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Tom’s Guide
Technology
John Velasco

This killer new iPhone feature extends your battery life — but it's only available on these models

IPhone 16 Pro shown held in hand.

One of the more underrated features of iOS 26 is the new adaptive power mode that Apple introduces, which helps to extend the life of an iPhone by making “small performance adjustments to extend your battery life.”

Lowering screen brightness and “allowing some activities to take a little longer” are just two examples of how it can do this.

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