BATTERY is always the biggest worry for smartphone users.
How long will it last? Can I get more power out of it?
Fortunately there are a growing number of tools to help users squeeze out as much power as possible – as well as ultimately boosting the lifespan of their battery.
Taking care of your battery cuts down the need to pay for a costly upgrade for a battery replacement or a brand new device entirely.
Samsung has a number of nifty features for its Android users to get the most out of their phone’s battery.
A company insider has revealed some of the settings and buttons you may have missed.
The heat generated from charging your smartphone is one of the things that affects a battery’s lifespan overtime.
Keeping the battery at 100 per cent full for a long time can especially have an impact.
With the battery protection option, you can stop the battery from continuing to charge once you’ve hit the max.
You can change this by going to Settings > Device care > Battery > Battery protection.
There’s a choice between:
Most power saving modes just shut background activity for you.
But on Samsung phones you can choose and tweak how far it goes.
In the settings, you can decide whether power saving will:
To access it, slide down and find the power saving button.
Tap and hold it until the extended options appear.
You can also decide how your smartphone manages its performance.
The fast your device is, the more processing power it needs and the more battery it’ll suck up.
There are two performance profiles to choose from:
So, essentially, light will conserve more battery but you may notice your handset acts a little slower than usual when doing things like loading apps.
It’s also worth noting that these settings don’t apply to games, which have their own settings in the Game Booster section.
If you want to change you performance profile, go to Settings > Device care > Performance profile.
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