Apple’s new iPad Air, iPad Pro get battery health menu that limits charging to 80 percent: Report

Apple unveiled the new iPad Pro with the M4 chip and the iPad Air range with the M2 chip at its ‘Let Loose’ event earlier this month. The Cupertino giant has reportedly added a new battery health menu to the 2024 generation tablets, similar to the iPhone 15 series. This menu will show optimized charging options and battery data. This will allow users to limit the battery charge rate to maximize life. This setting will keep the battery at 80 percent before reaching 100 percent. The menu will also show the number of cycles. Signs of a battery health menu were first spotted in the iPadOS 17.5 code.

Dutch website iCulture (through macrumors) claims that the new iPad models released this month include the battery health menu for the first time. This can be accessed by heading to Settings > Battery > Battery Health. The new option reportedly lists the number of charge cycles and maximum capacity and allows users to set the maximum charge limit to 80 percent to protect the life of the internal battery and reduce the chances of overheating and overcharging.

The Battery Health menu can display the date of manufacture of the battery and the date of first use. This battery health feature is already available on the iPhone 15 series. This feature was reportedly discovered in the beta code of iPadOS 17.5 last month. This feature will allow iPad users to check the maximum battery capacity without depending on third-party applications.

Apple introduced the iPad Air with the M2 chip and the iPad Pro with the M4 chip at its Lets Loose event last week. iPad Air is available in 10.9-inch and 13-inch Liquid Retina (LCD) displays. The iPad Pro features a “Tandem OLED” screen and comes in 11-inch and 13-inch display options. All new models run on iPadOS 17.

iPad Pro (2024) price starts at Rs. 99,900 for the base model with an 11-inch screen. The iPad Air (2024) has a starting price of Rs. 59,900 for the base 11-inch model.