In this video, I’ll be showing you ten easy ways you can save battery life on your Android
Phone. Hopefully we’ll be able to extend your battery life by a noticeable amount using
these tips. The method to change some of the settings might be slightly different depending
on the device manufacturer, as some will run slightly different versions of Android. I’ll
be using a Samsung device but whatever your device is you should still be able to follow
along. Remember to leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the video helps, let’s move
on to the methods to save battery. The first thing we'll focus on is the brightness
of your screen. Of course, you can turn down the brightness to help save battery by going
into the settings. There should be a slider to change the brightness somewhere within
the display settings. The display settings should be an option within the main settings
screen. You can also turn off adaptive brightness in order to change and reduce the brightness
manually. Also, whilst in the display settings, you might want to check to see if you can
reduce the screen refresh rate and the resolution. Decreasing both of these will improve battery
life. Whilst we’re on the subject of brightness as well, another way to save battery life
by decreasing the brightness is turning on dark mode, you should be able to do this within
the display settings too. If you are unable to find this setting or any of the other settings
in the video, then you might be able to search for it in your settings page to get there.
Turn on dark mode and you could also schedule it to turn on at a certain time. Another tip
is to use a dark background. These last two tips will only really benefit you though if
you have an OLED display. Let’s now move onto the second method!
The next method is to close and prevent apps from running in the background. Any app that
runs in the background will use up battery life and this can be prevented. To close apps
that are running in the background, you need to go to the app section of the settings,
however, you might first want to check which apps are using battery in the background.
This can be found by going to the battery settings which are in the device care settings
for me. You should be able to find the list of apps that use the most battery and it might
display how much is being used whilst they are running in the background. Identify the
apps using the most battery in the background and now go to the apps section of the settings.
Find the apps on this list and tap on them, now this method might be different for you
but click on battery and then turn off the toggle switch that allows background activity.
Let’s move on to method three. The third method to save battery life is to
turn on battery saver mode or change the power mode. This is an obvious one and it will affect
performance so feel free to skip to the next method if you want. There are a few options
for this one, for example I can scroll down from the top and in the icons tray, I have
the option to change the power mode. There are four options to choose from, depending
on how much battery I want to save. If you don’t have this option, there should be
a similar battery saver mode within the battery settings. Again, try searching for it in the
settings if you can’t find it. The next method is to free up space on your
device. This will allow your device to run more efficiently and therefore should help
with battery life. There are a number of ways to free up space on your device, you can remove
files you don’t need such as those in your downloads folder or you could delete photos
that you don’t want to keep. There might also be a way to free up space automatically
on your phone, go back to the settings and look for something called storage or maybe
device care or similar. Have a look to see if you can free up storage in here, for example
for me, I can tap on optimise to help with battery and also free up space. There will
also be third party storage cleaning apps available on the Play Store so you could try
one of those to help you free up space automatically. The next method links to the last one and
it is to remove any apps that you don’t use. Not only will this help to free up space,
but it will also stop these apps from affecting battery life, by running in the background
for example. To remove apps that you don’t use, go to settings and then find the apps
or applications option. You should see the list of apps on this page and all you need
to do is go down the list and look for apps that you don’t use. You could use the method
from the earlier tip to check which apps use a lot of battery life from within the settings
to help you decide whether or not it is worth deleting them. To remove an app from your
device, select it in here and then choose uninstall. Of course, you can uninstall apps
the traditional way from your apps screen or home page, but within the app settings,
it will tell you more about the app such as the amount of battery life it uses and also
the amount of storage space it takes up. Let’s move on to the next method.
The sixth method is to change the some of the location settings. Using location services
on your phone can affect battery life and if you don’t really need high accuracy when
it comes to your location on maps for example, then you can change the setting to save more
battery. Head into the settings page and either search location or look for the option called
location. In the location settings, there may be an option to change the location mode
to battery saving but like on mine there is an option called improve accuracy. In there,
make sure that both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth aren’t to be used if you want to save battery. Also,
under where it says location services, there is an option called Google Location Accuracy.
You can turn that off to also help save battery. If you find in the future that you need improved
accuracy, you can follow the method to get back to here and turn it on.
The next method to save battery is a simple one and it is to turn off things like Bluetooth,
Mobile data and Wi-Fi whenever you are not using them. You can do this within the settings,
or by scrolling down from the top of the home page and then tapping on the icons. Also,
muting your device and turning off vibrate will help with saving battery life too. Let’s
move onto the next method. The next method is aimed at those of you with
older phones and you probably only need to do this one if you are desperate to save more
battery life. This one is to use alternative versions of apps that put less strain on your
hardware. In Android, there are a lot of Google apps, such as photo gallery and maps that
are the “Go” versions. You can get them from the play store and to check that they
are official, they will be made by Google LLC. Let’s move on to method nine.
The ninth method is to disable the Google assistant, this will run in the background
and will affect battery life in general and if you don’t ever use it, it might be worth
disabling it to save battery. To turn off Google assistant, search for it in the settings
and choose assistant settings and you should be on your profile screen. Choose the assistant
tab and then scroll down to where it says assistant devices. Tap on your device, and
then you can use the toggle switch at the top to turn off Google assistant. Let’s
now move onto the final method. The final method to save battery is to get
a third-party battery saver app. If you don’t fancy downloading an app to help with battery
life then that’s fine, but they can help extend battery life even its not by much.
There’ll be plenty of them available on the Play Store and you can go by the reviews
to get the best one at the time you are watching this video. They should be easy to set up
and run, once you get them downloaded. And so those are my ten easy methods to help
you save battery life on Android phones. If you have any questions, then let me know in
the comments below and if you did find today’s video helpful remember to leave a like and
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of my other videos that you might be interested in. Thanks so much for watching and I will
see you in another video!