Are you ready to make the most out of your iPhone’s battery life during this festive season? With New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day right around the corner, ensuring that your iPhone keeps running all night long is essential. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of 8 helpful tips that you can put into action to extend your iPhone’s battery life. From disabling haptic keyboard feedback to using offline maps, these tips will keep your iPhone powered up throughout the night. So, read on to discover how you can make the most out of your iPhone’s battery life and enjoy uninterrupted festivities. Happy New Year!
Disable Haptic Keyboard Feedback
If you’re looking to maximize the battery life of your iPhone, one simple step you can take is to disable the haptic keyboard feedback. This feature provides haptic feedback when you tap the on-screen keys, but it can actually affect battery life. To turn it off, follow these steps:
- Open up the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap on Sounds & Haptics.
- Next, tap on Keyboard Feedback.
- Finally, toggle off the Haptic option.
By disabling the haptic keyboard feedback, you can help conserve battery power and ensure that your iPhone lasts longer throughout the day.
Turn Off Proximity AirDrop Sharing
If you find that your iPhone is constantly triggering the AirDrop interface due to proximity to other iPhones or Apple Watches, you may want to consider turning off the proximity AirDrop sharing feature. This can help prevent unnecessary battery drain. Here’s how to do it:
- Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap on General.
- Scroll down and tap on AirDrop.
- Toggle off the “Bringing Devices Together” option.
By disabling proximity AirDrop sharing, you can prevent your iPhone from continuously initiating contact transfers and preserve battery life.
Use Offline Maps
When traveling to an unfamiliar area, using offline maps can help save your iPhone’s battery life. This feature is available on iPhones running iOS 17 or later. By downloading offline maps with Apple Maps, you can get turn-by-turn directions without relying on a constant cellular data connection. Here’s how to download offline maps:
- Open Apple Maps on your iPhone.
- Search for the location you will be traveling to.
- Tap on the download button to initiate the download.
- Select the specific area of the map that you want to download.
Downloading offline maps can be especially useful when you’re going to an area with poor cellular connectivity. By relying on offline maps, you can navigate without draining your battery.
Turn Off Live Activities
Live Activities can cause noticeable battery drain on your iPhone. These activities keep ongoing notifications on your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island. To disable Live Activities, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Go to Face ID & Passcode (or Touch ID & Passcode, depending on your iPhone model).
- Enter your passcode to unlock your iPhone.
- Scroll down and toggle off Live Activities.
This will prevent Live Activities from showing up on your Lock Screen. However, to further enhance battery life, you can also disable Live Activities on an app-by-app basis. Within the individual app sections in the Settings app, look for options to disable Live Activities or avoid using Live Activities features within the app.
Turn Off Always-On Display
If you have an iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro with an always-on display, you may want to consider turning this feature off to conserve battery life. The always-on display shows the time, wallpaper, widgets, and Live Activities on the Lock Screen even when your iPhone is locked. While the display uses a 1Hz refresh rate to preserve battery, it still consumes power. To turn off the always-on display:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap on Display & Brightness.
- Select Always On Display.
- Toggle off the Always On Display option.
By disabling the always-on display, you can extend your iPhone’s battery life, especially if you don’t require constant access to the Lock Screen information.
Use Focus Modes
Apple’s built-in Focus option can help reduce the number of notifications you receive, which can ultimately lead to less battery drain. By limiting the notifications, you’re minimizing the number of times apps wake up your display, preserving battery life. Here’s how to set up focus modes:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap on Focus.
- Choose a preset focus mode or create a custom one.
- Select which apps and people can send you notifications during that focus mode.
Focus modes allow you to determine when and how you want to receive notifications. For example, during work hours, you can limit notifications to work-related apps, and during personal time, you can minimize work notifications. By reducing unnecessary notifications, you can help extend your iPhone’s battery life.
Limit When and How Often Apps Can Access Location
Checking your privacy and access settings is always a good practice to ensure that apps and services aren’t using your phone’s resources unnecessarily. Limiting the apps that have access to your location and how frequently they can access that data can help save battery life. Here’s how to manage location access:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Choose Privacy & Security.
- Tap on Location Services.
- Review the list of apps and edit their settings by tapping on each app’s name.
You’ll have four options for location settings: Never, Ask Next Time Or When I Share, While Using the App, and Always. Choosing “Never” will prevent an app from accessing your location unless necessary, such as for a mapping app. “While Using the App” ensures that the app can only detect your location when it’s actively in use. “Ask Next Time Or When I Share” allows apps to prompt you for location access on a case-by-case basis, while “Always” grants continuous access.
By limiting unnecessary or excessive location access, you can conserve battery life and ensure that apps only access your location when necessary.
Use Low Power Mode
One of the easiest ways to extend your iPhone’s battery life is by enabling Low Power Mode. This feature reduces background activity, accelerates display sleep after inactivity, limits display refresh rate, restricts email fetch frequency, and minimizes visual effects. You can turn on Low Power Mode from the Control Center, the Battery section of the Settings app, or by using Siri. Additionally, you can set Low Power Mode to activate automatically based on your battery percentage using Shortcuts. Here’s how to enable Low Power Mode:
- Open the Control Center by swiping down from the top-right corner (or up from the bottom on older iPhone models).
- Tap on the battery icon or the Low Power Mode icon to turn it on.
- Alternatively, you can go to the Settings app, tap on Battery, and toggle on Low Power Mode.
- To activate Low Power Mode automatically, create a Shortcut that triggers at a specific battery percentage and includes the action to enable Low Power Mode.
By leveraging Low Power Mode, you can conserve battery power without having to manually adjust various settings. This is especially useful for situations when you need to prolong your iPhone’s battery life.
More Tips
Do you have any favorite tips for extending your iPhone’s battery life? Feel free to share them in the comments below. Implementing a combination of these tips and finding other battery-saving techniques can help maximize the usage time of your iPhone, ensuring it lasts throughout the day. Remember to adjust settings based on your specific needs and preferences, and enjoy your iPhone without worrying about running out of battery.
