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Battery and power management
Your device has an embedded battery. To get the most use from it, keep track of
the power consumed by different apps and features. You can also use Battery Care
to increase the battery’s lifetime. Background power saving features are activated
by default to help you further reduce battery consumption, and additional power
saving modes are available to help you reduce battery consumption when
necessary.
Power saving features lower the priority of certain non-essential device functions.
If you do not want an application to be affected, you can make it exempt in the
Battery optimisation menu. Phone calls and SMS are not affected.
System updates may change the power saving features available on your device.
To view battery consumption, estimated time, and power saving tips
1
From your
Home screen
, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Battery
. An overview appears showing the battery
percentage and an estimated battery time.
3
Tap
SHOW BATTERY USAGE
to view a list of features and services that have
consumed battery power since the last charging cycle. Tap an item to get
information on how to reduce its battery consumption.
To view battery consumption for applications
1
From your
Home screen
, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Select an application and review its battery consumption under
Battery
.
General usage tips to improve battery performance
The following tips can help you improve battery performance:
•
Lower the screen brightness level, see
Screen settings on page 69.
•
Turn off Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi and location services when you don't need these
features.
•
Turn off your device or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no or
low network coverage. Otherwise, your device repeatedly scans for available
networks, and this consumes power.
•
Use a Wi-Fi network instead of roaming when abroad. Roaming is scanning
for your home network and puts additional demands on your battery as your
device must transmit with a higher output power, see
Wi-Fi on page 58.
•
Change the synchronisation settings for your email, calendar and contacts,
see
Synchronising with online accounts on page 65.
•
Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider
the battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications.
•
Change the notification level for an application, see
Notifications on page 37.
•
Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see
Application
settings on page 71.
•
Uninstall applications that you are not using, see
Application screen on
page 31.
•
Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices
consume less battery than your device's loudspeakers.
•
Restart your device every now and then.
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