iPhone battery life has improved over the years, sure, but the low-level anxiety that comes with the ever-smaller battery icon in the top-right corner may never be completely gone. resolved.
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Luckily, these one-time settings tweaks can make all the difference when it comes to squeezing any juice out of your iPhone’s battery.
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Activate dark mode
Using your iPhone in light mode uses a fair amount of power to keep the pixels on the screen illuminated. Dark Mode’s more subdued color scheme doesn’t have to work as hard.
Running your phone in dark mode full time can therefore reduce battery usage. To enable it, head to Settings > Display & Brightness and choose Dark under the Appearance section.
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If you’re not quite ready to commit to dark mode full time, you can toggle the automatic setting here to have your phone go into dark mode at a specific time of day, so see if that helps a little first of all.
Disable auto-brightness
Your phone’s ambient light sensor is responsible for determining the amount of light around you and adjusting the screen brightness accordingly. It works well, but it can sap battery life throughout the day.
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You can disable this feature by manually setting your iPhone to a moderate to low brightness setting, which prevents the phone’s backlight from constantly moving around.
To do this, go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & text size and turn off auto-brightness.
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You may find that you have to adjust the brightness manually if you are outdoors. Swipe down from the top right corner of your iPhone screen. This opens the Control Center, which features a manual brightness slider. Just be sure to manually set it to a lower level once you can.
Disable 5G
Are you really taking advantage of your iPhone’s super-fast cellular connection to stream videos during your subway ride? If not, try disabling 5G and working with the still fast LTE (4G) connection. It can save a lot of battery life throughout the day, especially if you find yourself away from home or working with Wi-Fi connections.
Head into Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options and under the Voice & Data setting, switch from 5G Auto to LTE.
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Now, you might notice a disclaimer here that the 5G Auto setting will only use 5G if it doesn’t drastically reduce battery life. But constant automatic switching between 5G and LTE can cause battery drain, and 5G always tends to use more battery than LTE. So try LTE full time to see if you notice improved battery life throughout the day and aren’t bothered by slow data speeds.
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