Get the most out of your Galaxy phone or tablet battery

In the Device care menu, you can view the estimated battery life based on your recent activity. You can also closely monitor how much battery different apps are using.

Open Settings, then swipe to and tap Battery. Below Power saving and Background usage limits, your battery usage will appear. Tap View details to review information on certain app usage, along with Screen on time and Screen off time. This way you can pinpoint what is draining your battery.

Sometimes your phone just needs to take a timeout. If needed, you can shorten your phone's screen timeout to save battery life.

You can reduce battery drain and stop embarrassing pocket dials by blocking accidental touches. That way, you won't have any more mishaps.

Your screen's brightness might be too dim or too bright in certain environments. In that case, you can turn on Adaptive brightness. This feature will learn your usage patterns and automatically adjust the screen's brightness based on your prior adjustments. It also can help extend your battery life!

Navigate to and open Settings, and then tap Display. Tap the switch next to Adaptive brightness to turn it on or off.

You will not be able to adjust the settings once the mode is enabled. If you want to change any of the settings, you'll need to temporarily disable Power saving mode.

By default, your phone uses a Standard performance profile that balances processing speed, battery life, and cooling efficiency. However, you can change this to Light mode, which prioritizes battery life over processing speed.

Open apps sitting in the background all day can drain your battery quickly, but you can save some power with sleeping app settings.

If there are certain apps you rarely use, you can set them to sleep in the background so your battery won’t drain as fast. You can also set apps to sleep automatically when you haven’t opened them in a while.