What is Android Battery Saver? How to Enable it?

All Android smartphones and tablets come with a battery saver feature that you can enable manually or automatically. Enabling the Android Battery Saver feature gives a few more extra times until the battery discharges completely. Mobile manufacturing companies or people use different terms for this same feature, such as Power Saving, Power Saving Mode, and Battery Saver.

Activating the battery saver feature on Android makes it use the device for more time until the device's battery completely gets discharged. People use this feature when the device battery power is left for only a few percent, and they need to use their phone for more time as possible until they reach a power source.

Turning on a battery saver (or power saver) on Android adds some hours to how much the device's battery lasts. However, in the device's power-saving mode, you can only use the basic feature of the device.

What happens to enable Battery Saver on an Android device (phone or tablet)

The working of the battery saver on your Android phone is based on the features of the Android phone you are using. However, on most Android phones and tablets, enabling Battery Saver does the following tasks:

• The dark mode is turned on in the device, and the screen display consumes less battery power.
• Many Android apps don't run in the background until you turn off the battery-saver option. It means background syncing does not work, including data backup on various cloud storage services.
• Your phone doesn't respond to the "OK Google" voice command. Even if you want to interact with voice commands, you need to manually start Google Assistant.
• The location service stopped working when the screen was turned off.
• Device processor speed slows down to consume less battery power.
• The motion sensor feature gets turned off.

Battery saver mode works the same on most smartphones and tablets because it is controlled by Android OS. However, some smartphone manufacturers may add more functional actions to this list for specific devices.

How to turn on Battery Saver (Power Saving) Mode on Android

Depending upon the Android device model and OS version, the steps to turn on battery-saver mode vary. However, the fundamental steps mostly be same. Look at the below-mentioned steps to activate battery-saver mode on Android 11:

1. Open the Settings app on an Android phone.
2. Look for the Battery option and tap on it.
   
3. Enable the toggle button next to the Power saving mode option.
   

There has one more option called "Super Power Saving Mode" that gives more extent to battery life as compared to "Power saving mode".

There has an alternate method to turn on the Android battery saver via the quick setting panel.

1. From the top of the device screen, pull the notification panel to visit the Quick Setting panel.
2. Look for the option Super power saving mode (or power saving mode) and tap on it to enable it.
   

In this way, you can also enable an Android battery saver on your device.

How to turn off (disable) Battery Saver Mode (Power Saving) on Android

When you are no more required to enable battery saver mode on your Android device, you can disable this feature. Follow the same steps you do while enabling it, and in the last step, tap on the Power saver mode again. It will disable or turn off the device's battery saver mode.

1. Open the Settings app on your Android device.
2. Look for the Battery option and tap on it.
3. Now, disable the toggle button next to Power saving mode.
   

Switch on Battery Saver Mode automatically on your Android

If you use Android battery saver mode regularly, it is suggested to set up settings that automatically switch on and off power saver at a specific percentage of battery power. You can set up this function on the Battery screen. Here are the steps to automatically switch on or off battery saver feature:

1. Open the Settings app on your Android smartphone.
2. Look for the Battery option and tap on it.
3. Tap on the Power saving mode.
   
4. On the next screen, enable the switch button next to Turn on at the specified battery level.
   
5. Move the seek bar to adjust the percentage level on which battery saver mode switches on automatically.

Is it preferable to enable Android Battery Saver all the time

A question arises is it good or preferable to turn on Android battery-saver mode all the time on your device? Following are some pros and cons to doing so:

• You get extended battery life: If your day rarely goes around the power source, enabling battery saver mode makes the battery last much longer.
• Location service unavailable: Another cause of battery drain is turning on the GPS service. Turning on the battery saver makes GPS unfunctional, and you won't be able to use Google Maps or follow your workouts (directions).
• You lose out on speed: Enabling battery-saver mode reduces the phone's performance temporarily until you do not disable it.
• Miss receiving email in the background: Battery saver mode disables background syncing, which means you may miss out on receiving emails in the background.

Use Battery Saver apps for Android

Other than using the built-in feature of Android to enable or disable battery-saver mode (power saver mode), you can also use dedicated apps instead. There are sever battery saver apps you will find on Play Store to use for your device's battery save. Here, we are providing some best and most popular battery-saver apps for Android.

Best Battery Saver Apps for Android

Battery Guru

Battery Guru is an all-inclusive app that provides complete information about your Android battery, including its usage, health, and lifespan. Enabling Battery Guru power saving mode keeps your battery health as high as it can be. The term battery health refers to the condition and performance of a battery. With this app, you can easily learn various battery information, monitor & track the battery's performance, know battery temperature limits, and lots more.

Battery Guru app provides several features to boost your phone's battery life, including the ability to set fixed charge to extend battery lifespan. Some of its key features are:

• Check the remaining charge time of the battery and its use time.
• Check the percentage of deep sleep and awake time.
• Get complete ongoing notifications for real-time battery status.

Download the Battery Guru app from Play Store.

GSam Battery Monitor

GSam Battery Monitor is another battery saver app that also provides information like how much time is left before you need to charge your battery. Keep in mind this app does not do anything to save the device's battery life on its own. It only gives you information about apps that consumes and drains more battery. Using this information, you can minimize the battery draining rate to improve the device's battery life. There has an optional root option to use on a rooted phone. Some of its key features are:

• It kills down those battery-draining Apps with App Sucker.
• Provide information about the device battery state and time left to complete the drain.
• Set custom alarms for different charge levels of battery temperature and health.

Download GSam Battery Monitor from Play Store.

Greenify

Greenify is another battery saver app for Android that finds out apps that wake up your phone more frequently. It contains the smart feature of "Aggressive Doze" and "Doze on the Go" to save battery at maximum level on Android 6+ phones. Greenify battery saver app works on both rooted and non-rooted devices. However, on the rooted device, it gives more functionality and power to use. The app also detects misbehaving apps on your device and puts them in hibernation if you do not use them for a long time.

Download Greenify app from Play Store.

Choose some other settings that consume less battery

Depending on your device, you can also choose some other device futures that consume less battery and give more extra time to the battery can leave:

• Turn off the device screen sooner, either manually or by setting through the function.
• Reduce device screen brightness.
• Set device brightness to change automatically according to surrounding light.
• Turn off the vibration function and keyboard sounds.
• Restrict such apps that run in the background and consume high battery.
• Delete unused accounts.
• Prefer to use the device on a dark theme.