Google’s tips for optimizing your Android’s battery: some only work on certain versions
The tech giant shares advice on how to make the most of your smartphone’s battery life.
With increasingly powerful smartphones hitting the market, one of the users’ main concerns remains battery longevity. While chips have improved significantly in performance over recent years, battery technology has largely stagnated, leading to compromised real-world usage. In response, Google has released a set of tips for enhancing Android smartphone batteries. However, many of these recommendations only apply to devices running Android 13 or later.
How to optimize your Android phone’s battery
Google offers various recommendations to help Android users improve battery performance, ensuring better autonomy and extending the battery’s life span. Over time and with intensive usage, batteries naturally deteriorate. So, how can you prevent premature degradation of your Android phone’s battery? Google provides the following insights:
Adjust settings to consume less battery:
- Allow the screen to turn off more quickly.
- Reduce screen brightness.
- Enable automatic brightness adjustment.
- Disable keyboard vibration or sound.
- Restrict battery-draining apps.
- Activate Smart Battery.
- Remove unused accounts.
- Enable dark mode.
Take care of your battery:
- Use the charger provided with the device.
- Avoid overheating your phone.
- Charge only as much as necessary.
Extend battery life when it’s running low:
- Turn on Battery Saver or Low Power Mode.
- Manually enable Battery Saver.
- Avoid keeping the screen constantly lit.
- Minimize constant connections.
- Limit heavy processing tasks.
- Reduce connectivity and location use.
Fix ongoing battery issues:
- Restart your phone.
- Check for Android updates.
- Update your apps.
- Restore factory settings.
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