Apple Removes the ‘Time Remaining’ Battery Estimate in New macOS Update

Sean O’Kane:

Apple has picked a rather interesting way of dealing with the unpredictable (and underwhelming) battery life on its newest MacBook Pros: the company is eliminating the “time remaining” estimate that shows up when you click the battery icon in the status bar. The change is being made in the newest version of macOS Sierra — 10.12.2 — which hit the Mac App Store today.

This is like removing the average fuel consumption mode from the trip computer of a car, because it uses more fuel than the manufacturer specifies in its lab controlled tests.