Here are 5 basic hacks to expand your smartphone's battery life

First Published Nov 4, 2020, 5:21 PM IST

Are you worried about running out of charge when outside? Then, here are 5 simple tips that will come in handy to expand your smartphone's battery life, read on.
 

There are many reasons behind your mobile phone's battery-life going down. Here are few hacks that are useful in terms of keeping it safe for a while when you are out somewhere.
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Turn off your GPSGPS squeezes out a lot of battery life from your mobile phones. So if it is not necessary, then turn your GPS off.
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Shift to Dark modeUpdated smartphones come with an inbuilt dark-themed display background. If you have an OLED screen, then it will produce rich backlights instead of individual pixels, saving the battery life.
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Limit your running appsClear your running apps from the recent items. Restrict some apps from running in the background; this will help to save the battery.
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Beware of the battery killersSome apps get affected by the bugs, which further causes in reducing the battery life from your mobile phones. Get rid of them, Go to Settings > Battery > Power Usage and monitor the power usage of the apps. You can also install a third-party assistant to keep an eye on such kind of app behaviour.
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Use Lite-appsInstall lite-apps like Facebook lite, Messenger lite, as lite-apps help in restoring the battery life instead of minimizing it.
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