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Rumored Low Power Mode ‘Still in Development’ for Apple WatchOS 9
Low Power Mode is still being developed for the Apple Watch

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- The Apple Watch now has a Power Reserve mode that shows only the time on the screen to protect battery life, Gurman stated that the expanded Low Power Mode would evaluate the use of applications and diverse elements in a low-power state.
- Gurman acknowledges that Apple may announce the new Low Power Mode in the future, similar to how the new Lockdown Mode for iOS 16 was announced following WWDC.
In his Power On notice today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said an extended Low Power Mode is still being developed for the Apple Watch and is on target for discharge around a similar time as the public arrival of watchOS 9 in the not so distant future.
While the Apple Watch as of now includes a Power Reserve mode that shows just the time on the screen to safeguard battery duration, Gurman said the extended Low Power Mode would consider utilisation of applications and different elements in a low-power state. Gurman originally detailed that the component was being developed in April, yet Apple didn’t report the element while reviewing watchOS 9 at its engineers’ meeting WWDC in June.
Gurman accepts that Apple could report the new Low Power Mode sometime in the future, similar to how the new Lockdown Mode for iOS 16 was declared after WWDC. WatchOS 9 is supposed to be delivered in September, right after the launch of the Apple Watch Series 8, another Apple Watch SE, and a new rough/outrageous variant of the Apple Watch.
Gurman has recently guaranteed that the Low Power Mode could be an “equipment restrictive component,” recommending that it very well might be restricted to the Apple Watch Series 8 and possibly other new models. In his pamphlet today, Gurman believed that Low Power Mode might work connected at the hip with a portion of the tough Apple Watch’s new highlights.