Accessibility
Battery impact of accessibility
accessibility is a small SwiftUI surface. Live chips expose combined accessibility labels and respect reduced motion on the site. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.
Last updated 2027-04-17
What costs energy
Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. accessibility should sleep when unused.
How to lighten it
Turn off unused live activities in Settings so accessibility is not in the stack all day.