5 ways to save battery life on your Android

1. Use "Battery Saver"

Battery Saver appeared in Android 6.0. Its purpose is to ensure that your applications do not consume energy while the smartphone is in standby mode. The system turns off their access to the Web, prohibits synchronization, and their activities - for example, updating the news feed or downloading new messages - is suspended.

This feature should be enabled for those applications that you do not need all the time. For example, an RSS reader that you use a couple of times a day can be limited. But you shouldn't touch Telegram, otherwise you may stop receiving messages when the screen is off.

The "Battery saver" turns on like this:

Open “Settings” → “Apps & notifications” → “Advanced” → “Special access”.
Find the "Battery Saver" item and open it.
You will see a list of your applications. If next to the program that you want to restrict, there is a note "Does not save battery", click on it and select "Save" → "Done". Please note that this function is not available for some system services.

Now your applications will be more modest in terms of standby power consumption.

2. Turn on "Adaptive power consumption" and "Adaptive brightness"

These two functions use machine learning to tailor the system to the way you use your phone. Adaptive Battery enabled ensures your apps only use power when you need them. By default, this feature is usually already activated, but it never hurts to go into the settings and check if this is so.

Go to Settings → Battery → Adaptive Battery. Activate Adaptive Energy by pressing the switch.

How to Conserve Battery Power on Android: Turn on Adaptive Power Consumption

How to Save Battery Power on Android: Adaptive Battery

Now Android will remember which apps you use most often and spend battery power on them first.

"Adaptive brightness" automatically changes the intensity of the screen glow depending on the ambient light. Open "Settings" → "Display", find the item "Adaptive brightness" there and turn it on. After that, you do not have to manually move your finger on the brightness slider every time you enter the house from the street.

3. Turn off unnecessary applications or uninstall them

There are probably many applications installed on your Android. Obviously, the more programs are in the smartphone's RAM, the more battery power is consumed. Moreover, many applications have the unpleasant habit of starting automatically and staying running even when you are not using them.

Therefore, go through the list of your programs and remove those that you do not use constantly. Do not keep anything on the "maybe it will come in handy" principle.

The fewer programs you have installed, the better. At the same time, there will be more space for music, photos and videos.

You can also see which programs consume the most battery and decide if you really need them. You can do it in pure Android like this:

Open "Settings" → "Battery", click on the icon with three dots in the upper right corner of the screen and go to the "Battery consumption" section.
Here you will find a list of your applications and see what percentage of battery power they are using.
You can also click on the ellipsis and select All Usage Information.

You can see which programs are using the most battery

In custom firmwares, for example in MIUI, the item names are slightly different. To view energy usage statistics go to Settings → Power and Performance → Power Consumption.

To view statistics on energy use go to "Settings" → "Power and performance" → "Power consumption"

Once you find out which programs consume the most electricity, uninstall them. Or, if you can't do without them, suspend their work in the background:

Open "Settings" → "Apps & notifications".
Choose an overly voracious program from the list.
Click Stop → Limit.

How to save battery life on Android: disable unnecessary apps

It's best not to do this with apps that need background work. For example, with instant messengers, if you are waiting for an urgent message.

4. Use the "Power Saving Mode" function

The "Power Saving Mode" function allows you to keep the charge as long as possible when the battery is almost at zero. It disables apps running in the background, stops location services when the screen is off, and disables the Google Assistant from always listening to your microphone.

You can activate the automatic activation of the "Power Saving Mode". To do this, you need to do the following:

Go to Settings → Battery → Power Saving Mode.
Make sure the "Turn on automatically" feature is active.
Configure at what percentage of the remaining charge the "Power Saving Mode" should be activated. The default is 15%, but if your battery runs out too quickly, you can set the number and more.

How to Conserve Battery Power on Android: Use Power Saving Mode

For some smartphones, for example gadgets from Xiaomi, you can enable "Battery saver" on a schedule. To do this, click on the "Economy" icon in the curtain. Then select the "Use on schedule" option and specify at what time of day the energy saving needs to be turned on and off.

You can also switch your smartphone to economy mode manually, through a shutter with settings. Swipe down from the top of the screen and see quick settings. Find the battery icon there and tap it. If the icon is hidden, go to the curtain settings (through the gear or ellipsis icon) and see it there.

5. Disable unnecessary functions if the charge is less than 15%

So, you have used all the methods listed above. But the battery charge is still close to zero, and the phone persistently reminds you to recharge. There is no outlet or power bank nearby, and you need to make your smartphone live as long as possible. Here's what to do in this case:

Go to the list of running applications and close whatever you see there.
Turn on Do Not Disturb mode to get rid of the flow of notifications.
Set the timeout before the screen turns off to 30 seconds. Then it will not remain active if you are not using your smartphone.
Disable Bluetooth, Geolocation and Wi-Fi. You can even put the device into flight mode if you are not waiting for a phone call or message.
Turn off the notification LED, if your smartphone has one.
Remove sounds and vibration.
If you have an OLED screen, switch to the night theme. On smartphones with LCD displays, this, unfortunately, does not help.

Do all this and have time to get to the outlet before your gadget is completely discharged.