iOS 26 adds a brand new Adaptive Power mode to extend your iPhone’s battery, and in today’s beta 7 release there’s a Settings toggle for notifications. Here’s how it works.
Adaptive Power notifications can now be enabled or disabled
Adaptive Power is a new battery mode coming in iOS 26. It acts as a more moderate alternative to Low Power Mode, impacting performance far less but also bringing fewer battery savings.
Here’s how Apple describes it:
When your battery usage is higher than usual, iPhone can extend your battery life by making performance adjustments, such as lowering display brightness, allowing some activities to take longer, or turning on Low Power Mode at 20%.
The main idea is that Adaptive Power can stretch your battery on days where your usage seems unusually high.
A recent beta version of iOS 26 introduced notifications for Adaptive Power. These will let you know when your iPhone’s performance is being altered in some way to save battery.
You can see an example below:
Adaptive Power Notification on the Lock Screen too pic.twitter.com/G9EaA2C2cF — 9TechEleven (@9techeleven) August 18, 2025
Many users are just now discovering Adaptive Power notifications because today’s beta 7 release added a dedicated Settings toggle for them.
Inside Settings ⇾ Battery ⇾ Power Mode, there’s an ‘Adaptive Power Notifications’ toggle that’s brand new.
You can choose whether to enable notifications when Adaptive Power is actively optimizing performance, or disable them.
Essentially it comes down to a simple choice: do you want to know when your battery’s being extended, or leave the feature to operate more “invisibly”?
Have you been using Adaptive Power in iOS 26? How has it been working for you? Let us know in the comments.
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