Disabling these iOS functions will extend the battery life of your iPhone

The batteries in this year’s iPhone 13 series performed a fantastic job, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max has exceptional battery life. Even with the 120Hz refresh rate on the “Pro” variations and 5G connection on all four models, that’s still not enough. The iPhone 13 Pro Max has the highest battery capacity of any iPhone ever at 4352mAh.

You may boost the battery life of your iPhone regardless of the model you have by following a simple set of instructions that were posted on the infamous social app “TikTok.” The hacks were again were highlighted in an article by the New York Post.

Disable these Functions to Extend Battery Life

The simplest solution to prevent background apps from draining your iPhone’s battery is to disable Background App Refresh in Settings > General > Background App Refresh. Then go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health > Optimized Battery Charging and toggle it on. “Now your battery will last considerably longer,” Kadama, the TikToker who discovered these hacks, said after following these instructions.

It’s a bit of a compromise. When you turn off Background App Refresh, your battery life will improve, but applications will not update in the background. This means that any background changes your applications make, such as sports scores, stock market prices, or the current temperature, will be delayed until you open the right app and it updates. To put it another way, it’s possible that when you open your duplicate photos remover app, it may not show the latest set of duplicate media on your device unless you manually update it.

To conserve your iPhone’s battery life, go to Settings > Accessibility > Motion > Toggle off Auto-Play Message Effects and Auto-Play Video Previews, according to “kadama.” When the former is deactivated, full-screen effects in the Messages app will not auto-play (which may not be a significant issue to you), and auto-play of video previews will be disabled.

Wrapping Up

If you don’t require your applications to update in the background, or if you don’t mind your full-screen effects in the Messages app auto-playing, you could wish to disable these features to see if you can save a lot of battery life on your iPhone.