Charge Time – Tech Savvy Life

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
August 29, 2023

This is for iPhone and iPad. Screenshots are from iPhone 14 Pro running iOS 16+

Have you ever wanted to check how long it would take for your iPhone or iPad to charge completely? Maybe, you do not like to frequently check how much your device has charged? Well, this particular iOS shortcut intends to do just that. It’s pretty simple to set up and use on your device.

Anyone could estimate that your iPhone can fully charge from 0 to 100% in roughly about 2-3 hours. But, this is a very rough estimation. The actual time it takes could vary anywhere between two and three hours, or sometimes even lower depending on whether you have enabled Airplane mode or not. The Charge Time iOS shortcut can make a far more approximate guess from the current battery percentage and tell you how long it’d take to fully charge if you plug it in.

Check Your Charging Time

For those unaware, the Shortcuts app is one of the stock apps for devices running iOS 13/iPadOS 13 or later. We will be using the Shortcuts app to determine the charging time for your device.

First, head to this Charge Time link and tap Get Shortcut to download the shortcut on your iPhone or iPad. This shortcut is not available on the App Store nor is it pre-loaded on your device. You can use the link above or perform a Google search to locate the shortcut.

There are other charging time shortcuts from various sources. This post is only for the Charge Time shortcut as mentioned above.

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Next, the Shortcuts app will launch on your device and display the Charge Time shortcut. At the bottom, tap on Add Shortcut to proceed. See the below image:

Now, this will install the shortcut and add it to the All Shortcuts and My Shortcuts gallery. See the following image:

Next, tap on the Charge Time shortcut to reveal its menu. From here, tap the Details option. Refer to the below image:

Charge Time 4 — Accessing shortcut options

Now, tap the Add to Home Screen link. See the below image:

Charge Time 5 — Add the shortcut to your Home screen

Next, a preview screen will display the Charge Time shortcut. At the top of this screen, tap Add. See the following image:

Now, the Charge Time shortcut will be added to your Home screen (the first empty space it finds). Refer to the below image:

Charge Time 7 — Shortcut added to your Home screen

Next, simply tap on the Charge Time icon. You will get a pop-up message at the top of your screen stating how long it will take for your device to charge to 100%. Tap Done or Cancel (depending on if you have made any changes) to close the pop-up. See the below image:

Charge Time 8 — Results of running your shortcut

Before closing the pop-up message, you have more options. Long press on the pop-up message. At the top of the screen, you will notice a down arrow next to the message.

If you say, “Hey Siri, Charge Time”; the shortcut will run but you are unable to use a long press on the pop-up message to view options.

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Charge Time 9 — Accessing the drop-down arrow

Now, tap on this down arrow to upload as a text document, save to Files or Print. Finally, to exit, tap Done. Refer to the following image:

Charge Time 10 — Options for the shortcut

That’s pretty much all you have to do.

Charge Time Is An Estimate

It’s important to note the result you get is just an approximate value and not completely accurate to the minute.

As useful as this shortcut is, we would like to point out that there’s one major downside to it. This might be a dealbreaker for a lot of users. The Charge Time shortcut only takes into account the standard charger that comes in the box with your iPhone. Nowadays, people use fast chargers, wireless chargers, or even MagSafe to charge their iPhones, and if you are one of them, this shortcut will not be helpful.

Having said that, there are still plenty of iPhone owners who did not purchase the optional fast charger and instead use the one that came in the box, so it’s not like the shortcut is useless at all. Hopefully, this shortcut was useful for you.

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