iPhone: Save battery - how to make it last longer

The latest smartphones require more and more power with their numerous functions, which means the battery is used up faster. However, there are several ways that you can use to reduce your power consumption. It helps to adjust the settings in your device accordingly. This way, apps that use too much battery can be tracked down.

This is how you save battery life on your iPhone

The battery life on your iPhone can be very short if the corresponding apps and settings are active. Especially the numerous functions, of which more and more are added, consume a large part of the energy. However, if you would like your battery to last longer, you can make various settings on your device.

1. The first thing to do is to find out which applications on your device consume the most battery. To do this, go to the "Settings" app on your iPhone.
2. Then click on the "Battery" option. Here you will now see a list of apps that you have used in the last 24 hours or the last seven days and to what percentage they were involved in battery consumption.
3. Most often, the apps "WhatsApp", "Safari" and "Facebook" consume the most battery. In the list, pay particular attention to apps that you hardly use and yet consume a large proportion of your battery. Accordingly, these perform a lot of background activities. For this reason, you should, if possible, uninstall the apps.
4. Alternatively, go to the app settings and disable the background activities there. This is also possible in the settings under "General" > "Background Update".