iOS 16 includes a handful of important new features like the brand new lock screen customization options and updates to iMessage. Besides these main features, one of the most popular features is support for enabling haptic feedback for your iPhone's keyboard.
In a recent published However, in a support document, Apple points out that enabling this feature may impact your iPhone's battery life. In the support document, Apple describes how the new haptic keyboard feature changes your iPhone:
Your iPhone keyboard may make a sound or vibrate as you type.
iOS 16: Haptic keyboard feedback can affect battery life
However, at the end of the support document, Apple issues a small warning for users who activate the keyboard's haptic feedback function:
Enabling keyboard haptics may affect your iPhone's battery life.
The company doesn't provide any further details on how much keyboard feedback will affect your iPhone's battery life. It's safe to assume that the impact on battery life is fairly minimal, but you may want to turn it off if you've been experiencing battery life issues since installing iOS 16. Interestingly, the feature isn't yet integrated into Low Power Mode, although Apple says keyboard feedback could affect your iPhone's battery life. That means if you enable Low Power Mode on your iPhone, keyboard feedback won't be disabled, even though it can drain your iPhone's battery. (Photo by HannaKuprevich / Bigstockphoto)
