Upcoming iOS update will allow Apple iPhone users to disable battery slowdowns

2018 didn't really start on a positive note for Apple, thanks to the whole iPhone battery slowdown controversy. The company released a note last month admitting that it intentionally slows down older iPhones with degraded batteries to prevent sudden shut downs. While the Cupertino-giant also apologized to its customers, iPhone users around the world were outraged, to say the least. Soon after that, the company was slapped with several lawsuits.

Apple may have never thought its own statement would backfire in such a way, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. The company, however, was quick to take any step, to fix its damaged reputation. It rolled out a new battery replacement program, which brings down the repairing cost of old batteries from $79 to $29 for iPhone 6 or newer models. Unfortunately for Apple, it is still facing a lot of flak.

Well, iPhone users are mostly mad over the fact that they were never told iOS updates were impacting their devices' performance. And, in some countries Apple (maybe unknowingly) broke some laws as well. In any case, Apple's CEO Tim Cook has now come forward to release a statement that might make the fans happy.

He said that next update to iOS 11 will allow users to disable battery performance throttling on their iPhones. The update will first arrive in a developer release next month, followed by a wider public rollout. In an interview with ABC News, Cook said, "We're going to give people the visibility of the health of their battery so it's very, very transparent."

So basically, the update will more clearly inform users when the performance of their iPhones is automatically getting reduced in order to prevent unexpected shutdowns. However, Apple CEO also subtly warned the users by saying, "We will tell somebody we're slightly reducing, or we're reducing your performance by some amount in order to not have an unexpected restart. If you don't want it? You can turn it off. Now, we don't recommend it, because we think people's iPhones are really important to them, and you never can tell when something is so urgent..."

Apple had earlier promised an update that would provide better insight about the battery life and its impact on the iPhones. You can wacth Cook's interview with ABC News below.