Your super-powerful, ultra-versatile phone, tablet or laptop suddenly becomes a lot less useful when the battery dies - which is why battery life is so important for gadgets. Whether it's checking battery capacity before purchasing, investing in a portable power bank or implementing special energy saving modes, we all try to get as much time between charges as possible.
One of the ways to ensure that the device's battery life is extended as long as possible is to identify the apps that consume the most power: you can then use them less, change their settings to make them less power-hungry or delete them altogether. This is usually not difficult to do and means you will be much more aware of what is draining your battery.
To determine which apps are draining your battery, go to the operating system you are using:
iPhones en iPads
To check battery usage on an iPhone or iPad, openInstitutions, then go toBacteria.
There are two switches at the top that allow you to see and activate your battery percentageLow power supply. This limits background processes for apps across the board, and you'll be prompted to enable them when your device's battery life is down to 20 percent.
Below you can see how the battery life has decreased since the last time the device was charged; scroll further down and the apps that drained the battery in that time will appear along with the percentage of battery life they are responsible for. By default yesLast 24 hoursThe tab is open, but you can switch to itLast 10 daysto see battery consumption over a longer period of time.
At the top of the app list is the named tabShow activityshows you how long each app has been running rather than the percentage of battery consumption it is responsible for - this is split into the time the app has spent on screen and the time it has spent in the background.
Check again to see if there are ways to meet the battery demands of a specific appInstitutionsand select an individual app. You can e.g. To expandRefresh background apptoggle switch to prevent the app from working in the background or selectPlaceto ensure that the app can only retrieve GPS coordinates (a relatively heavy drain on the battery) when it is actually in use. The controls available depend on the specific app.
Android
Open on an Android deviceInstitutionsand then selectBattery > Battery consumption.
On the next screen, you'll see how quickly the battery level has dropped since the last time a power cord was plugged in, and you'll see a list of the apps that are most to blame, along with the percentage of battery drain each app has. is responsible for . Scroll down the screen to see more apps.
Additionally, under each app item you can see the statistics of how much time the app has been active in total since the last battery charge, and how much of that time it has spent in the background. If these two numbers are close, simply using the app less won't make much difference to battery life.
Tap an app in the list for more options. You can set the app asLimited(shouldn't do much in the background),Optimized(Android determines background usage based on battery level and the amount of time you spend in the app), andUnlimited(no restrictions on background processes). ThatOptimizedoption is best for most apps that don't need to run constantly.
If you notice that an app is particularly bad in terms of battery consumption, you can uninstall it by tapping on itTo deleteon the same screen. It might also be worth going back to the app's listing on the Play Store and sending the app developer some feedback to see if they can release a future update that would make the app less of a battery hog.
macOS
If you're using a MacBook, you have a few options when it comes to monitoring battery usage per app. For example, you can click the battery icon in the menu bar, which will quickly bring you to programs that "consider significant power consumption" - the software that currently consumes the most battery power.
You can also openActivity monitoring tool(which you can launch from the Utilities page in Finder or find with a Spotlight search) and switch toEnergytab: Currently running apps and processes are listed, with the most power-hungry at the top. The console shows an app's current "power impact" (lower is better) and the amount of power each app is responsible for over the last 12 hours.
Battery management is actually handled elsewhere. Be open toAppelmenu and then selectSystem Settings > Battery, and you can see battery usage for the last 24 hours and the last 10 days (like on iOS and iPadOS). At the top of the same screen you can set when the power saving mode will start: while charging, when the battery is on battery power, at any time or not at all. ClickPossibilitiesfor more settings (such as when to put hard drives to sleep, which extends battery life).
For annoying apps that take up battery life, there isn't much you can do except find them or delete them (by quickly dragging them from the application window to the trash bin on the dock or deleting them from the applications folder). However, you should ensure that you always use the latest versions of your software programs to ensure that they are as optimized and error-free as possible.
ramen
When it comes to battery life on Windows, openInstitutionsand then selectSystem > Power and battery. openBattery consumptionsection and you can view statistics for the last seven days or the last 24 hours from the drop-down menu on the right. In both cases, you will see a graph showing battery consumption over time, and below that you will see the programs most responsible for this.
You can sort the list by total usage, background usage, and in-use usage. For apps where background usage is high, simply reducing the time you have them open won't have much impact on how taxing they are. On the left side there is a search field that allows you to look up specific programs.
There are no individual app-by-app settings for managing battery usage, but Windows has some general settings available on the same screen.
ClickBattery saverSet when this mode starts automatically or activate it manually. It reduces what programs are allowed to do in the background when they are not actually being used.
You will find one tooPower statusFurther configuration so you can balance power needs with performance (reducing the speed at which your laptop runs typically requires less power).
If a program is significantly damaging battery life and you can live without it (or find an alternative), you can remove it from your system byApps > Installed appsiInstitutionsand then click the three dots next to an app andTo delete.
