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

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 turn Battery saver on automatically when it reaches a specific percentage. Or you can let AI learn your behavior and limit background apps when your phone is inactive.

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
  2. Tap Schedule and reminders.

  3. To specify a percentage:

    1. Turn Set default battery level on .
    2. Move the slider to adjust the percentage when Battery saver switches on.
  4. To let AI limit background apps, turn Reduce battery drain when inactive on .
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 .

Turn low-battery reminders on/off

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
  2. Tap Schedule and reminders.
  3. Turn Battery saver reminders on or off .