Reduce battery consumption on iPhone and iPad
We have many iOS tutorials in which we explain how to save battery on our devices. And it is that, nowadays, it is a feat to make our battery last until the end of the day.
The applications and the operating system iOS,increasingly demand more resources and, with it, an increase in battery consumption. That is why many of us do not stop thinking about how to save battery.
Given our experience, we have made a list of the best tips to reduce battery consumption. We will discuss them below.
36 tips to reduce battery consumption on iPhone and iPad:
You don't need to apply all the tips. Use only those that suit your personal use of the phone. What is clear is that you apply the number of tips you apply, you will get some battery saving.
How to save battery on iPhone
1- Disable notifications from those apps that we do not consider essential:
This can be deactivated from SETTINGS/NOTIFICATIONS. We must click on each of the applications from which we do not want to receive notifications and deactivate the option "Allow notifications" .
2- Turn off location of non-important apps:
To deactivate the location of the apps that we do not want to be located, we must go to SETTINGS/PRIVACY/LOCATION. From the list of apps that appears, we recommend leaving the just and necessary apps active since the constant use of GPS consumes a lot of resources.
3- Deactivate Bluetooth and activate it only when you really need it:
From the control center we can activate and deactivate Bluetooth easily and simply. We make the control center appear and deactivate it whenever this type of connection is not necessary. Doing this does not disable it completely.
If you want to deactivate it 100%, since you do not have any accessory to which you must connect via Bluetooth, you must go to SETTINGS/BLUETOOTH , and deactivate it from the root.
4- Deactivate the time adjustment according to the zone and you will be able to save battery:
In SETTINGS/GENERAL/DATE AND TIME we must deactivate «Automatic adjustment». We only recommend activating it when traveling to countries or zones other than our time zone.
5- Reduce battery drain on your iPhone by turning off Diagnostics & Usage:
In SETTINGS/PRIVACY/ANALYSIS & IMPROVEMENTS and turn off the option of both “Share analytics (iPhone and Apple”, “Improve Siri and Dictation”, and “Share iCloud analytics”.
6- Limit ad tracking:
In the APPLE SETTINGS/PRIVACY/ path, disable the "Personalized Ads" option.
7- Disable location of system services:
You can deactivate all this in the following path SETTINGS/PRIVACY/LOCATION/SYSTEM SERVICES. In the following link we show how we have configured the system location on our iPhone You don't have to apply everything. Deactivate only what you do not use and adapt it to your daily use of the terminal.
8- Disable Push in your email accounts:
Battery life increases with less frequent updates. If you put it "MANUALLY" you will only update the accounts when you enter them. With this option we will save a lot of battery. Possibly the advice that saves the most battery.
To configure it we must enter SETTINGS/MAIL/ACCOUNTS. There we click "Get data" and configure each account to our liking, preferably in "Manual". To save battery we also recommend deactivating the “Push” option .
9- Save battery by letting apps multitask:
Contrary to what has always been thought, leaving applications open when multitasking saves battery power.
10- Disable the « AUTOMATIC BRIGHTNESS » option and you can save battery:
In SETTINGS/ACCESSIBILITY/SCREEN AND TEXT SIZE we can deactivate this function, which appears at the bottom. Although Apple advises us to activate it, deactivating it will save a little more battery life by preventing the sensor from being in continuous operation.
11- Lower the brightness of the screen and thus you will lower the battery consumption:
Lower the screen brightness, whenever you can and have auto brightness turned off, from the control center .
12- If you are going to have the iPhone at rest in areas without WIFI, we recommend deactivating the WIFI option:
WIFI can be deactivated from the control center. If we do it this way we will not deactivate it completely. To deactivate it completely you have to do it from SETTINGS/WIFI .
13– Reduce mobile data connection speed:
Disable 4G connection in SETTINGS/MOBILE DATA/OPTIONS/VOICE AND DATA. If we activate 2G or 3G, we will continue receiving notifications and we will even be able to navigate, albeit in a slower way. Instead, we will have quite a large battery saver (recommended action when we have very little battery left) .
14- Disabling BACKGROUND REFRESHING greatly reduces battery consumption:
In SETTINGS/GENERAL/UPDATE IN THE BACKGROUND we can deactivate this root function or only activate the ones that we really want to update in the background. The more apps we have active, the less battery saving we will have. We recommend deactivate it completely
15- Deactivate SIRI if you don't use it:
You can deactivate it from SETTINGS/SIRI AND SEARCH. You will need to disable the “Press Side Button to Open Siri” option in order to disable Apple's virtual assistant.
16- Eliminate possible third-party profiles installed on our device. Very important to reduce battery consumption:
In the final part of the SETTINGS/GENERAL menu, we could have installed the profile of some company or app that, if we don't know its origin, we can eliminate since many of them they make us consume a lot of battery.
17- Review the settings of installed applications:
Many of the applications that we install on our device find a place in the SETTINGS of the terminal. In the lower part they will appear and we recommend you click one by one and deactivate options that can use up battery power such as sending statistical data, location, mobile data network connection
18- Configure the automatic device lock:
This can be done from SETTINGS/DISPLAY & BRIGHTNESS/AUTO-LOCK . The less time you put, the more battery you will save.
19- Disable HANDOFF:
To do this we go to the SETTINGS/GENERAL/HANDOFF section and deactivate this option. Click below to find out what Handoff is for.
20- Disable Raise to activate and decreases battery consumption:
This function that makes every time we raise the iPhone, the screen turns on. By deactivating this option, obviously, we will save a lot of battery. To do this we go to the settings and go to SETTINGS / DISPLAY AND BRIGHTNESS / LIFT TO ACTIVATE and deactivate said option.
21- Activate Reduce Motion:
Perhaps the option that will make our device go smoother and work much better. Especially if we have an old device. In addition, by driving more, we will save battery consumption. To do this we go to SETTINGS / ACCESSIBILITY / MOVEMENT and activate the option "Reduce movement" .
22- Disable Physical Activity:
By default it is activated. By deactivating it we can considerably reduce consumption. We go to SETTINGS/PRIVACY/PHYSICAL ACTIVITY and disable it completely.
23- Disable Automatic application update:
Auto-updating apps greatly increases battery consumption. Therefore it is best to disable it. To do this we go to the SETTINGS / APP STORE and deactivate the option "App updates" and, if you want, all the others.
24- Disable True Tone:
The iPhone and iPad bring the option of True Tone Maybe you You may like the tonality that the screen adopts when you have it active but, tell you, that it does so thanks to the work of several advanced multichannel sensors. We don't like that warm tone that the screen takes and, even less, having sensors working all day to adapt those tones. That is why if we deactivate it, we will gain autonomy.We can deactivate it from SETTINGS/DISPLAY AND BRIGHTNESS .
25- Disable the "Hey Siri" option:
One of the most interesting functions, it is also one of the ones that uses the most battery. Everything is because if you have it activated, you must keep the microphone of our equipment on to hear the command "Hey Siri", which activates the virtual assistant of Apple You can deactivate it from SETTINGS / SIRI AND SEARCH .
26- Activate dark mode to reduce battery consumption:
Since iOS 13 we have the possibility to activate the dark mode. This will make the iPhone that have an OLED screen, when only the LEDs light up in the areas where there are colors, in the areas of the screen where there is a black color the LEDs do not light up and do not so much battery is consumed. In dark mode, when black predominates, it will reduce battery consumption by having the screen on. Activate it by holding down the brightness bar in the control center or from SETTINGS/DISPLAY AND BRIGHTNESS.
In the following link we present a study that demonstrates the battery saving with iOS dark mode activated.
27- Use a black wallpaper:
As we have mentioned before, the iPhone with OLED screen (iPhone X, XS, XS PLUS and iPhone 11 PRO) if they use black wallpapers , will reduce battery consumption caused by the device screen.
28- Reduces white point:
By accessing SETTINGS/ACCESSIBILITY/SCREEN AND TEXT SIZE we have access to an option called «Reduce white point», which when activated gives us the possibility to regulate the intensity of the bright colors. The more we reduce that intensity, the less battery drain as it will prevent the screen from shining more, with the consequent waste of energy.
29- Disable FACE ID:
If you have an iPhone with this facial recognition technology, you can always improve battery life somewhat by turning this feature off.If you do not need the terminal to scan your face to access your mobile, it is worth deactivating it. There are people who get by very well with the classic 4 or 6 digit code to unlock the iPhone
To deactivate it, go to SETTINGS/FACE ID AND CODE and deactivate everything that has to do with this function, which are normally the first 4 options. We also recommend deactivating the options that appear in the "Attention" section.
30- Disable the microphone in apps that use it without consent:
By accessing SETTINGS/PRIVACY/MICROPHONE , the applications that you allow to use the microphone will appear. Obviously some of them are necessary, for example in the case of WhatsApp to send audios, but there are others that you can deactivate and even more knowing that apps like Instagram , activate the microphone to "spy" on conversations and then offer us based on what we speak or say while using the app.
We recommend you deactivate the ones you think are appropriate. By not having access to the microphone while using the application, we can improve some autonomy.
Instagram needs to use the microphone to be able to use Instagram Stories. We use this function a lot but we deactivate the access to the app's microphone. When we are going to upload a story, we activate it and after doing so, we deactivate it again.
31- Disables keyboard vibration:
One of the novelties of iOS 16 allows us to activate a vibration when we touch the letters on the keyboard. This can be activated from SETTINGS/SOUND AND VIBRATIONS/KEYBOARD RESPONSE. Well, Apple warns that if we activate this function the battery may suffer
32- Disable Always On Display:
If you have an iPhone with this function, such as the iPhone 14 PRO, it consumes quite little battery but if you are not going to take advantage of it, it is always good to deactivate it to save that 1-2% battery that they say consume per day.To deactivate it you must go to SETTINGS / DISPLAY AND BRIGHTNESS and deactivate the option "Always on".
33- Disable live activities:
Please follow the path below to disable this feature: Settings/Face ID & Passcode and disable live activities.
This feature allows apps to keep a continuous notification on the iPhone 14 Pro's lock screen or dynamic island. Live activities can be used to follow a football match, for example, follow a flight, progress through a training . Turning off this constant notification can put an end to excessive battery drain.
You can also disable this option on an individual app-by-app basis or prevent use of the live activity features within apps.
34- Remove lock screen widgets:
With iOS 16 the widgets option was added. Widgets are constantly visible on the lock screen and many update in the background, which means they consume battery power.
To avoid this, simply don't use them on your lock screens or, if you have them already installed, get rid of them.
35- Don't Use iCloud Shared Photo Library:
iCloud Shared Photo Library is a feature in iOS 16.1 that lets you use a standard photo library together with up to five other people, with everyone able to upload, edit, and delete images . Using iCloud Photo Sharing Library could cause others' photos to sync to your iPhone at inopportune times, draining battery life.
To deactivate this function you must go to Settings/Photos/Mobile data and deactivate the option “Mobile data” .
This way photo uploads will be restricted to WiFi, so photos shared with you won't be downloaded to your device when you're using a mobile data connection.
36- Choose non-animated wallpapers:
An animated wallpaper will drain your battery a little more than a static wallpaper. That is why if you want to save battery life on your iPhone, don't use them.
An example of an animated wallpaper in iOS 16 is weather. This has movement and changes depending on the weather conditions. Another example is the Random Photos option that cycles through selected photos throughout the day. Also the Astronomy wallpaper also changes based on the current conditions.
And that's it, what do you think?
You will see how doing these practices, whenever you can and are interested, you can save battery and gain autonomy. We have come to have the iPhone,giving it normal use, almost a day and a half without charging.
Obviously if you do everything we've told you about, the iPhone would turn into a brick. That is why it is good to activate and deactivate everything that interests you.
You don't have to do exactly what has been said. Each one to configure their device iOS at their convenience. This is a guide with which we can save battery consumption and extend the autonomy of our iPhone and iPadfrom which you can apply all the advice, or the ones that interest you the most.
