Borrowing a feature from Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series allows you to set a wallpaper to appear on the smartphones’ always-on display.
If this feature is anything like Apple’s implementation, it likely affects battery life notably. While I left it off with the iPhone 14 Pro, I turned it on with the iPhone 15 Pro, though I opted for a dark background to save at least a bit of battery life. Still, I notice an impact of at least a few hours of lost battery life.
Thankfully, the Galaxy S24 features a power-saving setting that removes the background in photos and only focuses on people or objects. However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to turn off the feature entirely.
On the plus side, Samsung claims the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra’s display consumes less power than their predecessors’ screens, and for the first time, even the entry-level S24 offers a variable refresh rate. Samsung has confirmed that always-on wallpapers aren’t coming to older S series devices and that the feature is exclusive to the Galaxy S24 line due to the devices’ more power-efficient displays.
That said, Samsung says that some S24 features, including Galaxy AI, will make their way to older S series devices at a later date.
For more on Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, check out Dean Daley’s hands-on with the smartphone line.
Via: SamMobile
