You need more battery in your mobile? Does daily autonomy fall short? On an Android mobile there are many options that you can deactivate to improve battery consumption and, therefore, have more hours of active screen. Today we are focusing on one that many users use, that they would not mind not using and that they consume a lot on a daily basis. We talk regarding Always On Displaya function that became fashionable a few years ago and that today is still present in many smartphones.
What is the Always On Display?
The Always On Display is a function that allows have part of the screen always on. Even when the mobile is locked, some notifications, the date and time are shown. If when you lock your mobile you still see the time and date, it means that you have it activated.
It is quite useful, since it allows you to not turn on the screen when you need to know what time it is. Conversely, having those pixels on causes the screen to consume forever. Little, but always.
How much battery does the Always On Display consume?
There are quite a few studies and debates that have been open for years. Depending on the manufacturer of your mobile and the type of screen of your smartphone, you will have one consumption or another. The average has been stipulated, more or less, in a 10% for every 12 hours of smartphone use.
That is, if you disconnect the device at 7 in the morning from the charger at 7 in the evening, it will have consumed more or less 10%. Of course, it is an average, it depends a lot on the type of smartphone you have.
The good news is that if you lack battery to complete the day, deactivating the Always On Display will give your mobile a little more life. It won’t be much, but it’s something. If you complement this deactivation with a more moderate use and other tricks to save battery, you might get several more hours of daily use.
How do you turn off the always-on display?
The Always On Display is a very simple function of deactivate on any smartphone on the market. You just have to look for the section “Screen» in the settings of your mobile and find a section called «screen always on» o «Always On Display».
It doesn’t matter what mobile you have, in all of the ones on the market the function is found within the screen settings. It will take you less than a minute to find this feature and turn it off to get squeeze a little more battery of your mobile. Specifically 10%.