# 🔋 Save battery on your phone: 5 settings that are draining energy right now

🔋 Save battery on your phone: 5 settings that are draining energy right now Do you feel your phone's battery flies away before the night? It is not that your phone is old (although sometimes it helps), it is that invisible processes are "drinking" energy without you noticing. At Bytechip we have identified the 5 main culprits and how to turn them off today. 1. Auto brightness (but not as you think) Auto brightness is useful, but sometimes the sensor is too sensitive and turns the brightness to the maximum at any reflection. Setting: Lower the brightness manually to the lowest level that is comfortable for you. 10% less brightness can give you up to 30 extra minutes of screen time a day. 2. "Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning" always on Even if you switch off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth from the control panel, many phones keep looking for devices in the background to "improve location". Setting: Go to Settings > Location > Improve accuracy and turn off "Wi-Fi scanning" and "Bluetooth scanning". You will notice the difference. 3. Notifications that wake your screen Every time you receive a notification from a muted WhatsApp group or a food-app offer, your screen lights up. If you receive 50 a day, your battery suffers. Setting: Go to Settings > Notifications and turn off "Wake screen" for apps that are not critical. 4. Apps that update "just because" Background refresh allows apps to download data even when you are not using them. Does Facebook really need to update while you sleep? Setting: On iPhone: Settings > General > Background App Refresh. On Android: Settings > Battery > Per-app power saving. Limit it to the essentials (WhatsApp, Mail). 5. Too much "Hey Google" or "Hey Siri" For your phone to respond to your voice, the microphones must be on and processing sound constantly. That consumes energy continuously. Setting: If you do not usually use voice assistants, turn off active listening in the Google or Siri app settings. 🚀 Extra tip: dark mode If your phone has an OLED screen (most current mid- and high-range phones), use Dark Mode. On these screens, black is literally a switched-off pixel that uses no energy. It is the most real saving trick there is. ← Back to the blog