Privacy
Battery impact of on-device privacy
on-device privacy is a small SwiftUI surface. Shipping utilities stay on-device; the marketing site does not run analytics cookies. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.
Last updated 2026-02-21
What costs energy
Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. on-device privacy should sleep when unused.
How to lighten it
Turn off unused live activities in Settings so on-device privacy is not in the stack all day.