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Battery impact of hover-to-open
hover-to-open is a small SwiftUI surface. Moving the pointer into the chin can open the notch after a configurable delay. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.
Last updated 2026-09-29
What costs energy
Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. hover-to-open should sleep when unused.
How to lighten it
Turn off unused live activities in Settings so hover-to-open is not in the stack all day.