Apple Update Throttles iPhone Charging To Reduce Carbon Footprint

Apple installed a new feature on its phones — unbeknownst to many of their customers — that charges them slowly when ‘clean’ energy sources are not available.

AP/Andy Wong, file
An Apple Store at Beijing, September 28, 2021. AP/Andy Wong, file

Millions of iPhone owners who updated to Apple’s latest operating system over the last six months may have noticed that their phones are charging a little slower than usual since they did so. For that, they can thank the climate change activists at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters.

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