Battery Life and
Performance
Optimisation
Battery life can be affected by various factors such as device settings, environment and usage patterns.
Understand these factors to use your 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 optimise screen visibility based on the light intensity of the environment.
Usage Pattern
Galaxy’s AMOLED Display has a high contrast ratio that will increase battery consumption. 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 easily manage your device’s battery usage and extend battery life!
※ Feature names and settings paths may vary depending on the Android OS version.
How to Optimise Your Battery Life in the ‘Settings’
Check the apps with high battery usage
Step 1. Go to Device care in Settings.
Step 2. Tap Optimise now to check apps with high background battery usage.
※ Availability of this feature may vary depending on app.
Put rarely used apps into sleep or deep sleep
Step 1. Go to Device care in Settings and tap Battery.
Step 2. Tap on the battery graph.
Step 3. Select an app.
Step 4. Tap Background usage limits on the bottom to turn on the switch.
Step 5. Tap Put to sleep / Put in deep sleep.
※ Availability of this feature may vary depending on app.
Keep rarely used apps in sleep or deep sleep
Step 1. Go to Background usage limits in Battery.
Step 2. Select Sleeping apps or Deep sleeping apps.
Step 3. Tap + to add apps.
※ 'Sleeping apps’ will run intermittently in the background. App updates and notifications may be delayed.
Step 4. Tap the circle to select an app and when complete tap Add.
※ Availability of this feature may vary depending on app.
Check what is affecting battery life in App History
Step 1. Go to Device care in Settings and tap the chart icon on the top right.
Step 2. From app optimisation, check the deep sleeping apps that have not been used for a long time or have problems.
※ Apps with issues can affect battery life.
Update apps 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
Step 1. Tap Background usage limits from Battery.
Step 2. Tap Never auto sleeping apps.
Step 3. Tap + to add apps.
Step 4. Tap the circle to select an app and when finished selecting tap Add.
Step 5. Selected apps will be displayed.
※ 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 mode’
When the battery is running low, enable ‘Power mode’ to extend battery life.
Once ‘Power mode’ is enabled, background apps will be restricted from Wi-Fi and mobile data,
and energy-consuming features like Always On Display will be disabled to extend battery life.
You can adjust CPU speed, brightness level and background networks to your preference.
※ When ‘Power mode’ is enabled, background data restrictions will apply to all apps and location services may also be limited.
Step 1. Tap Device care.
Step 2. Tap Battery.
Step 3. Tap switch to turn on Power saving.
Enable 'Power saving' mode in your Galaxy watch (from phone view)
Extend your Galaxy watch battery life by enabling power saving mode.
Step 1. Open Wearable app.
Step 2. Select Watch settings.
Step 3. Select Device care.
Step 4. Select Battery.
Step 5. Switch to turn on Power saving.
Step 6. Power saving mode will be turned on and a list of affected functions will be displayed.
Enable power saving mode: (from watch view)
Extend your Galaxy watch battery life by enabling power saving mode.
Step 1. Swipe down to open the quick panel and tap Settings.
Step 2. Tap Battery.
Step 3. Tap switch to turn on Power saving.
Step 4. Power saving mode will be turned on and a list of affected functions will be displayed.
Clean up unused apps and features
Check battery usage and close unused apps.
Step 1. Go to Device care in Settings.
Step 2. Tap Battery.
Step 3. Tap on the battery graph.
Step 4. Check the battery usage and details of apps in use.
Deactivate auto-sync for apps that don't require syncing
Step 1. Go to Accounts and backup in Settings.
Step 2. Tap Manage accounts.
Step 3. Select your Samsung account.
Step 4. Tap Sync account.
Step 5. Disable auto-sync for apps like Samsung Internet to lower battery consumption.
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.
* Images shown are for illustration purpose only.
** Menu names, paths, and screen layouts may vary depending on your device model, software or app version.
