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8 settings to change on your Google Pixel phone for significantly better battery life


Tweak these Pixel's battery settings, and you can squeeze out more time between charges while keeping the battery healthier for years to come.

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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