Apple updated the Battery section of the Settings app in iOS 18 to add a feature that lets you know if you charged your iPhone with a "slow" charger.
Periods of slow charging are shown with an orange bar in the portion of the Battery settings that show battery usage and charging over the past 24 hours or the past 10 days.
We saw the slow charging notice after charging with a 5W wireless charger, as did a Redditor who highlighted the feature. It's not clear what exactly is considered "slow," but the designation is useful for those who are seeing slow charging speeds and aren't sure why.
Many wireless chargers claim to be MagSafe while being limited to Qi speeds or below, so this feature could help iPhone users understand why their devices aren't charging at optimum speed. There does not appear to be an option to enable an alert when charging from a slow charger, which could be an arguably better feature because the battery settings are somewhat hidden.
There is a tappable information button that accompanies slow charging notices, but as of right now, it goes to a support document that does not yet exist.
Sunday September 13, 2026 3:00 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Apple is about to release iOS 27, which will finally deliver more advanced Siri AI capabilities as well as a variety of other refinements, improvements, and new features to iPhones. It's Apple's biggest software update of the year, and Apple announced at Wednesday's iPhone event that it will be releasing iOS 27 sometime tomorrow – Monday, September 14.
iOS 27 won't be the only release on...
Sunday September 13, 2026 4:30 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
During its iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo event last week, Apple announced that iOS 27 will be released widely on Monday, September 14.
iOS 27 should be available around 10 a.m. Pacific Time / 1 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow via the Settings app, under General → Software Update.
Below, we have highlighted eight new features and changes coming with iOS 27, with the main attraction being a...
Saturday September 12, 2026 3:27 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to clarify which models are equipped with its new C2 cellular modem and where.
Apple now says the iPhone 18 Pro has a C2 modem worldwide, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses the chip in every country except for the U.S.
According...
I always use the 5W power adapter for my iPhone SE3 and the 12W power adapter for the iPad 9… this new feature makes it look like it is a bad thing to charge your device slowly, but I think it’s quite the contrary, right?
Yes...iOS 18 uses advanced on-device machine learning combined with the power of Apple’s latest chips to determine exactly what speed your phone is charging at. This is Something Only Apple Can Do™
What is wrong with you all... This feature is on ALL iPhones with iOS 18. I have it on my iPhone 13 in the beta.
I don't get why they can't just tell you WHEN YOU PLUG IN THE CHARGER. A lot of Android phones will say "Charging rapidly" when you connect a good charger so you know you're all set, or they'll say "Charging slowly" when it's a crap charger.
I've always found it weird how Apple likes to withhold useful information. They've gotten a little better about it in the past few years but there's still much to do.
