How To Make Your Smartphone Battery Last Longer

The battery is the most important component in your smartphone, every smartphone must have one before it can work because if the battery is not working perfectly nothing else can work in the smartphone. With the right guide, you can make your smartphone battery last longer. 

Managing battery life is a delicate operation.

You're not going to seriously damage your phone if you wait for it to die every time before plugging it in again, but you do run the risk of shortening the battery's life. Keeping your phone between 50 percent and 80 percent seems to be the sweet spot. And whenever possible, try not to let it go down to 20 percent.

On a related note, you're fine to leave your phone fully charged and connected to power overnight, or in the office during the day. Smartphones and chargers today can recognize when they've hit 100 percent, and accordingly reduce the flow of electricity to a trickle.

 Check the temperature

The lithium-ion batteries inside your phone really don't like high temperatures, when your phone has simply shut off in response to the chill or the heat.

It's perhaps not reasonable to expect you to carry your phone around in a temperature-controlled vacuum chamber, but you can make sure it's well insulated in the cold, and not exposed to temperatures that are too high. Even simple precautions, like not leaving it in a warm car, can help. 

These temperature extremes won't necessarily kill your phone's battery for good, but they can hasten the natural degradation that all batteries suffer over time, meaning you'll need to replace it—or your phone—sooner than you otherwise would.

Slow and Steady

Charging wireless is very convenient, the various fast-charging technologies out there are very handy when you're pushed for time. But for battery longevity, consider using a standard charger, or charging via a laptop USB port, when you can.

It's not that wireless charging or fast charging are inherently bad or that they're going to send your phone up in flames. But lithium-ion batteries definitely prefer a slow and steady charging . Consider using the slow and steady approach whenever it's available.

If you do rely on wireless charging or fast charging, make sure you're using the official charger that came with your phone, or an officially approved third-party accessory. These chargers will be configured to keep your phone battery as healthy as possible for as long as possible. 

Meet in the Middle

If you're not going to be using your phone for a while, is preferable to leave it fully charged or fully drained. Even if the idea of stashing your phone away for a while seems preposterous, some people do keep spares around just in case. The advice applies to tablets as well, which you may use less frequently.

Remember what we said earlier about temperatures as well; you want phones to be stored at room temperature if at all possible. Bear in mind that certain less well-engineered phone cases might have the knock-on effect of increasing the warmth your device feels, especially while charging.

Again, these are best practices for maximizing battery longevity. You're not going to come back to a broken phone just because it was left in a drawer on a full charge.

Stay Up to Date

Managing battery life is a delicate operation, and it's something that iOS and Android are gradually getting better at. You shouldn't really need another reason to keep the software on your phone up to date, but if you do, this is it.

Thanks to lots of proactive nudging by manufacturers, it's getting increasingly difficult to keep your phone out of date for long. Which is great, not just battery life but the security of your device, compatibility with other apps and hardware, and so much more.