Use Battery saver

Battery saver helps extend battery life until your next charge. Your phone can prompt you to activate it when the battery is low, or you can enable it anytime.

When Battery saver is on

When the phone is in Battery saver mode, you'll see in the status bar.

To save power, your phone will:

  • Turn on Dark theme (You can turn it off, but that uses more battery.)
  • Turn off Live Caption
  • Wait until you use an app to refresh its content, like email or news
  • Stop apps from doing things in the background (like listening for you to say “Hey Google”)
  • Stop using Location services when your screen is off

Turn Battery saver on/off

Open quick settings and tap to manually turn Battery saver on/off.

Turn Battery saver on automatically

To turn Battery saver on when your battery is below a specified level:

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .

  2. Tap Battery saver, then do either:

    • Turn Follow schedule on , then tap Follow schedule and enter start/end times.
    • Turn Follow battery percentage on , then tap Follow battery percentage and adjust the percentage at which Battery saver turns on.