Need a Bit More Juice? 6 Quick Fixes to Extend Your Android Phone’s Battery Life
Need a Bit More Juice? 6 Quick Fixes to Extend Your Android Phone’s Battery Life
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Publish Date: 2026-03-06 09:46:00
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Slim frames, bright screens, and overactive apps all take their toll on your Android phone’s battery life. The newest flagships can keep you going all day, but there are ways to preserve battery life on an aging phone, too.
Menu settings will vary depending on the phone you’re using and the version of Android; in this story, I used a Google Pixel 6a running Android 15 and a Galaxy Z Flip 4 on Android 14. But all Android devices should have similar features. With this caveat in mind, here are some ways to improve your Android phone’s battery life.
Read more from our sister site, CNET: We Tested 35 Phones for the Best Battery Life. These 2 Brands Topped the Field
1. Turn On Power Saving Mode
If you’re in a situation where you need your phone battery to last longer than it normally does, Samsung and Google phones offer an emergency option to reduce power-hungry functions that may drain the battery. It’s named something different on each phone, but the features are similar.
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Samsung
Open Settings Battery and enable Power saving (or use the Power Saving option in the Quick Settings menu) to limit networking, syncing, and location services, and turn down the screen’s refresh rate. Tap Power saving for options to turn off the Always on Display, limit CPU speed, or decrease brightness. For maximum power savings, tap Limit apps and Home screen to create a much more limited OS experience where your wallpaper is black, only select apps are enabled, and all background activity is cut back.
Open Settings Battery Battery Saver and enable Use Battery Saver to limit visual effects and background activity, and turn on dark mode. Enable Extreme Battery Saver to pause non-essential apps and notifications, and use the gear icon to choose approved apps that will still work. Keep Adaptive Battery enabled to optimize how apps use the battery and use Schedule and reminders to control when Battery Saver should go on…
