Apple warns: iOS 16’s haptic keyboard can drain battery

iOS 16 is already with us and among its great novelties we find the complete customization of the lock screen or design improvements in the Weather application. However, there are many other new features that have gone unnoticed but have been discussed throughout these months of betas. One of them is the arrival of haptic keyboard to our iPhone. This haptic feedback is a small vibration that gives a different feeling when typing. But Apple already warns via a support document: the haptic keyboard can consume our iPhone battery faster.

iOS 16 Haptic Keyboard drains iPhone battery faster

It’s hard to describe the feel of this new haptic keyboard. We all know the sound the iPhone keyboard makes when we type without silent mode turned on. We also know what mobile vibration looks like when it happens. Also, the haptic keyboard mixes the two things up a bit: the gentle vibration so that the pressure of the keys reaches our fingers.

To enable this feature iOS 16 is required.

Later we must go to Settings, Sounds and vibrations and select Keyboard vibration. In this menu we can decide if we want a sound to be played when we write or if it vibrates. This last option is what we call haptic keyboard. To activate it, the switch will need to be turned on.

But all is not glittering gold and this is only a supporting document of Apple warns of the high battery consumption of the haptic keyboard of iOS 16.

Enabling keyboard vibration may affect iPhone battery life.

It is very possible that in future iOS 16 updates, Apple will limit the haptic response of the keyboard when we enable power saving mode. But currently the haptic keyboard will remain on until we voluntarily deactivate it. And you, are you using the new keyboard vibration in iOS 16? Have you noticed a change in battery consumption?