a hot topic through several versions of the galaxy watch and indeed the gear
series has been their battery life past and present smartwatches have notoriously been
inadequate for most in that sector and whilst the galaxy watch 4 and galaxy watch 4 classic
are improvements over their former versions they're still falling short of our expectations
so i'm here today bringing you some of the best tips and tricks to get the most out
of your galaxy watch 4. some of these tricks may be quite basic for some of
you so please do use the timestamps to skip to the next chapter if needs be stay tuned
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without further ado let's jump into the video right so tip number one for improving your
battery life of the galaxy watch 4 might not be so obvious to many of you and that is your
choice of watch face there's many variables that would affect your battery life when it
comes down to your choice of watch face animations are one but another is color
yes brighter white for example watch faces will drain your battery life significantly faster so
try pick darker watch faces the best ones being the minimal black ones i know it's a little bit
boring but if you really need your battery life to stretch just a little bit longer it's a really
good place to start if you need some ideas and inspiration you can check out my watch face videos
over on the channel after this video tip number two lte users disable your lte yes a common
complaint is that lte versions overheat and use heaps more battery life so consider whether you
actually need your lte on if you're sat in the office or at home for example chances are your
phone is going to be nearby anyway so there's literally no point having lte enabled you're still
going to be able to take calls and receive text and notifications so long as your phone is nearby
so turn it off unless you're actually going to be leaving the house without your phone
quick fire around for tip number three for those of you who don't quite know their way around the
galaxy watch 4 yet swipe down from the top of the watch select the power saving feature
this will apply some basic settings that can all be turned on or off at the push of a button all
of which you guessed it help save battery life if you do go to your settings icon and select battery
there will be a page listing everything it will do to help your battery life and also give you some
statistics based off your usage another quick tip for number four in the same area as we spoke about
earlier the battery section of the settings page there is a little known feature called watch only
this essentially turns everything off except from your watch phase and most importantly will
give you up to 14 days of battery life now many of you might think this is pointless but when
it comes down to it and i'll keep repeating this throughout the episode using your watch features
as and when you need them is really important this might be something to consider turning
on when you've got say 10 battery left and don't want a dead watch sitting on your wrist
tip number five is another super basic one but one you might not have considered you do not
need to keep continuous heart rate tracking on 24 7. i would suggest setting it to intervals at the
very least and changing it to continuous when you're doing something like a workout or a walk
to change a setting head over to the heart rate tab scroll down to settings and change it here
alternatively swipe down from the top of your watch go to settings select samsung
health and then measurement change to your desired setting here if you want to be super
frugal with your battery life you can always change the measurement setting to manual
to save even more battery life number six we're going to talk about apps just like it would on a
smartphone leaving apps running will in fact drain your battery life significantly so to close these
swipe up from the bottom of your watch face to get to your apps tray select the grayscale icon at the
top swipe all the way to the left and then select close all make this a routine if you've been using
various apps on your galaxy watch 4 as it will go a long way to helping your battery last longer
number 7 bixby if it wasn't bad enough already it can actually drain your battery so double
check your settings swipe up from the watch face to bring up your apps tray select bixby
and go straight to settings ensure voice wake up is off if it is on bixby will be constantly
listening out for your voice in turn draining valuable battery life so make sure it's turned off
last but not least in at number eight is another quick fire round and it's two in one swipe from
the top of the watch face select your settings icon go to display and select auto brightness
this will help keep the screen at the brightness it needs to be it's good practice not to have
it on max brightness 24 7. you can of course turn this off and manually bring the brightness down to
a lower level and keep it there if that suits you better additionally in this section this is where
you will find the always-on display option pretty self-explanatory keeping this feature on will
drain battery life faster i know it looks better but if you can afford to do go ahead and turn
it off so those are my top tips for getting the most out of your galaxy watch for battery life let
me know in the comments if there's anything else you want to know about the galaxy watch 4 also
do consider joining the discord server there you can get answers to your questions much quicker for
now though i've been alex thank you so much for watching and hopefully i'll see you in the next
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