Battery Life
Optimization

Battery life can be affected by various factors, such as device settings, environment, and usage patterns.
Understanding these factors and using the settings will help you use the battery more efficiently and for a longer period of time.

Factors Affecting Battery Life

Environment

Battery consumption increases in areas with weak or
overlapping signals or with increased screen brightness
under strong sunlight or any other light source.

※ Galaxy offers Adaptive Brightness to optimize screen visibility based on the light intensity of the environment.

※ Galaxy offers Adaptive Brightness to optimize screen visibility based on the light intensity of the environment.

Usage Pattern

Increased screen brightness, longer intervals before
screen timeout, high-performance apps, streaming
high-resolution content, and location services or other
allowed services will also increase battery consumption.

Settings Tips to Extend Battery Life

Discover various ways to extend your battery life!

※ Battery Life extension tips apply to Android T OS (Version 13). Specific settings menus appearance and title may vary depending on Android Version available.

How to Optimize Your Battery Life in ‘Settings’

Check the apps with high battery usage

※ Availability of this feature may vary depending on app.

Put rarely used apps to sleep or in deep sleep

※ Availability of this feature may vary depending on app.

Keep several rarely used apps in sleep or deep sleep

※ Availability of this feature may vary depending on app.

Check what is affecting battery life in App History

※ Apps with issues can affect your battery life.
Update them to the latest versions. It is recommended to put unused apps to sleep, in deep sleep, or to uninstall them.

To prevent certain apps from going to sleep or deep sleep, follow the instructions below

※ Apps added to 'Never auto sleeping apps' do not automatically go to sleep/deep sleep and may cause additional battery usage in the background.

Enable 'Power saving' mode in your Galaxy smartphone

When the battery is running low, enable ‘Power saving’ to extend battery life.

Once ‘Power saving mode’ is enabled, background apps will be restricted from Wi-Fi and mobile data,
and heavy battery-consuming features such as Always On Display will be disabled to extend battery life.

You can select and adjust CPU speed, brightness level, and Always On Display to your preference.

※ When ‘Power saving mode’ is enabled, background data restrictions will apply to all apps and location services may also be limited.

Enable 'Power saving' mode in your Galaxy watch (from phone view)

Extend your Galaxy watch battery life by enabling power saving mode.

Enable power saving mode: (from watch view)

Extend your Galaxy watch battery life by enabling power saving mode.

Clean up unused apps and features

Check unused apps in ‘Battery usage’.

Deactivate auto-sync for apps that don't require syncing

Turn on Bluetooth only when you plan to use it.

In the quick panel, tap Bluetooth icon to turn on or off.

Change Display Settings

Turn display off by pressing the power button when the device is not in use.
Set ‘Screen timeout’ to a short interval.
Lower your brightness. The brighter the screen, the higher the contrast ratio,
which leads to higher battery consumption.
Extend battery life by using a dark-tone wallpaper or theme.