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, but you can turn it on manually at any time or set a schedule to turn it on.

You can choose between Standard battery saver and Maximum battery saver. Standard battery saver reduces background activity and limits some features, while Maximum battery saver restricts much more—it disables most apps, limits functionality, and turns app icons gray to show they're paused.

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.)
  • Lower the refresh rate
  • 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

Battery saver turns off while your phone is charging. It turns back on when you unplug the phone.

Turn Battery saver on/off manually

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

Turn Battery saver on automatically

You can set Battery saver to turn on automatically based on a schedule or when the battery reaches a specific percentage:

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .

  2. To turn Battery saver on and off at certain times:

    1. Turn Follow schedule on .
    2. Tap Follow schedule and enter Start time and End time.

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

    1. Turn Low battery on .
    2. Tap Low battery and move the slider to adjust the percentage.
TipBattery saver turns off while your phone is charging. It turns back on when you unplug the phone.

Let it turn off when your phone is charged

To prevent your phone from turning Battery saver on before you need it, you can set it to turn off when your phone is charged to 90% or above:

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
  2. Make sure Turn off at 90% is on .