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I changed 10 settings on my Android phone to dramatically improve battery life

There are a million and one ways you can improve the battery life on your Android phone, but we've sifted through them all to highlight the 10 most effective - plus an obvious bonus.

That estimate might sound like an exaggeration, but growing up with access to nothing but poorly made Android devices means I've always tinkered with their settings to figure out the best ways to maximize charge and push my phone's battery life to the limit. Your microphone is active, waiting to hear you say those two magic words that trigger the Google Assistant, and it takes a fair amount of energy to run that process all day. How to: On basically every Android phone ever made, you can swipe down once or twice from the top to access quick settings, where you'll find icons for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, location, airplane mode, and more.

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