Displays

Battery impact of notch-less displays

notch-less displays is a small SwiftUI surface. NotNotch can present a floating top-screen surface on compatible displays that have no hardware notch. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.

Last updated 2025-09-14

What costs energy

Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. notch-less displays should sleep when unused.

How to lighten it

Turn off unused live activities in Settings so notch-less displays is not in the stack all day.

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