2023-06-01 05:00:00
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Between surfing the Internet, emails, social networks, streaming videos and all the applications that are constantly running, your Internet package will quickly run out. If you have an iPhone and want to reduce the data consumption of your monthly mobile plan, follow these instructions to optimize your data consumption and save a few euros each month. Learn how to control your data consumption and find out how to activate and deactivate the use of mobile data according to your needs, for all applications or some of them.
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Mobile data: what is it?
Mobile data refers to the digital information exchanged between the applications on your smartphone and the outside world via the Internet and through your operator. A mobile plan includes a certain volume of mobile data each month measured in MB or GB. The higher it is, the more actions the user can perform with his mobile device. Once the mobile plan has been exceeded, the connection speed can be reduced or even stopped. In this case, the user is forced to pay additional costs for each KB consumed.
Some tips to optimize your data consumption
Disable Wi-Fi Assist
To turn off automatic mobile data usage, open your iPhone’s Settings app from the home screen. Click the Phone button and scroll down. Disable Wi-Fi Assist by sliding the Wi-Fi Assist switch to the Off position that you will find at the very bottom of the menu.
Turn off cellular data per app
In your iPhone’s Settings app, you can configure data-consuming apps to only use the Wi-Fi connection. To do this, click the Phone button and scroll down the display down to identify the applications that consume the most data. Slide an app’s button to the Off position to disable cellular data usage.
Disable background refresh
Some apps use mobile data even when you are not using your mobile. To turn off background refresh, head into your iPhone’s Settings app and scroll down. Press the General button and slide the button of the targeted application to the Off position.
This will disable the receipt of automatic notifications from your email or social networks, such as Instagram or Twitter. You will only see them by opening your applications by hand.
Disable the most greedy applications in cellular data
To find out which apps are using the most mobile data, go to Settings, then “Cellular Data”. The list of applications installed on your iPhone is displayed with the amount of data consumed by each application. You can thus disable the application or applications that consume the most data.
Disable video autoplay
Automatically playing Facebook videos as soon as they appear also consumes mobile data. To disable this feature, open the Facebook app and tap the menu icon in the top right. Head to Settings at the bottom of the menu, then tap Account Settings. Choose Videos and Photos, select Autoplay, then click Account Settings. Choose the “Never play videos automatically” option. You will still be able to watch the videos on Facebook, but you have to start them manually.
If you want this function to remain active when you are connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi, choose the option “Only on Wi-Fi connections”.
If you want to disable autoplay of videos on Twitter, click on Me at the bottom of the screen. Click the gear icon at the top of the screen, then click Settings at the top of the menu. Click Autoplay videos under the General heading and select “Never autoplay videos”. Twitter video autoplay is now disabled. Noting that it is still possible to play the videos in question by starting them by hand.
In the case of Instagram, follow these instructions to disable video autoplay. Click on your profile icon at the bottom of the screen, then click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Click on “Data usage” and slide the “Use less data” switch to the On position. Instagram video playback is now disabled when connected to the internet via cellular network.
Restrict downloads via iTunes and App Store
Banning the App Store and iTunes from downloading data (music, movies, apps, etc.) is another way to limit your data usage on your mobile plan. To do this, go to Settings, then click on iTunes and App Store and uncheck the “Cellular Data” option.
Download music instead of streaming it
When your iPhone is connected to your mobile network, it is recommended to download your playlists before playing them instead of streaming them at the expense of your data. Indeed, broadcasting, streaming or podcasting music for long sessions can be very greedy in terms of mobile data.
For Apple Music, go to Settings, then Music, then Cellular Data. Disable Streaming or stream music at a lower bitrate when not connected to your WiFi network.
Limit email recovery
Another method to reduce your mobile data consumption on your iPhone, reduce the frequency of email retrieval. The less frequently your mailbox retrieves them, the less data you consume.
To do this, go to Settings, click Mail, then Accounts, then New Data. If you want to save your cellular data, make sure Push is disabled. This makes it possible to deactivate the reception of notifications permanently for new emails. You have the option to configure the data fetch frequency at the bottom of the screen. Indeed, by choosing the Manually option, the Mail application updates the list of e-mails only when you open the application.
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