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.

When Battery saver is on

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

When you use Standard battery saver, 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

Maximum battery saver makes the same adjustments to your phone as Standard battery saver, and more.

Maximum battery saver will pause all apps and their notifications, except for these essential apps:

  • Clock
  • Messages
  • Settings

You can assign other apps to be essential. For all other (non-essential) apps, the icons appear gray, and you can't use them until you switch to Standard battery saver or turn Battery saver off.

Maximum battery saver will also:

Turn Battery saver on/off

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

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

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

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. Tap Schedule and reminders.
  3. Make sure Turn off at 90% is on toggle on switch.

Turn low-battery reminders on/off

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