Although it is called “Always-On Display”, the logic that it will not be displayed forever is a bit strange – someone actually complained about it in the message area of foreign media XD. However, if it is really unlikely that anyone will see it, such as placing the screen face down on the table, or putting it in a pocket, it doesn’t seem too much to turn it off to save a little power? Now it seems that Apple has some more extended “power saving” ideas for the AOD experience on smartphones. Continue reading to be smarter, the iPhone 14 Pro’s AOD will not be stupidly “always on display”, the content of the report.
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A little smarter, the AOD of iPhone 14 Pro will not be stupidly “always on”
Although it is not surprising that once such news comes out, it should be the same as in the early stages when Face ID mask unlocking cannot operate independently. Many people will feel that it is a forced sale to use it with Apple Watch. But seriously, if the user of the phone confirms that they are no longer around, then make the Always-On screen “less Always” and temporarily turn it off to save some power, or even prevent other people from seeing private information when they are close to the phone. It seems to be a bit more considerate and smarter?
Yes, according to foreign media’s experience of playing with the new generation iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro with AOD display capabilities. Let everyone know about Apple’s experience in this regard. Not only will it know how to temporarily turn off AOD when placing the phone in a pocket or with the screen facing down. This “always on display” feature will also actively turn off the always on display screen on the iPhone when the user wearing the Apple Watch leaves the connection range of the iPhone.
Apple uses its own smart watch as a smart function to sense whether the user is “present” between devices. My earliest impression is that it can be seen in the quick unlock function for Mac. The follow-up was the introduction of an unlocking mechanism for mask face unlocking during the epidemic that can detect the proximity of the Apple Watch to the device – and then iOS was also updated to allow Face ID of specific iPhone models to support a mechanism for independently determining mask face unlocking.
Different from the previous “proximity” sensing logic, as the iPhone began to be equipped with a permanent display function. Apple seems to have also provided a new mechanism that can sense the user’s “away” in addition to the power-saving capability of the iPhone 14 Pro series, which can be reduced to a 1Hz screen variable update rate that is equivalent to the Apple Watch.
That is to say, it seems that Apple has not yet updated the documentation for iPhone’s permanent display. I am also curious whether Apple will provide such a switch option in the settings, or simply provide such an experience by default based on the concept of “It just works.” But I believe that for users, in addition to wanting to show off that their mobile phones have AOD functions. Otherwise, it would be a more reasonable approach to consider power saving and privacy if the phone continues to display the lock screen for you to see when the phone is around the user?
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Source: KOCPC Chinese