Do you notice that your iPhone’s battery is draining faster than you would like? That can be quite frustrating, especially if you are on the road or use your device intensively. Fortunately, there are various settings and smart tricks that allow you to easily get battery consumption under control, without sacrificing ease of use.
In this article we share iPhone tips that really work to make your battery last longer. From adjusting screen brightness to limiting background activity and location use, these practical adjustments will help you get more out of every battery charge.
Use smart energy saving mode
Are you going out all day and want your iPhone to work all day? Then turn on the energy saving mode, even if the battery is still full. This means that your device uses less energy when you are not using it, so that you still have enough battery left later in the day. You can easily enable the mode via Settings â–¸ Battery or via the control panel by tapping the battery icon.
The energy saving mode helps to save power by making a few adjustments. Apps running in the background will be disabled, email will only be retrieved when you open the Mail app, automatic downloads and iCloud photo syncing will be paused, and some visual effects will be turned off. The processor also runs a little slower, the screen turns off faster, and you only get the most important notifications.
The result: your iPhone uses less energy, while you can still call, message and surf the internet. When your iPhone is charged to 80% or higher, the mode will automatically turn off.
Adjust screen brightness
Your iPhone’s screen is by far the biggest energy guzzler, especially when the brightness is set high. The brighter the display, the more power is consumed, which directly affects battery life. That’s why it’s smart to enable automatic brightness, so that your iPhone adjusts the screen lighting itself based on the ambient light. This way, your screen always remains easy to read without wasting energy unnecessarily.
- Open Settings on your iPhone
- Go to ‘Accessibility’
- Tap ‘Display and text size’
- Enable the ‘Adjust automatically’ option at the bottom
Not only can you adjust the screen brightness, you can also set the automatic lock of the screen so that it goes to sleep faster. You do this via Settings â–¸ Screen and brightness â–¸ Automatic lock â–¸ choose 30 seconds.
You can also consider using dark mode, especially if you have an iPhone with an OLED screen. The dark colors ensure that less energy is used.
Limit background activity
Limiting background activity helps significantly to reduce battery consumption. Apps that refresh in the background constantly use energy to retrieve new content, among other things, even when you are not actively using them.
Therefore, visit regularly Institutions â–¸ General â–¸ Refresh in background and check which apps have this permission. Turn off background refresh for apps you don’t use often or that don’t need real-time information, such as social media or news apps. This prevents your iPhone from remaining unnecessarily active in the background, which immediately results in less battery consumption.
Also make sure that not all apps have permanent access to your location, as this also keeps your iPhone active in the background. Go to Institutions â–¸ Privacy and security â–¸ Location services and check the access rights per app. Change the settings of apps that don’t require location to ‘Never’, and for other apps choose ‘When using app‘ instead of ‘Always’.
By allowing only essential apps to use location data, your iPhone remains less active in the background and you don’t have to waste unnecessary battery power on GPS measurements and location determination.
Even more battery tips
The tips above really help to noticeably extend your iPhone’s battery life: from automatically adjusting screen brightness to manually enabling power saving mode and limiting background activity and location tracking. With these adjustments you get more out of every battery charge without sacrificing ease of use.
But this is not all, because there are many more practical tips that will make your battery last even longer. You can read all the extensive advice and additional settings that you can adjust in the highlighted article below.