Apple launch iPhone 15 series on 12th September 2023 during its ‘Wonderlust’ event. The iPhone 15 series has many new features including a new USB Type-C port for the first time, titanium build, camera upgrades, and Dynamic Island on all models.
Apple has also extend support for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NavIC) to iPhone 15 Pro models.
With the new move, Apple is aligning with India’s push to promote the country’s home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation system.
A source code reportedly found in the iOS 17 beta indicates that the iPhone 15 will have an option to limit the maximum battery charge percentage.
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are list with support for NavIC.
NavIC is India’s own navigation system and is similar to the United State’s GPS and Russia’s Glonass.
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This system was develop by India’s space agency ISRO for military and commercial users and was earlier known as IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System).
NavIC consists of eight satellites and covers the Indian mainland and region extending up to 1,500km from its boundaries.
This is the first time that Apple has include support for NavIC in any of its iPhone models.
Apple appears to comply with India’s efforts to promote the adoption of NavIC.
Indian government was pushing smartphone companies to enable support for NavIC on the handsets they will sell in India from January 2023.
Limit Charging Percentage Feature
The iPhone 15 series will reportedly have a new feature that would allow users to limit the battery charge percentage to maximise battery health.
According to a source code, the iOS 17 beta that is release to developers, Apple will let users limit the maximum charge on the iPhone 15 series.
When it goes live, the option is expect to be present in the Battery settings menu.
Enabling the feature would stop charging after the battery reaches the percentage the user has set as the maximum.
Inversely, when the feature is turn off, it will display a message saying the iPhone “will charge to its full capacity.” It is similar to the “Optimised Battery Charging” option and is expect to preserve battery health over time.
Smartphones by Samsung and OnePlus also offer similar features.
This charge optimisation feature is expect to be compatible with the iPhone 15 series with USB Type-C port charging.
You can expect to know more about this functionality when Apple’s new software for iPhone, iOS 17 goes live for the public on 18th September 2023.
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