The announcement of the iPhone 13 is getting closer and closer, and although there will be other important news, something that has been said little like the always-on screen could be your best asset.
The moment when we will see the iPhone 13 is approaching, probably this very month of September, just two months from today. Much has been said about its novelties, such as the best in the camera, always welcome, and its new True Motion screen with 120Hz, like the one that the iPad Pro already has for several generations. However, there is something about which little has been said: the always-on screen. It was Mark Gurman who has brought this new feature to the fore, despite the fact that there have been rumors about this functionality for several generations, and something that seems unimportant could mean a radical change in the iPhone.
The Apple Watch was the first Apple device to have the always-on screen, «Always On Display», since the Series 5. I skipped that generation of Apple Watch, but I did fall with the Series 6, which also includes this functionality. Some users disable it because it involves higher battery consumption, but the reality is that once you get used to it, it is difficult to give up what it offers you. Yes, the battery runs out sooner, but Apple has implemented this functionality in such a way that the impact is as low as possible, and it is even less if you use spheres in which black is the predominant color, since all the black parts of the screen they will be off. The technology is expected to be very similar on the iPhone 13.
On the watch it allows you to see the time without having to turn your wrist, but on the iPhone this functionality could go much further, and if Apple adds it to the new iPhone model, it should make the most of it. What does this mean? There would be no point in an always-on lock screen in which all we see is the time, which is what happens at this moment when the screen is activated. If we now have a screen that is always on, it will be to be able to see more information, such as the number of notifications we have, and why not the weather in our area, or upcoming calendar appointments. That is, if the always-on screen arrives, it should arrive with a change in the design of the lock screen, and that is something that we have been waiting for for a long time.
We already know iOS 15, but Apple always has an ace up its sleeve with its new smartphone, and I am sure that we will see news of iOS 15 that we were not shown in the last Keynote presentation because we will have to wait for the iPhone 15 is released, as they will be exclusive changes for this smartphone. For those of us who will change to the new iPhone model, this is great news, not so much for those who plan to stay with their current model.. And if the always-on screen is included in the iPhone 13, we must wait for a new lock screen, at last.