Google just sent out an alert for Battery Vampire settings on your Android that might cause a quick battery drain even if you use your phone moderately.
“You can take several actions to extend your device’s battery life and make a charge last longer,” Google explained.
What are these Battery vampire settings on your Android?
Battery life is so important, but there are endless apps, features, and hidden tasks that quickly drain your battery. And the problem gets even worse if you’ve had the same smartphone for a long time.
Google revealed a list of eight settings you should tweak if you want to use less battery. And if you tweak these settings, you’ve got a good chance of boosting your battery life by following the settings below:
- Letting your screen turn off sooner
- Reducing your screen brightness
- Setting the brightness to change automatically
- Turning off keyboard sounds and vibrations
- Restricting apps that have high battery use
- Turn on the adaptive battery feature
- Deleted unused accounts
- Turn on the dark theme
Smartphone batteries degrade over time, so it’s important to treat it well if you want good battery life for a long time.
Google advised that you use the power adapter that came with your phone, and warned a third-party one could “damage” the battery.
“Avoid situations where your phone can overheat, especially when your battery is fully charged,” Google explained.
“Your battery drains much faster when it’s hot, even when not in use. “This kind of drain can damage your battery.”
And Google said it’s best to charge as much or as little as needed.
“You don’t need to teach your phone the battery’s capacity by going from full charge to zero, or zero to full,” the search engine giant advised.
“We recommend you occasionally drain your battery to under 10% and then charge it fully overnight.”