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> Game Mode is coming to iPhone, minimizing background activity to ensure the highest frame rates. This might just be me, but this thing doesn’t feel very Appl
by Toutouxc 2y ago
> Game Mode is coming to iPhone, minimizing background activity to ensure the highest frame rates.
This might just be me, but this thing doesn’t feel very Apple-like to me. I always liked how a MacBook would run exactly the same whether connected to the wall or on battery power. There were no modes, no management, no battery strategies to choose from like on Windows, the machine was just powerful when needed and efficient when idle.
Now we have both High power and Low power modes on MacBooks and we’re getting “gaming mode” on iPhone? Like, can’t the latest flagship phone just tell? This thing can decide whether to show me my boarding pass, if I’m driving home or to work, but I need to put it in “gaming mode” manually?
- tomjakubowski 2y ago> I always liked how a MacBook would run exactly the same whether connected to the wall or on battery power. There were no modes, no management, no battery strategies to choose from like on Windows macOS has had power management settings for years and years - used to be branded "Energy Saver"
- Toutouxc 2y agoI’m almost sure that the first actual energy saving (i.e. affecting the CPU) mode was introduced in 2021 with Monterey.
- egypturnash 2y agoMac’s have had “game mode” for a while already. https://support.apple.com/en-us/105118 https://support.apple.com/en-us/105118 It turns on pretty much automatically but you can turn it off.
- mvdtnz 2y agoWhen I plug in my work MacBook Pro it is noticeable faster and the screen brightens. There are definitely some kinds of battery modes.
- _yb2s 2y agoModern Apple Silicon macbooks have an optional "Low Power Mode" that reduces CPU speed and screen brightness and can be set to apply under different conditions as desired, such as battery only.
- mason55 2y ago> but I need to put it in “gaming mode” manually? No, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the point is that the phone does it automatically when you're playing a full screen game.
- cassianoleal 2y agoThat's how it works on macOS, so I also expect iOS to do the same.
- tshaddox 2y ago> I always liked how a MacBook would run exactly the same whether connected to the wall or on battery power. Is this true of Apple Silicon Macs? From my memory, Intel Macs did the normal Intel frequency scaling stuff, but perhaps I've got that wrong.
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