


Disable GPS or location services-but only for power-hungry apps or apps you don’t need.Consult your phone’s battery-usage screen to find the biggest offenders.Disable cellular or Wi-Fi when the signal is bad.Use airplane mode or low-power mode (if you must).Switch from push to fetch email if you have many accounts or get lots of email.Use the screen less-or at least turn brightness down.1 The article on the NYT website includes a summary of our findings, but if you want to know more, read on for our extended recommendations. We partnered with The New York Times to find the answer by testing, on both Android and iPhone smartphones, a slew of procedures that people, publications, and-in some cases-smartphone manufacturers suggest for getting more use time out of your phone. But many of the claims in those articles are specious at best, and some of the tricks they suggest could actually shorten your battery life.

For many people, just making it through the day can be a challenge, which is why you see so many “How to make your phone’s battery last longer!” articles in your friends’ Facebook feeds. One of the biggest complaints people have about their smartphone is that the battery doesn’t last long enough.
