iOS 17.4 shows if your iPhone battery is healthy

A new setting spotted in iOS 17.4 beta 4 specifies the iPhone’s battery health in a simple way, while adding detailed explanations where necessary.

The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 17, may only be 6 months old at the time of writing, but we are already waiting for the 17.4. In Europe, it is she who will start the changes made obligatory by the application of the digital markets law (DMA), and some are already shaping up to be a major regression. But others are still useful, like the one spotted on X (Twitter) by internet user Aaron Zollo.

Currently, if you go to the menu Battery of the Settings from your iPhone, you can see a percentage indicating the overall health of the component. For example, that the battery is at 85% of its actual capacity, without further detail. With iOS 17.4, Apple introduces two lines: Battery Health (Health or Battery Status) and Charging Optimization (Reload optimization). Health is indicated here by one wordas it happens Normal when everything is going well. By pressing it, you open a menu with more data to better understand.

This iOS 17.4 setting lets you know if your iPhone’s battery is in good shape or not

iOS 17.4 in its 4th beta version also includes the following information screen: “the original battery was designed to retain 80% of its capacity after 1,000 cycles under ideal conditions. Actual battery performance depends on a number of variables, including how the iPhone is used and charged regularly. The one-year warranty includes service for defective batteries in addition to rights under local consumer laws. Integrated dynamic software and hardware systems help counter performance impacts that can occur as your battery ages“.

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There is a difference between what is written here, 1,000 recharge cycles under ideal conditionsand what the official Apple documentationwhich talks about 500 complete recharge cycles. Difficult to say if this amounts to the same thing in the mind of the manufacturer, or if it is a roundabout way of announcing the arrival of batteries with the best longevity. The changes observed seem exclusive to the iPhone 15 series, a bit like this battery management function specific to them.