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Battery impact of keyboard shortcuts
keyboard shortcuts is a small SwiftUI surface. Hover, tap, and keyboard shortcuts can open the notch without another window. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.
Last updated 2026-09-09
What costs energy
Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. keyboard shortcuts should sleep when unused.
How to lighten it
Turn off unused live activities in Settings so keyboard shortcuts is not in the stack all day.