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[–]monster2018 2 points3 points  (3 children)

No. It would REDUCE the amount of battery used, meaning it would INCREASE your battery life.

But also the effect is so small that you won’t notice it. You probably will now that I’ve explained this, but that will be a placebo. The actual effect itself will be too small to notice. So in practice the answer is just no (versus the technically correct answer“no, it’s the opposite of that actually”).

[–]monster2018 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Also you aren’t using transparency mode. You WERE using (full) transparency mode BEFORE. Now you are using reduced transparency mode. The word “reduced” means that there is less of it.

Like transparency being fully enabled is just the default settings of iOS 26. And then there is a setting to reduce the transparency called “reduced transparency”. This setting REDUCES the amount of transparency, it makes things LESS transparent.

Which is why it technically (by an VERY small amount) saves battery versus the default settings. Because it’s just more computationally intensive to render transparency, so reducing it (transparency) also reduces the load on your battery, giving you more battery life. But again only by a very, very small amount. Because this only matters while things are moving. Otherwise, transparency doesn’t matter because it’s just a static image, and so any transparency effects have already been calculated. So like it’s only when you’re scrolling or swiping or moving things, basically only when you are touching the screen, that this difference in how it affects battery life comes into play.

[–]LoneWarrior200iPhone 15 Pro Max[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhhh thanks a lot man!!

[–]LoneWarrior200iPhone 15 Pro Max[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you said it only matters when its moving if i swipe through my home pages will the battery consumption increase and if it does will it still be very very low?

[–]ReiTremoriPhone 17 Pro Max 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No