Lately in the world of Technology, Android Phones has become more and more powerful over the years and has attained processing capabilities equivalent to desktop PCs just a few years ago. Have you ever been in a very important call or chat and all of a sudden your phone go off? That is a very embarrassing moment that you must by all cost try to avoid. Considering the fact that your Android phone is the object you spend most of your time
with. It knows about you more than any person does, it is the source of
unending information that you gobble every day, and with the advent of apps
like Voice Assistants, it has become your AI friend.
But the only thing holding
it back is battery life. So, people often ask “How can I extend my battery
life?”, “Best tips and tricks to improve battery life” or “How do I make my
Android battery last longer?”. Given its form factor and weight limitations, it
has become increasingly difficult to squeeze any more power to the batteries
with current technologies. So the solution to improve Android battery
performance is through manipulations on the software side.
Tips To Increase Android Battery Life
1. Minimize vibrations and haptic feedback.
Every phone has got a
little motor called ‘An eccentric rotating mass vibration motor (ERM)’ that has
an unbalanced load attached to it. The rotation of this load produces
vibration. Head over to Settings>>Sound. You can disable the
vibrate on touch and other options if not required. Custom keyboard apps also
provide additional settings to turn off vibrations while typing.
2. Display optimizations
trick
Apart from the processor, display consumes
most of the battery power. Go to Settings>>Display. There you can
disable Adaptive Brightness as it continuously drains the battery by monitoring
the ambient light. But if you are not used to changing your display
brightness every time you step indoors, keeping adaptive brightness would, in
fact, help you improve battery life.
Set the Sleep option to one minute or less.
This reduces the time the screen remains ON after you’ve stopped using it and
thereby saves battery.Use a dark wallpaper, and a dark theme or
night mode if possible. Many apps also have night mode option in them. Apart
from improving battery performance, it reduces the strain on your eyes too.
If you can see the ‘Proximity
Wake’ option, you can disable it too to increase Android battery life.
3. Turn off animations.
Animations are another factor affecting
battery life. To manipulate animations, you need to access ‘Developer Option’
in your Settings. Head over to the Settings app on your Android phone. If you
don’t find Developer Settings, then go to Settings >> About phone and tap on ‘Build
number‘ a few times. Go back to Settings, and you will find ‘Developer
Settings.’ Tap on it and there you will find three options namely ‘Window
animation scale,’ ‘Transition animation scale,’ and ‘Animator duration
scale.’ Turn them off, and you will see a considerable change in
performance and improved battery life.
4. Disable wireless
services when not in use.
Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth when you are not
using them. When WiFi is on, the mobile keeps searching for new networks at
regular time intervals. Similarly keeping the Bluetooth on constantly drains
the battery.
Android achieves long battery life by quickly
entering and exiting from sleep cycles. But GPS prevents it from going to
sleep. So switch on GPS only when required and disabled when not in use.
When you are traveling on long journeys, your
mobile will keep changing the base station from which it receives signal,
resulting in faster battery drain. So use it in airplane mode if you are not
expecting any calls and want to listen to music for long hours.
5.
Disable auto synchronization and background data.
Various synchronization processes run in the
background and hence consume battery. Go to Settings >>Accounts.
View the sync services on your accounts and turn off the unnecessary ones.
Many apps keep consuming mobile data while
running in the background which in turn harms battery life. Go to Settings >>Data Usage,
click on apps which are not required to run in the background and click on ‘Restrict
app background data‘ to limit its background data usage when it
is not being used.
6. Clear recent apps and use fewer widgets.
Exit an app as soon as you are done with it or
else it will continue running in the background. Pressing just the back button
might not terminate the app. Keep clearing your ‘recents’ panel frequently.
Widgets that are displayed on the home screen
are constantly updated to display new content. This prevents that particular
app from going to sleep. So, to boost Android battery life, keep your widgets
at a minimum.
7.
Google App optimizations trick.
Google Assistant is an awesome service, but
its voice recognition feature can continuously keep listening for the ‘OK
Google’ keyword detection and hence drains your battery at an alarming rate. If you
are not a frequent user of Google Assistant, disabling it is a wise choice. Go
to the Google app, click on Settings>>Voice>>”OK
Google” detection
and from there you can disable the voice recognition feature to increase
Android battery life.
8. Manage your apps.
Only keep the apps on your phone which you
require frequently. Keeping too many apps can slow down your phone and reduce
battery life. You can view how much battery an app is using by going to Settings>>Battery. Uninstall
the apps which use more battery. Instead, try to use the lite version of
that app or use an alternative app. In Battery menu, tap in the top-right
corner of the window and select Battery Optimization. A “Not Optimized”
app will run in the background on its own schedule. Apps that are not
required to run at all times should be optimized for better battery life.
9. Turn off notifications
for apps
How many times have you been bothered by
unwanted notifications that just pops up in the middle of something? They
are not only annoying but also consume processor power. Go to Settings>>Notification and there you can view app specific
settings for notification. Turn off notification for an app by clicking on it and
select ‘Block All.’ This will stop the processor from checking on it from time
to time, thereby making your phone battery last longer.
10. Use Greenify
While I can’t vouch for other 3rd party apps,
Greenify works. Greenify saves your battery life by pushing apps into a
sort of ‘hibernation’ mode. Not only it stops an app from running in the
background, but it also prevents it from starting until you open it
again. Just select the apps you want to hibernate and notice an increase
in your battery life and performance.
Bonus: When you are down to the last remaining juice
on your Android, use its battery
saver feature to
make it last for a little more.
Use these tricks & tips to make your
Android battery last longer and to avoid carrying a power bank all the time. We
hope these ten ways to increase Android battery life have been useful to you.
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