scheduling charging slots when clean energy production occurs.
Currently, clean energy charging is only available for U.S. iPhone owners running iOS 16.1 on their phones. The first thing to do to turn this feature on is to adjust the settings. This is where you need to turn on clean energy charging:
1. Startup Settings
2. Scroll down to Battery and tap to enter battery settings.
3. On the subsequent screen, tap Battery Health and Charging.
4. The clean energy charging switch is at the bottom of the battery health and charging page. Slide the toggle switch to the right to turn on clean energy charging.
If you decide to turn the feature off, you can slide the toggle back to the left and Apple will give you the option to turn it off for just one day or permanently.
You need to check some other settings to make sure that clean energy charging is working as expected. To charge your phone at the right time, you also need to turn on Optimized battery charging. Luckily, that setting is also on the battery health and charging screen, just above the clean energy switch you just turned on.
Optimized battery charging lets your iPhone know when and where you regularly charge your phone so it can work with clean energy charging to ensure you charge your phone at the best time.
Apple recommends tweaking some location services settings to ensure you get a carbon forecast for your current area. This means going to Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Location Services and making sure you have Location Services turned on. From there, you need to click on System Services to make sure System Customization is also turned on. Additionally, selecting System Services from the Location Services screen allows you to turn on important locations.
With all of these features enabled, clean energy charging should work as expected, with greener charging entirely in the background.
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