13 iPhone Battery Saving Tips to Extend Battery Life
How to improve iPhone battery life with low power mode, background app refresh, location services, and more settings
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How to Enable low power mode automatically before your battery reaches 20%
Low power mode is automatically enabled when your battery reaches 20%, but you can turn it on earlier to save more: 1.
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Only turn on WiFi when you know you have a connection
WiFi uses less power than a cellular connection, but detecting WiFi nearby uses a lot of battery.
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Limit when and how often apps access your location
Apps accessing your location is a major source of battery drain.
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How to Turn off Background App Refresh
Apps pulling down data in the background drains battery.
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Cut down on notifications
Every time you get a new notification and your screen lights up and vibrate you drain battery quicker.
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How to Turn off Siri suggestions
Siri makes suggestions based on your activity.
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Turn off “Hey Siri” to save battery
Disable the always-listening wake phrase to reduce power drain.
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Disable automatic downloads and app updates
Downloading apps and updating them in the background uses a lot of power.
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How to Turn on dark mode and turn brightness down
On devices with an OLED display (iPhone X, XS, XS Max, iPhone 11, and iPhone 12), Dark Mode can save quite a bit of battery life, so it's worth enabling: 1.
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Don't close apps using the App Switcher
Many battery life guides suggest quitting apps, but this doesn't save battery life and can in fact drain more battery.
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Place iPhone face down
When you're not using your iPhone, place the handset face down.
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How to Turn off screen time and Fitness tracking
Disable Screen Time and Fitness tracking to reduce background battery use.
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Only make phone calls available when your battery goes lower than 5%
When your battery is close to empty, your phone quickly dies.