For a few versions of iOS, I find that my needs with the iPhone are pretty well covered. This is why I appreciate more and more the stability of the system in the face of the significant new features that a new version can bring. What I expect from iOS 16 is an improvement that I appreciate since the Apple Watch Series 5: screen always on.
Wrist comfort, iPhone information
Ever since Apple released their always-on watch, I’ve started to get used to not having to turn my wrist. Thanks to the LTPO screen, watchOS is able to reduce the refresh rate to just 1Hz, minimizing battery consumption. At the same time, it can display grayed out information on any sphere we have, although animations and refresh rates are reduced to once per second.
The Apple Watch takes advantage of this to remain useful despite the reduced refresh rate. Show us all the complications
The iPhone has a very useful function, which is to touch the screen to turn it on. In fact, that’s one of the things I ask of the iPhone SE 2023, because it is reserved for iPhones with Face ID. But that’s not enough for me and I want something similar to the always-on screen of the Apple Watch.
Last year it was rumored that the always-on display would come to the new iPhone 13. Nothing was heard about it and iOS 15 turned off its tap on some good news last month, so my eyes inevitably go to iOS 16 in this next WWDC 2022. And that’s where I’m waiting for news.
Apple needs to walk the fine line of offering enough not to want to dive into iPhone infinity
I’d love to see how iOS 16 gives the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max the ability to have screen always on. These are the only iPhones with ProMotion right now, the variable refresh rate on the screen, that could benefit from this feature.
With the screen always on on the iPhone, it would save me a lot of contact when it’s on the table to see your status. Often I take it in my hands to consult a quick thing and end up falling into the so tempting attention hole that the applications I have installed suppose. Twitter, WhatsApp, games and even TikTok are really getting attention.
Always-on display on iPhone: an antidote to distractions
I agree that being distracted by the iPhone is a problem for which I am responsible. But here Apple could give us a hand with an always-on display that provide us with accurate information
- Date and time always visible.
- Battery charge percentage.
- Countdowns or upcoming appointments.
- sound controls
- A third background in the operating system, adapted to this screen to minimize consumption and darker than a normal screen.
What I’m hoping for is an adaptation of this Apple Watch screen to the iPhone, not a transfer as is. Respect its philosophy, learn what it means on the Apple Watch. And without falling into the line between offering enough not to take the iPhone and showing so much that I end up succumbing to its infinity.
There are many Android smartphones that already have this feature. And it’s time for Apple to embrace it with its own twist.
I hope to see always-on display on the iPhone 13 Pro via iOS 16. Even if I have suspicions that if it were possible, we would have already seen it in the presentation of these iPhones as a feature coming in the future. Hopefully that wasn’t far enough to come at some point in the iOS 15 development cycle.
But if we don’t see any news about it in June, the last option will be to wait until a new generation of iPhone. And that’s assuming Apple even planned the feature.
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