If your Android is running out of battery, here are the five official Google tricks to optimize its duration

https://support.google.com/android/answer/7664692?hl=es

There are situations when we need our phone working and we don’t have the possibility to charge it. In times like these, knowing how to optimize battery life can mean the difference between lasting until the end of the day or not. If you’ve ever found yourself in this situation, Google has a series of recommendations for stretching your Android phone’s battery.

Activate battery saving mode

The first is fairly well known, but it should be remembered: battery saving mode. Not only is it a good option to set it up when the battery runs out, Google recommends turning it on manually.

So you don’t have to wait for your phone to run out of battery because If you think you won’t be able to charge it throughout the day, better activate it from the start.

To do this, you just have to go to ‘settings‘ > ‘Battery’ and there touch ‘Battery saving‘ (The path may vary depending on the Android model, so for example on Samsung you would enter ‘Maintenance and battery’ and from there to ‘Battery’).

Please note that with battery saver mode running, the dark theme is enabled and background activity is limited (or even disabled), so there are delays in certain tasks such as visual effects, functions , network connections or applications.

Do not use the device to keep the screen on

The screen is one of the components of the device that consumes the most energy, so Google recommends optimizing the activation time. Thus, on its list of activities that are not recommended for the battery, we browse for a long time, we watch videos and we read titles with high resolution graphics. While this makes sense when the battery is low, it’s worth keeping in mind at the start of the day.

Avoid constant connections

That your phone is constantly turning to the internet for updates and sending or receiving data can cause your battery to drain fasterGoogle therefore recommends not to share the phone’s connection (hotspots), avoid using GPS for a long time, do not watch videos or listen to streaming music and do not talk to the telephone while moving (for example, in a car).

Does that mean turning our phone into a cute paperweight? No, for example, you can use GPS to quickly locate a place of interest, make short calls without moving, or use messaging apps to communicate. The essential.

Be careful with the tasks they deal with too information

There are processes and applications that they require too many resourceswhich translates into an effort for the components, the connectors and therefore the battery.

Google therefore recommends not to use the camera too much, to avoid playing highly interactive games and not to use applications for a long time. The key is that when needed, use is punctual.

Limit connectivity and location

If connecting to the Internet is draining your battery, have other active and responsive connections can also wreak havoc on battery life. That’s why Google recommends such extreme measures as switching to airplane mode as long as you don’t need the data (this is especially helpful and can make a difference when you’ve got the last bit of battery left), opting for Wi-Fi on data rates and disable both Bluetooth and location access.

eye with shared location because some apps need these permissions to work properly and provide a good experience (e.g. navigation apps).

Added bonus: settings that consume less battery

Google also offers some tips in the form of settings that can be activated to consume less battery such as:

• Turn off the screen less time to turn off sooner. you understood itsettings‘ > ‘Filter‘ > ‘screen saver‘.

• He Screen brightness It can also wreak havoc, so Google chooses to either set it to automatically adjust to the environment, or directly and if necessary lower the screen brightness. Anyway, you can find it in ‘settings‘>’Filter‘ and there the shine section.
• As for the screen saver mode, the usual thing is that the phone goes into dark mode, you can choose it manually in ‘settings‘ > ‘Filter‘.
• While it may improve your user experience, you can minimize battery drain by disabling keyboard sound and vibration. Do it from ‘settings‘ > ‘sounds and vibrations‘ and uncheck vibration and system sounds.
• In the battery section of settings, you can find an option called ‘smart battery‘ which optimizes its consumption.
• In general, Google recommends restrict apps that consume a lot of battery configuring them to reduce energy consumption and eliminate accounts that we do not use, so that notifications and the search for updates are reduced.