“We have received questions from some government agencies and we are responding to them,” Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said in a statement. Apple's statement does not reference any specific agency. Apple intentionally throttled the speed of most iPhones older than the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, both released late last year, when the battery power was low or the software sensed the battery was old. In the statement, Apple said a new spring software update will allow iPhone users to see if the power throttling function is on and control it. Apple has denied it had any motivation in releasing the update other than improving iPhone performance.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2018 06:09 UTC