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8 settings I changed on my Google Pixel phone to extend the battery life by hours


Adjust these Pixel battery settings to get more time between charges - and keep your battery healthier for years.

Over time, the feature learns your habits and starts limiting background power to less important apps, adding valuable hours to your daily battery life. Adaptive Connectivity is contextually aware and automatically switches between 5G and 4G LTE depending on what you're doing, opting for 4G for basic tasks and 5G when streaming or downloading something large. It's a powerful toolkit that can turn on Do Not Disturb, dim or grayscale the screen, and deactivate the Always-On Display so that your phone isn't lighting unnecessary pixels all night while you sleep.

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