99% of the time when your iPhone's battery is draining fast, it's a problem with its software, not the hardware or the battery itself. We're going to show you how to improve your iPhone's battery life from home. Let's start in the battery section of Settings and answer one of the most common questions we get about iPhone battery life. Open settings, scroll down, tap battery, and the big question, should I use low power mode? Only if you're in a desperate battery situation because low power mode turns off a lot of essential iPhone features like background app refresh and iCloud photos. Instead of turning everything off, we're going to show you how to be selective about the settings that you turn off so you can maximize your battery life without losing all of the things that make your iPhone so special. And we'll also be making a PDF of all the steps in this video for our channel members. Click the join button below the video to learn more. Next in the settings app, we're going to tap on battery health and charging and turn off optimize battery charging, turn off and turn off clean energy charging, tap turn off. Is this because you hate the environment? No, for these settings to work, you need to turn on two privacy and security settings. We really recommend turning off and turning those off will save you more battery life in the long run. We'll tell you about those settings later in this video. So how do you maintain 100% battery health without using optimized battery charging? Well, I use an Apple USB-C charging brick. I use an Apple USB-C lightning cable. There's a lot of intelligent technology built into these Apple products that make your iPhone charge safe, not just fast. Right, I don't care if this switch is turned on or not. A third-party fast charger, a third-party cable might harm your iPhone's battery health if it's not MFI certified or if the charging has too high of an amperage. And also it is normal for your iPhone battery health to drop below 100% after you use it for a while. In fact, it's impossible for that not to happen. Let's talk about a battery tip that makes your iPhone look cooler too. I'll tap back upper left-hand corner of the screen to the main page of settings, then tap on display and brightness and turn on dark mode. Ever since the iPhone X launched with an OLED display, or as Apple would say, the super retina display, your iPhone has saved battery life in dark mode because when the screen is bright, it doesn't have to light up the entire screen. It just lights up the individual pixels. We're gonna go back to light mode so it's easier for you to follow along during this video. And our next battery tip is also in display and brightness. Let's scroll down to auto lock and make sure auto lock is never set to never. When auto lock is set to never, your iPhone display just stays on all the time until you lock it, meaning it could be in your pocket, draining battery life, screen is on all day long, your phone is dead. Now, some of you sharp-eyed viewers at home are sitting there saying, hey, wait a minute, your auto lock is set to never. I don't know if you have to be too sharp-eyed to see that, David. No, it's pretty obvious. We do that for our screen recordings so the screen isn't locked in the middle of our videos. But for you at home, tap into auto lock and choose anything other than never. Trust us, both of us have run out of battery in our iPhones by, I don't know, 6 p.m. Because we forget to turn the setting on after we record a video. Let's tap back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. And if you have an iPhone 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max, you'll see this option for always on display. Let's tap on that. When Apple first launched always on display, it was just way too bright for me. And I noticed that a lot of people online were saying it was leading to battery drain. Fortunately, Apple added in a couple ways to customize always on display in the settings app that lets you continue to use it without draining your battery life. The big setting here is show wallpaper. We recommend turning that switch off. And bear in mind that always on display is not actually always on because your phone uses the sensors at the top in the dynamic island to detect whether your phone is face down on the table, for instance, or in your pocket. And if it is, it turns it off. I don't like always on display at all. So what I'm gonna do is just turn off that switch next to always on display. Our next setting is also a display setting that doesn't live in the display section of settings. And it'll help you save a lot of battery life. Let's tap back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen to the main page of settings. Then tap accessibility. Then tap display and text size and scroll all the way down to reduce white point. I like to think of this setting as recalibrating the brightness slider on your iPhone. You can still adjust your phone's brightness, but each setting is just a little dimmer than before. It also makes for a more pleasurable experience when you're sweating your DraftKings tournament at 1130 at night because you can make the display darker than you would with just the brightness slider. Tap the switch next to reduce white point and set your preferred intensity. So the further right you drag the slider, the darker your display will become. I've been feeling about 75% lately, which is a little wacko to me. I'm a 50% guy. That's all white with me. There's a much easier way to turn reduce white point on or off. We'll tell you how to do that in just a minute. But first we need to talk about auto brightness. Apple recommends leaving auto brightness on to increase battery life. People run into trouble when they have their iPhone set at a high brightness setting all day long. We have it off because we're recording a video and we don't want the screen to be changing brightnesses. Our next setting is also in accessibility. So first I'm gonna turn off reduce white point so the side cam is easier to see. Then I'll tap back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. One below display and text size is motion, tap on that and then turn on the switch next to reduce motion. Reduce motion cuts down on some of the fancy animations you see as you're using your iPhone. And I think I wanna say at this point that not every single battery setting we talk about has the same impact on your iPhone's battery life. Reduce motion may seem a little jarring at first but you'll probably get used to it. Stick around to the end of this video, we're gonna leave it on and you can leave us a comment down below if you did get used to it. And if you didn't, you can always come back here and turn it off. Next let's talk about autoplay video previews. It's gonna save some battery life but it's also going to save some cellular data because your phone doesn't have to download video previews as you're swiping throughout the app store for instance. And less cellular data equals less battery life used. Let's turn off the switch next to autoplay video previews and if you have an iPhone 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max and maybe if you're watching this in the future or an iPhone 15 Pro, you'll see limit frame rate. Turning this on reduces the refresh rate of those phones from 120 Hertz to 60 Hertz. This is one of those situations where I'm happy to sacrifice a very small amount of battery life for a much better looking display. I'm not going to turn on limit frame rate but if you wanna save as much battery life as possible on your iPhone, turning this on will help. Earlier in this video, you promised us that you would show us how to turn on reduce white point easier. And unlike your least favorite politician, I'm gonna deliver on that promise. Let's tap back upper left-hand corner of the screen to our accessibility settings. Scroll all the way down to accessibility shortcut and then tap on reduce white point. You'll know reduce white point has been selected when there's a nice check mark next to it. Now watch what happens when I triple click the side button on my iPhone. Whoa, how about that? This is something I use every single night but I'm gonna triple click the side button to turn off reduce white point. Maybe you don't like reduce white point but you do like the background sounds. Make that your accessibility shortcut. You can have multiple accessibility shortcuts. Yeah, but then you have to choose. Yeah. That's a whole other tap. That's a whole other thing. That's a whole separate video. This next setting has always been one of the biggest battery drainers on iPhone. Let's tap back to the main page of settings. Then tap general, tap background app refresh. Background app refresh allows apps to download new content in the background of your iPhone even when you're not using them whenever your iPhone is connected to the internet. It sounds kind of vague. And Apple even admits turning off apps may help preserve battery life. If they're saying it, you know it's true. First tap on background app refresh at the top of the screen, then select wifi. Maybe you're thinking I have an unlimited data plan. Why should I choose wifi? Unless you have the best cellular data connection ever your iPhone is going to use more battery life downloading new content with cellular than it would with wifi. Now we're talking about the underlying reasons why your iPhone's battery is draining quickly. It's not just that the wrong switch is turned on. Your phone is downloading content in the background which is using its modem. So think to yourself, whenever you're downloading content you're also draining battery life. Let's tap back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and turn off background app refresh for apps that don't need it. If you're not sure, just ask yourself does this app need to be able to download new content in the background of my iPhone? Most of the time, the answer will be no. I'm just gonna start turning off some of these switches. And I'll talk about the exceptions which are usually messages apps or email apps things where you want to be notified right away. We just talked a little bit about the impact of cellular data on battery life but let's dig a little deeper. Let's tap back to the main page of settings in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, scroll up then tap cellular, tap cellular data options then tap voice and data. When your iPhone connects to a cell tower it uses battery life. The worse the signal gets, the more battery it uses. If you have an amazing 5G connection at home by all means use 5G auto. But if you have spotty 5G coverage like me maybe you have no 5G coverage at all, choose LTE. You probably won't notice a difference. As we've been saying for years, 5G is a lot of hype and you probably won't notice a difference when you change this next setting too. Let's tap back to the main page of settings in the upper left-hand corner of the screen scroll down to mail, tap on that, tap accounts and then tap fetch new data. When I was an Apple employee I did a week long training to get certified in iPhone repair. The first thing we were told was to turn off pushmail because when pushmail is on your iPhone maintains a constant connection to its email server and constantly asks is there mail? Is there mail? Is there mail? Is there mail? Is there mail? With fetch you decide how often your iPhone looks for new emails. Further proof that pushmail is a battery drainer when you turn on low power mode pushmail gets turned off. Turn off the switch next to push at the top of the screen then scroll down and choose your fetch interval I like every 30 minutes and keep in mind that anytime you open the mail app on your iPhone it will fetch new emails for you. Next let's talk about a new setting that might be draining your iPhone battery life right now. Let's head back to the main page of settings by tapping back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen scroll up and tap on sounds and haptics then scroll down to keyboard feedback tap on that. Apple's very own support article says turning on keyboard haptics might affect the battery life of your iPhone. I really like haptic keyboard feedback because you get that nice physical response when you're typing on your iPhone. I'm gonna leave on haptic it's one of those little minor sacrifices I'll make for a better experience. Well I don't know how minor it is I don't like it anyway so I turn it off. If haptic keyboard feedback is not a feature you care about turn off that switch then let's tap back upper left-hand corner of the screen scroll all the way down and take a look at system haptics. These are the haptics that play when you tap a switch like any of these in the settings app on your iPhone. Turning off system haptics may take some getting used to but it can save some battery life on your iPhone. It didn't take me anything to get used to I don't know when I turned this off but I've had it off forever. These next battery tips will help protect your privacy too. Let's tap back to the main page of settings in the upper left-hand corner of the screen scroll down and tap on privacy and security then scroll down to analytics and improvements. When these switches are on your iPhone collects data about how you use your iPhone and sends it to Apple. This can use battery life and also some cellular data. We recommend turning off all the analytics and improvement switches on your iPhone. So we start with share iPhone and watch analytics and tap okay that'll actually turn off most of the switches in this section of settings then we'll tap share iCloud analytics turn that off and then turn off improve Siri and dictation hopeless case there Siri. Next let's tap back upper left-hand corner of the screen then scroll all the way back up to location services tap on that. Here you'll see a list of all the apps on your iPhone and when they can access your location as well as this share my location option let's start there by tapping on it. If any of the people listed here can see your location all the time that's going to drain your battery life. Sometimes the setting gets turned on inadvertently when you set up family sharing for the first time. I actually recently turned on sharing with my wife and my battery life has gotten so much worse. Like it's ridiculous. Well, especially because you're driving through the mountains. Yeah. No cell phone service. If you look at the coverage map of Verizon in the United States, it's really good except for where David lives they just carved that out and said, no. If you want it to remove share my location for someone on your iPhone, tap on their name and then tap stop sharing location. Next, we're going to tap back to location services. Let's look through our list of apps. The key word to look out for here is always. When you see always it means that app can access your location all the time even when you're not using the app or your iPhone. If you see an app that always has access to your location tap on it and then choose something else. I think while using the app is a pretty safe bet. Also make sure to turn off precise location for any app that isn't a maps app. The more precise your iPhone hones in on your location the more battery it will use. I'll turn off the switch next to precise location then tap back. It'll take some time but really go through every single one of your apps and make sure the location services are set up the way you want them to be. This is probably the number two or tied for number one battery drainer on iPhone. Next, we're going to scroll all the way down to system services, tap on that. And by default, we have a whole bunch of switches turned on. I think keep adding switches too. They do. Every version, more switches. More switches. We make a video, they take a switch away. The worst thing is when they move something in the settings app, then it's, you know, game over. As David turns off some of these switches I'll talk about the ones that you should leave on. Compass calibration is a useful feature to help you know which direction you're moving in a maps app. Emergency calls and SOS, obviously. Find my iPhone, motion calibration and distance and share my location. If that's a feature you use. Let's talk about HomeKit real quick. If you have some smart devices and some smart device commands like turn on the lights, when I pull into my garage you may want to leave the HomeKit switch on. One more quick note about wifi calling, just to use it as an example, because a lot of people think if I turn this off then wifi calling isn't going to work on my phone which is not true. What this switch does is if you're traveling internationally wifi calling may be configured differently. So that's when you would want to have this switch on but if you're not traveling internationally you could just leave the switch off. Next, we're going to tap on significant locations. I'll face ID to get in. If this has been on for a while you'll see a list of all the places you go most often. It's weird. And if your phone falls into the wrong hands that person now has a list of all the places you visit. We're not saying that Apple is going to steal this information because the way they store it is very secure. We are saying that your iPhone is going to lose a lot of battery life, tracking everywhere you go and then saving it to your iPhone. This is also one of the settings you need to leave on for optimized battery charging to work. I'm just going to turn off this significant location switch, then tap turn off. If you have a list of places you've been you may also want to tap clear history and then tap clear history to remove those. Here, we have a gentleman who has not used optimized battery charging who has owned this phone for over seven months and he is at a hundred percent. How'd I do it? Card above, section below the subscribe button to find out and while you're jumping down to that link hit the subscribe button, which helps us out a lot. Next, let's tap back upper left-hand corner of the screen to our product improvement switches. Just turn these off. Next, let's dive into one of the most controversial battery topics of all. And it's closing your apps when you are not using them. Before you go down to the comments section and start angrily typing, hear us out. All the experts who say you shouldn't close out your apps usually have two arguments. The first is that when you swipe up to close an app on your iPhone, it's supposed to go into a background or suspended state and then not use any battery at all. The second is that it takes more battery to start an app up from scratch than it does to restore it from one of these background or suspended states. But all the experts are leaving out one obviously major important fact. And that's that apps don't always do what they're supposed to. They crash in the background of your iPhone which drains a ton of battery life. But surely Apple would not admit that apps crash on phones. But they do, they even have an entire article on unresponsive apps. To close out of an app on your iPhone, if your iPhone has a face ID, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to the center of the screen to open the app switcher and then swipe your apps up and off the top of the screen. If your iPhone has a home button, just double press that home button. Our recommendation is to close out your apps at the end of every day, not all the time like a crazy person and to do this once a week. It's turn your iPhone off and back on. This can resolve some of those minor software problems that accumulate in the background of your iPhone that could be draining battery life right now. If your iPhone has face ID, simultaneously press and hold the side button and either volume button, then swipe the power icon from left to right to shut down your phone. If your iPhone has a home button, just press and hold the power button until slide to power off appears. It might take 10 to 15 seconds for your phone to turn all the way off then just press and hold the power button until the Apple logo appears on the screen and then let go. We changed a lot of settings in this video, but there are even more that you need to change to protect your privacy on your iPhone. Check out that video next. We'll see you there. 2 a.m. or live sweating your DraftKings MMA tournament. Is that, is live sweating a thing? What the heck is live sweat? A live sweat is when you're in person at the event. A sweat is just when it's your, you're pretending you can win. Did you know that?
