How to save mobile traffic on Android

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The definitive guide to saving mobile traffic.

Now the mobile Internet is relatively inexpensive, but this is not a reason to throw it left and right. Full unlimited still costs a pretty penny, and many operators, by the way, are already abandoning this luxury.

Most of the available tariffs are conditionally unlimited, that is, they provide a certain and rather limited amount of traffic per day or month. If you exceed the limit, the speed will drop to the level of a dial-up modem and it will become impossible to use the Internet.

Perhaps you do not fit into the volume provided by the tariff or are dangerously close to the limit. Perhaps you want to keep some traffic headroom so that you can take advantage of it when urgently needed. In any case, it is useful to be able to save megabytes, and now we will tell you how to do this.

Get rid of pest apps

The increased traffic consumption is not always related to your appetites. The unjustified gluttony of individual applications is often to blame. Such scoundrels sit in the background and constantly send and send something. You can find them using a standard tool that is built into any current version of Android.

1. Go to Android Settings.
2. Select "Data Transfer".
3. Select "Mobile data transfer".

Here you will see the general graph of mobile traffic consumption, and below it - the rating of the most voracious inhabitants of the system.

To temper the ardor of an individual application, tap on it and turn off the background. After that, the cunning person will not be able to receive and send data in the background.

The problem is that in order to identify the scoundrels, you need to understand what the normal Internet consumption is for a particular application. Obviously, the browser, streaming services of music and video, as well as maps are capable of hundreds of megabytes, but the offline-oriented and working with a small amount of data has nothing to do on this list.

Set up alert and traffic limit

1. Go to Android Settings.
2. Select "Data Transfer".
3. Select "Billing Cycle".

The billing cycle is the date when the subscription fee is debited. Usually on the same day a new Internet package is given. Specify it so that the system knows the date when the traffic counter was reset.

1. Turn on "Alert Setting".
2. Select Alerts.
3. Specify the amount of traffic, upon reaching which the system will inform you about it.

If you want to strictly limit the traffic consumption, enable "Set traffic limit" and specify the value, upon reaching which the system will turn off the mobile Internet.

Disable mobile app updates

1. Go to the Google Play app store settings.
2. Select "Auto-update apps".
3. Select the "Wi-Fi Only" option.

Turn on traffic saving on Android

1. Go to Android Settings.
2. Select "Data Transfer".
3. Select "Save Traffic".

After enabling the traffic saving mode, the system will disable the background data exchange for most applications, which will significantly reduce the overall traffic consumption. To enable the exchange of data in the background for individual applications in saving mode, tap on the corresponding item.

Save traffic with Opera Max

In fact, the Opera Max application does the same thing as the built-in Android traffic saving mode, that is, it blocks background data, but it looks a little nicer and clearer.

Enable traffic savings in selected applications

Any normal developer, if his application works with potentially large amounts of data, can optimize traffic consumption using settings. For example, almost all tools from Google are able to save precious megabytes of mobile Internet.

Google chrome

1. Go to Google Chrome settings.
2. Select "Save Traffic".
3. Turn on the "Saver traffic" mode.

In addition to Google Chrome, the traffic saving mode is provided in the Opera browser.

Youtube

1. Go to YouTube settings.
2. Select "General".
3. Turn on the "Saver traffic" mode.

Google maps

1. Go to the Google Maps settings.
2. Turn on "Wi-Fi only" and follow the link "Your offline maps".

Offline maps save hundreds of megabytes of traffic. Be sure to download your area of residence and don't forget to add areas you plan to visit soon.

1. Click Other Area.
2. Use move and zoom gestures to select the download area and click Download.
3. Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of the Downloaded Areas menu.
4. Select "Download Settings" and select "Wi-Fi Only".

Google Press

1. Go to the Google Press settings.
2. Select "Traffic Saving Mode" and select "On".
3. In the "Download" section, turn on the "Wi-Fi only" mode.

Google photos

1. Go to Google Photos settings.
2. Select "Startup and Sync".
3. Find the "Use mobile internet" section and turn off the option for photos and videos.

Google Music

1. Go to the Google Music settings.
2. In the "Playback" section, lower the quality when transferring over a mobile network.
3. In the "Download" section, allow downloading music only via Wi-Fi.

If necessary, allow music playback only over Wi-Fi.

Google Music can save albums for offline listening. You can download music to your device if you have Wi-Fi and play it without an Internet connection.

1. Go to the artist's album list.
2. Click on the vertical ellipsis icon in the lower right corner of the album and select "Download" from the menu that appears.

Google Movies

1. Go to your Google Movies settings.
2. In the Mobile Streaming section, enable Show Alert and Limit Quality.
3. In the "Downloads" section, select "Network" and select "Wi-Fi Only".

Keep track of the tariffs and options of your telecom operator

Often a person overpays for a connection simply because he is using an outdated tariff. Take an interest in what's new with your operator. It's possible you can get more internet for less money.