Tips to Enhance Battery Life With iOS 8

Today, we constantly find ourselves using our phones to chat with friends, enjoy digital photography or even watch movies on the go. New iPhones also contain plenty more features to enhance your user experience. As a result, battery life can often suffer, but there are steps every iPhone user can take to preserve it’s longevity.

Assess your usage

As the saying goes, ‘prevention is better than the cure’. By working out exactly which apps or features are draining your battery, you can prevent them from doing so in advance.

On iOS 8, visit Settings > General > Usage > Battery Usage to see which percentage of your battery each app is using. Unused apps can be deleted, others can simply be closed while not in use.

Background App Refresh

Background App Refresh will be enabled automatically on any iPhone running iOS 7 or later. This feature allows apps to run in the background while multitasking, constantly refreshing your content when connected to Wi-Fi or a data network. The continuous usage can run down your battery quickly, so disable it by visiting Settings > General > Background App Refresh and switching it off.

Notification Centre

In iOS 8, widgets can be accessed via the Notification Centre by pulling it down from the top of your screen.

Although it may be convenient to have regular updates on weather, sports or travel, the frequent refreshing of data can be a strain on your battery.

By selecting ‘Edit’ from your ‘Today’ screen, you can choose the widgets that are most important to you and remove the rest.

Location Services

If you’re using GPS for travel or want to update a friend with your location, these services can be great, but if you’re not using them personally there is little need for your iPhone to monitor your location constantly.

Location Services can be switched off through Settings > Privacy > Location Services.

Users of the ‘Find My iPhone’ feature will be glad to know the apps can be disabled individually, so you’ll still be able to find it in an emergency.

Brightness

While a vibrant display looks stunning on your iPhone, it could also be draining your battery. In most lighting scenarios, lower brightness settings can be perfectly adequate, so you may wish to switch off Auto-Brightness and select a level yourself.

Simply visit Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness to disable it and choose your ideal setting.

Cutting back on battery draining features will help you get the most from your iPhone and stay productive for longer.

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