El hábito que está desgastando la batería de tu iPhone: cómo aprender a cuidarla – Infobae

Many iPhone users believe they are extending their device’s battery life by toggling the WiFi icon off through the Control Center. However, this common habit does not fully deactivate the wireless module, potentially leading to unexpected energy drain.

According to reporting from Infobae, using the quick-access toggle in the Control Center only disconnects the iPhone from its current network. It does not power down the wireless hardware entirely, leaving the module in an intermediate state.

This functional change was implemented starting with iOS 11. Because the wireless module remains active, the system continues to consume power in the background to perform several essential tasks.

While the device is disconnected from a specific network, it still utilizes energy to search for available networks and manage known connections. The active module is required to maintain the functionality of features such as AirDrop and to improve the precision of the device’s location services.

The impact of this background activity is most notable for users with batteries that have already begun to degrade. In these cases, the accumulated energy cost of a constantly active wireless module can result in a meaningful reduction in total usage hours during long days.

How to Fully Disable WiFi

To completely stop the energy consumption associated with the WiFi module, users must disable the feature through the main Settings menu. Only by turning off WiFi within the Settings app is the wireless module fully deactivated.

System Tools for Battery Optimization

Beyond managing wireless connections, Apple has integrated several diagnostic and optimization tools into its operating systems to help users identify power-hungry processes.

Starting with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, the system provides analysis of background activities that may affect both battery duration and thermal performance. These analyses can alert users to specific events, such as a recent software update that is still finishing installation tasks in the background.

Further enhancements were introduced in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, which allow users to access daily usage graphs and a feature known as Adaptive Consumption to better understand how their device is utilizing power.

Apple Support also suggests several manual adjustments within the battery settings to prolong device longevity:

• Enabling auto-brightness to prevent the screen from consuming more power than necessary.
• Activating the auto-lock feature to ensure the screen turns off when the device is inactive.
• Reducing the screen brightness if the system detects it is set at a level higher than recommended.

Users can find personalized suggestions and analysis by navigating to the Battery section within the Settings menu, where the system identifies specific habits or settings that may be accelerating battery depletion.