We can see the health of our battery and adjust the performance in a future update

Apple wants to end the controversy over batteries and the alleged planned obsolescence that makes their devices slow down when they notice that their battery is degraded. This controversial measure has had such an impact that in an unusual move in the company, Tim Cook himself has said that in a next update the user will be able to decide what to do.

Know the health of our battery and choose whether or not we want to our iPhone adjusts its speed depending on the state of our battery, will be the new features that will arrive next month in a new version of iOS that will first be available to developers. We tell you the details of the interview granted to ABC.

This is an interview with the American ABC in which the head of Apple talks about his new investment strategy in the United States, and of course he also does not tell about the company's plans regarding its most controversial issue of the last few years: batteries and what many consider "planned obsolescence." In a bad communication strategy Apple admitted that it slowed down its devices to maintain a good user experience when the batteries were already damaged, avoiding unexpected shutdowns. This decision, which in the opinion of many is correct but which we all also think should have been communicated in some way to users, has led to a series of criticisms and complaints that have forced the company to move on.

Tim Cook has ensured that next month an iOS update will allow us to know the status of our battery, so that the user knows if the time has come to change it or not. Remember that iPhone batteries are prepared for about 500 cycles while maintaining their maximum performanceFrom there, its capacity will fall until it reaches a point where its operation will no longer be adequate. This usually happens after two years of use of the device, although it will vary from how we take care of it and how much we use it.

In addition to this new function, it will allow the user to decide if he wants his iPhone to adjust its performance based on the state of the battery, or if, on the contrary, he wants to maintain maximum performance regardless of the state of the battery. Both novelties will arrive in the month of February and will do so first in a new version for developers, as usual. Most likely, Apple will release 11.2.5 at the end of this month of January (it is already in Beta 6) and perhaps this new update will already arrive with the name 11.3.