- Clean Energy Charging is available only in the United States and is on by default when you set up your iPhone or after you update to iOS 16.1.
- Apple’s introduction of Clean Energy Charging is another way to pay attention to your carbon footprint and make the most of green energy.
- Apple’s Clean Energy Charging works by accessing a forecast of the carbon emissions on your local energy grid and then only charging when those emissions...
- If you're living in the US, the Clean Energy Charging feature is enabled automatically when you set up your iPhone or upgrade to iOS 16.1.
- Clean Energy Charging works alongside another system Apple calls Optimized Battery Charging, which is designed to learn your daily habits.
- Why You Should Leave Clean Energy Charging On. If lower carbon emission electricity is not available, your iPhone will wait to start charging until it is.
- However, as the Clean Energy Charging setting reaches more and more Apple customers in February 2023, there are mixed opinions on it.
- Clean Energy Charging helps to reduce your carbon footprint by selectively charging when lower carbon-emission electricity is available.
- While some people may not be a fan of the Clean Energy Charging option, they should be a fan of Optimized Battery Charging.
- Because of this and to get the carbon-emission forecast for your area, some location settings must be turned on for Clean Energy Charging to activate.