One way to ensure you always have enough battery power for your device is to use an Apple battery iPhone case (or a third-party equivalent), or use an external battery pack (mophie is popular in the U.S.), carry a solar charging device and/or always ensure you have a power adapter and cable with you when you travel. NB: At one time, Facebook was the least energy-efficient app on my device that’s no longer a problem now that I only access that service through a browser. When I need to save battery life, I’ve been known to disable the background app activity for the most energy consuming apps, or simply switched on Low Power Mode which has the same effect. In my case, I’ve frequently found WhatsApp, Mail and social media to be greedy for my battery power. This shows you which apps are using the most energy. Open Settings>Battery and take a look at the Battery Usage by App section. By the same token, some apps use more energy than others. Some apps are more addictive than others. You will still be able to summon Siri by tapping the Home (iPhone 8 and earlier) or Side (iPhone X or later) buttons. One way to prevent this is to open Settings>General>Siri and toggle the ‘Hey Siri’ command to Off. When you activate Siri (even by accident) it uses a little energy to wake up, listen to you, and then consult the Siri servers for a response (unless it knows the answer on your device). (Don't forget, your device uses energy to launch again, so if you're really slim on power you may be unable to wake it up once you switch it off). Sleeping? Unless you really expect to receive a call or utterly rely on your iPhone for your morning alarm call, why not switch off your device? If you sleep for eight hours, that will save you approximately one-third of your daily charge. Just jump into Control Center and reenable the networking activity you need or leave them all off for significantly improved battery life. Perhaps you want to keep Wi-Fi active, but don’t need calls or Bluetooth, for example. If you want to continue using one of those features, you can switch them on again individually while remaining in AirPlane mode.
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Use AirPlane ModeĪnother way to disable Wi-FI, Bluetooth and your cellular connection is to use AirPlane Mode ( Control Center, tap the plane icon). And while the power saving may be tiny, it may just be the tiny tweak of energy you need. You can pretty safely disable Location-Based Apple Ads, Popular Near Me and iPhone Analytics without impacting your user experience. NB: You can also disable some system activities – scroll down the page at Settings>Privacy>Location Services and tap System Services. Do you use those apps often enough that you want to let them? While you’re at it, why not take a moment to review which apps are currently accessing location data. Open Settings>Privacy>Location Services and toggle this to off. The thing is, all those little GPS interrogations and data harvesting of your location use energy, and you’re reading this article because you want to conserve energy. Lots of apps (more than you realize) think they need to track your location to work. Motion: Settings> Accessibility>Motion>Reduce Motion and toggle to on (green).ĭynamic Backgrounds: Settings>Wallpaper>Choose a New Wallpaper and select a static wallpaper from the ‘Stills’ section. Low Power Mode should mitigate both of these features, but to be certain you aren’t wasting valuable energy on eye candy, disable these: Now you can switch one or both networking standards off. You can do this in Settings, but the easiest way is to summon Control Center and then long press either the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth icon until the network controls appear. But if you aren’t, then you'll see an extension to your battery life if you simply switch Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth off. I know this recommendation doesn't apply if you are using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to get things done. NB: In Settings>Display & Brightness you can disable Automatic appearance and True Tone and set the brightness levels down as low as possible in order to conserve battery life. If you are trying to extend battery life, even a 1% or 2% improvement means you’ll get more time between every charge. Recent tests suggest that there’s an appreciable difference in battery life if you use Dark Mode on your iPhone and with your apps. The downside: when your display is brighte,r you’ll be using more power to display what’s on it. The thing is, this also means your display will be brighter when used in bright places, such as when outside. When you use your iPhone, your display’s True Tone feature automatically adjusts display brightness to make colors appear consistent in different places. NB: If the Battery icon does not appear in your Control Center, visit Settings>Control Center>Customize and enable Low Power Mode there. You can also enable Low Power Mode in Settings>Battery>Low Power Mode.
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