35+ Tips to Improve iPhone Battery Life (iOS 16)

[@BrandonButch]

Rate your iOS 16 battery life on a scale from 1-10

[@OKayD3N]

10

[@miguelkennedy9520]

10

[@alayafoote]

5 :(( (iphone 11)

[@bridgeradams8491]

I’d say a 9.5 it hasn’t made it better or worse, just the aging of my 13 Pro Max is the only issue, after nearly a year of use, I’m at 94% battery usage

[@davidjacobs6244]

10

[@kylegustafson6761]

Love how I just got an iPhone 14 Pro and I'm watching a video on how to increase my battery life... probably quite unnecessary but I appreciate you showing all of our options for improved battery life anyway!

[@SEA-dv5kh]

lol literally same, I have to charge it twice a day to use it how I want, crazy a phone so heavy has crap battery life.

[@ESKATEUK]

@@SEA-dv5kh you have a serious issue if you need to charge a 14 pro twice a day to get enough battery life. I have a 14 pro max, and have no managed to make it run out yet. I used it so much in one day that it had a total of about 8 hours of screen time and it still had 20% left at the end of the day. If you’re using that much daily or more than that then you have a serious addiction to looking at your phone.

[@SEA-dv5kh]

@@ESKATEUK Not even! My screentime is pretty low because I always use my mac,. But I do use it for work for taking 4K videos and editing and loads of other media stuff and I'm blind as hell so always have it at nearly full brightness. I don't charge overnight and don't have many location services on. It's weird. I'm 25 and work full time I wish I had the time to have a phone addiction lol....

[@vurbbb]

​@@SEA-dv5kh Taking videos in 4K is a good way to drain your battery. I'm surprised you couldn't really realize that on your own. I barely have it on full brightness and i'm pretty blind and I only put my glasses on when I'm driving.. I barely even have my brightness on 1/4th of the bar and sometimes I have it all the way down.. Editing and other media things especially when it comes to 4K videos will definitely drain your battery, so the phone isn't the problem, it's simply you're using it for things that require a high demand + full brightness... Also, charging overnight does nothing, phones are already designed these days that it won't deplete your battery after 100% (try putting "optimized battery charging" on under your battery settings.

[@PeanutButterWasTaken]

If you have a oled model using a dark wallpaper really helps. Bonus points for setting up custom icons. I have a set of custom icons for the apps I use most. They all fit one page, everything else gets banished to the App Library. Also, if you really like the astronomy wallpapers, disabling location turns them into basic animated wallpaper. They don’t use that much battery this way, especially moon detail, my personal favorite.

[@isatntt]

thats actually a really good point, i dont think i've heard anyone mention that oled screen + dark wallpaper is probably a really good combo

[@noel478]

but what about burn screen?

[@PeanutButterWasTaken]

@@noel478 burn in is really not that big of an issue. Dark images also don’t effect the risk of burn in. You’d have to be on a static image for a *very* long time. One guy left his switch oled on 24/7 and it took several months for noticiable burn in to develop. So basically don’t spend weeks on end admiring your wallpaper at full brightness and you’ll be fine.

[@noel478]

@@PeanutButterWasTaken, that's good news, i asked because I like dark images as well, but I was unsure if I can get burn it by them. Thanks for your reply.

[@breakfastburritos]

These battery videos are some of my favorite to watch! Thank you again, Brandon!

[@BrandonButch]

Thanks for watching!

[@starparticles6250]

The weather widget on the Lock Screen is running 24/7 location and definitely drains battery.

[@matthewgarmendia7803]

The majority of these i had them disabled. I just like to explore the whole settings app and disabling functions that i don’t use. That’s why i get such amazing battery life even with iOS 16.1 beta. Really great video as always ❤

[@artificial-idiot]

Screen Time is the single worst drain on your battery. When I disabled it on the iPad and iPhone, my battery life increased by 30% - 3 hours.

[@shok9396]

I took your advice and limited my 3rd party widgets down to just one on my home screen and that alone has significantly improved my battery. Thanks for the advice

[@maryamshah810]

Just finished watching this video! My battery life is doing good so far, definitely followed a few of these tips and tricks! Thanks for sharing as always, keep it up with the iOS 16 and iPhone 14 content! Road to 1 million subs 💯

[@yourfavoriteangel_5]

Been waiting for this video from you, great video as always. Battery is definitely not good on iOS 16, hopefully these tips could help😉

[@blank1505]

Did it help?

[@yourfavoriteangel_5]

@@blank1505 it did, deactivated many settings I have on by default and it helped a lot

[@VolvoB8RLE]

I definitely noticed the battery drain in 16.1

[@disguisepower]

I love the haptic feedback if you have to shut everything down you like on a phone than just buy another phone or charge your phone more regularly 😉

[@yakarotsennin3115]

You don’t have to disable everything. Most of the things he mentioned are not particularly useful to the individual so disabling them makes more sense.

[@danieledimilito]

I heard that you need to keep the phone between 30-80%? It is right?

[@Noxlion28]

That’s what they say, yeah. And I typically try to keep my phone between those percents. But if you need a full day of battery here and there it’s not gonna ruin your battery to charge it to 100%. I’m honestly still skeptical of the 30-80 thing myself.

[@Oleg__]

23:33 - "Raise to Drain". Cool.

[@oreoslurpee9887]

also another thing is to update your battery when needed. overtime your battery will degrade, and you'll have to upgrade it eventually. usually when it gets reduced to 80% (from 100%) is like a warning that your gonna have to replace the battery, but around 75-77% is when you should be ready to replace it as even as little as 75% will make your battery drain horridly.

[@satxrnhimself]

‏Hi Brandon, have you updated your previous iPhone 13 Pro to iOS 16? Because I updated my iPhone 13 Pro to iOS 16 and now I'm on iOS 16.0.3 and the battery life is a little worse than it should be. Do you think in the future Apple will release an update that will fix the battery life in iOS 16 on the iPhone 13 Pro even on iOS 16.1?

[@complex.heaven]

Wireless slow charging also helps preserving the battery life, the less heat the better.

[@Editzbyzino]

Can we all just take a moment to laugh at the time being “14pm” thumbnail 😂😂

[@v1rus_one]

So, iOS 16 is about not using features at all… 😮 Great way to improve iOS experience. 😅

[@rhettogburn3414]

Frrr

[@jnthen]

Exactly. Just enjoy it. It charges quickly.

[@Djjolly037]

No one said you had to do any of this, but for those wanting to squeeze out more battery life out of their phones, this video is for them

[@Concertspectator]

@@Djjolly037 Boiiii and no one said you had to comment but here you are butting your head In none of your business ✌🏼

[@hemotsan]

Or maybe not to update. Lol

[@shalinshah2305]

Amazing Video ✌️

[@mattjamesss1]

Yay been waiting for a members/early access video for a while and hopefully the wallpapers pack comes next week with 16.1:)

[@ZyliceLiddell]

I *do* force close some apps because in the battery settings, it shows that there is high background usage even with background app refresh off.

[@dmlchannel3262]

There's no question that the recommendations in this video provide a significant extension of battery life. I can obtain two full days of usage from my iPhone 14 Pro with them enabled... thx.

[@robertporter4163]

So informative you’ve always been the best with these reviews man

[@OneShotSzn]

My boy putting me on game

[@Harschism]

I would highly recommend to turn on “Reduce Motion” in Accessibility as well. This way you don’t just save some precious battery power, but you also reduce the likelihood of running into animation bugs early in an iOS cycle. Additionally, the iPhone feels even snappier. These excessive and in my opinion unnecessary animations always made me feel slightly dizzy anyway.

[@SensibleBHPian]

One of the THE best videos i have seen pertaining to battery life saving. Great job brother.

[@obito7143]

my iphone 11 has 98% bh but after the update the battery drains really quick. like I don’t even use it that much now a days like I used to do few months back(that time it used to give 5+hours sot,from 90-20%) and now normally unlocked the phone scrolled for few minutes and battery % dropss like hell i just don’t like the ios16

[@victorrioichi59]

Great video btw when leaving the apps run in the background will charging the phone be the same as when you don’t have apps running in the background?

[@its_jst_chris_]

Does anyone know where I can get his wallpaper ??

[@edp20]

Nice video as always, Brandon! 😎 What about turning off Siri or Screen Time tracking? I remeber those from last year's video.

[@3sidesofeve711]

Thanks for the video, I went through each one. I think some your edits need to show how to get to certain areas your talking about. Sometimes you just appeared in the certain setting so it a while for me to find that spot . I think Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave at how complicated they’ve made that settings menu.

[@7absi]

perfect video I Did most of the settings but I have one problem why the sound of my keyboard delay? + I have Iphone 12 if that help to answer

[@nunziosage9392]

This is the best tech/tips & tricks channel for Apple I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@cheddar1988]

Excellent Video! I've watched several of these battery saving videos, but missed a lot of them...glad I watched this

[@BrandonButch]

Thanks Corey!

[@Malfunctsean]

Background app refresh always has me confused as what to enable/disable. And what effect would it have if apps are suspended and not closed. Great video as always. Thanx Brandon.

[@Javiertorres06]

I think if I remember correctly the app won’t refresh itself in the background, example Snapchat won’t refresh so you’d have to go into the app manually

[@DrArnabSahoo]

@@Javiertorres06 If that’s the case I don’t want any app to refresh in the background if I still get notifications. I’d only want to see new feed when I’m in the app and iPhones are fast anyway

[@thomastevis8655]

Is the iPhone 14 Pro max still good

[@Add50326]

I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max 1 TB and I find the battery life to be amazing it lasts a very long time I can use it for like 12 hours while viewing videos on KZbin.

[@f9fad]

Does u use screen protector only?

[@ZyliceLiddell]

Spotlight Search is like Indexing on Windows computers.

[@TheCallyjean]

Would my Yeelight wireless charger be bad for my iPhone battery? I leave it on there overnight?

[@ShivamD15]

Amazing Brandon , Thankyou soo much for a dedicated and such a detailed video about battery life 👍🏻. More Subs to you , all the best 🙌🏻

[@speediedanger]

Does using an iPad charging block drain the iPhone battery? I use it because it charges my phone faster

[@pratikshabhatia5019]

How far is it safe to charge overnight. I have heard that one should not charge phones above 85% Please can you give your opinion on the same Thanks

[@ihadnoideathatgoogleallowe6551]

Oh lol Im so guilty of closing apps in the background. I thought im saving my battery for closing them. So never again!

[@Noxlion28]

I miss my 13 Pro Max’s battery life on iOS 15…will 16 reach a point where it’ll go back to that?

[@adiset6871]

turn on reduce motion in setting can save battery on iphone? is true or hoax?

[@Lance514]

Great tips, best video I've seen by far. One thing to add, which most probably do anyways is to update apps. I tend to not do it but it does help battery, not sure why exactly.

[@ax_ax9376]

its overheats while charging and watching videos

[@babygirldino3901]

Brandon, would it be possible to keep where to find these settings on the video while you’re talking about it? Just a general > background app refresh sort of thing would help some of us out very much.

[@ILoveGrilledCheese]

I’ve been having amazing battery life in iPhone 13 mini running 16.1. Regularly getting 6 hours of Sot

[@MrYoungtruck]

Using the quick charge charger everyday damage your battery health?

[@yanmarkosromerofigueroa]

Today went to AT&T and ordered the 14 pro cost me like 115 dollars cause I traded my 13 mini they gave me like 800 dollars crazy right ?!. This video might help me

[@HajarJackoub]

The clean Energy charge does not appear for me! Is it related to where you live? Difference county features

[@maggiedaniels5986]

How many notifications on my Lock Screen should I have

[@aLoneFox19]

I'm sitting at 83% battery health and I'm getting a little worried then again I have had my iPhone 12 mini for maybe a year or two now so I guess this is to be suspected. But thank you so much for these tips! I appreciate it :D

[@katlyncarter8890]

I have iOS on iPhone 13 Pro. My battery health is 97% but dies fast! When is best to charge it??

[@tarontex2076]

thanks Brandon for the useful videos but apple should standup for its users like we dont upgrade to get features that kill our devices 😟

[@PurpleHayzeee]

If I don’t want to turn significant locations on does that mean optimized charging will not work at all?

[@skye8704]

My available storage is 9.99 GB (right now) and I have 64 GB

[@whotfisjason7870]

I feel like you’ve covered this on the channel before but how do I clear or reduce my “system data”

up

[@niinn]

ty bro i literally always have to have low power mode on

[@leonardog.2491]

I’m still on 15.7 I applied some of these tips on mi XR Thank you for the video Brandon! I’ll keep you updated ok following videos

[@terrym3837]

Stay on 15.7 as 16.1 is a battery killer

[@leonardog.2491]

@@terrym3837 I will

[@AamirK11]

@@leonardog.2491 😂

[@TheWoodlandsRunner]

Thank you for this helpful video. Any chance you can do a similar one for Apple Watch and Watch Ultra?

[@lightaspected]

i’m still using ios 15. until they fix the battery issues i’m not making the change

[@kristinaveirum]

I would rate my battery life to 7-8 out of 10. This is such a helpful video to everyone! I’ve watched your previous battery saving videos so I have about 80% right, but I’ve forgotten some and we’ve gotten new features in the meantime so you’ve just helped me with a lot 🙏🏼 I have 4 content blockers like Adblock, Defender For Safari and Legacy. My fourth is called Total Adblock and I hope you can give me an advice about it if you of course have heard about it?. I don’t know how to cancel my subscription that costs me $11 a month. I really want to avoid canceling my credit card and getting a new just to make it stop withdrawing money from my account. I can’t remember who recommended it to me but I think it’s a bogus scam that just takes your money 😒 Thanks again for this awesome video 👌🏼

[@BrandonButch]

Appreciate it K! To cancel it, go to Settings and tap your name up top > Subscriptions and you should see it there to cancel. Lmk if that works!

[@kristinaveirum]

@@BrandonButch That’s the thing. It isn’t in my Apple ID under subscriptions like Apple Music, Google photos, Apple TV and other streaming services or app subscriptions, but the actual app Total Adblock writes and states that it is in there you find it and cancel it or change the payment method, so I don’t know what to make of it and I’m starting to find it a bit suspicious. I have no use of it so I don’t want to pay $11 every month 🙄

[@மண்ணின்மைந்தன்-ள1ம]

​@@kristinaveirum settings - safari - content blockers - disable(total ad block)

[@kristinaveirum]

@@மண்ணின்மைந்தன்-ள1ம They don’t stop charging you money just because you disable it. I have tried that but I’ve sent them an email saying I’d report them as being a scam if they didn’t stop charging me money and didn’t cancel my subscription. It’s cancelled now and they gave me a refund for the last charge they did.

[@மண்ணின்மைந்தன்-ள1ம]

@@kristinaveirum okay hon.

[@shoobamocha]

my XR is dying so fast now ugh I don't even have a lot of apps, just use my phone for music and messaging

[@s_plus_e]

16.1 works extremely well

[@hekakain4108]

Clean charging is only available in America...wish you would have mentioned that, as it would have saved me trying to find it on my phone.

[@satxrnhimself]

As always, great and fun content from Brandon

[@rahuldiwadkar9856]

Hi, Rahul from Mumbai, India, very comprehensive and a good video, keep up the good work, cheers!!!

[@neymarjrresearch]

Thanks For this Video... Waiting since Ios 16 Came❤️

[@maryfranzculi3813]

do I need to update my iphone if ever there's a notification to update?

[@michaelplaczek9385]

Turn off Bluetooth when you don’t need it, could save hours

[@botondgavaller817]

I rememeber, when iPhone 8 came out, with wireless charging, brought a wireless charger for it. after 8-10 months of daily usage, it killed my battery so badly, the capacity went down to 87%.

[@adrianofrusteri1718]

is it possible to disable vibration for a specific app?

[@f9fad]

The video has been wait is released. Great video! Thanks

[@muhammadthariqalvaro6373]

Please do another content like this for ios 16.3.1

[@zdx197]

idk what it is, but the first week after 16.0.3 my battery life went down drastically, but now it stabilized again and I'm getting close to 10 hours screen on time again (iphone 13 pro max with 96% battery health)

[@esmirkafedzic6597]

What about iPhone 11 ? My iPhone is a new, but battery on ios 16.0.3 is so bad.. will it be better on ios 16.1 ??

[@outerlegend]

Idk how bad the battery life is bc I just updated from an iPhone 7 Plus to an iPhone 13 Pro Max 😂. Battery life hasn’t been too bad. I’ve been ending my days with 20-30%

[@BrandonButch]

nice! Updating to 16.1 on Monday?

[@outerlegend]

Definitely will be!

[@artfartzy]

@@BrandonButch Public 16.1 will be out on monday? If so I hope any major bugs are fixed before they release it.

[@roymwale1967]

At 27:18 you tell us to let applications run in the background. But what if your location setting is set to “while using.” Is it still better to leave the app in the background or close the app?

[@brianbrino4310]

Excellent tips so thank you sooo much for this video!

[@RaesJourney7208]

I learned alot with this video. Thanks so much.

[@SuperPerfectMan]

I have an iPhone 14 pro and use always on I don’t find the battery that draining and how often do you go days without going to a charger anyways how often is the need that great

[@mantas9327]

In some previous video of yours you’ve shared the “View Battery Cycle” shortcut. However, since iOS 16 Apple has changed the analytics log file structure and while the BatteryCycleCount data still seems to be present, the shortcut no longer parses the file correctly and therefore does not work. Do you have any plans of updating this shortcut to support iOS 16? (and probably iPadOS 16 as well)

[@abbaskhan7161]

There is a new shortcut 2.0 so you can download it

[@jetrorodrigues1542]

@@abbaskhan7161 what’s the shortcut and how to use it?

[@ayushkumar_19]

@@jetrorodrigues1542it’s called Battery Stats, you can use Analytical file to check your %

[@drpill1230]

Is 500 tabs too much for safari?

[@romaneconsingh4422]

Bruh 💀

[@lidragner1650]

I enjoyed watching the whole video great tips it helps thnks ❤

[@sulzous]

I only have 27.2 GB used cause I bought my new phone I upgraded from a 64GB 11 to a 128gb iPhone 13 the extra storage really helps

[@Kancheeban]

24:23 u r wrong Brandon. Turn in the “attention aware feature” and it won’t dim while looking at the phone

[@kayvanibrahim680]

helpful as always! Thanks Brundon.

[@shamantshetty1610]

I don’t know if this experience is just with me but my battery health which was at 100% untill September started going down drastically, and kept getting worse after IOS16 now it’s already at 90% 😢 , this is despite following the charge cycles and everything. The sad part is my phone is just 9 months old , iPhone 13 Pro 256GB.

[@PlayboiMxtthew]

Same for my iPhone 13 Pro Max I lost 10% really fast after 12 months

[@nuxxiz4628]

​@@PlayboiMxtthew thats not totally bad tho. Worst case scenario, you got a good battery for another 12 months ++. Once you reach 80-82% is when you should consider to swap the battery. Even that is a bit early but yeah. I wouldn't stress the max capacity percentage too much. Use your device as you currently do and enjoy it. A new battery is dirt cheap, the swap is what costs a lot. BUT you can buy a 3rd party battery and swap it yourself. Its really not that hard :) I've done around 2 digits amount of battery swaps for myself and people i know. And its done in less than 30 minutes. And costs at max around 15-20$ Of course, you have a guarantee and warranty when you let apple do it. BUT doing it yourself is just as fine and far cheaper. Just buy from a reputable source/store.

[@PlayboiMxtthew]

@@nuxxiz4628 yeah like 90% is pretty okay I guess I might get a new phone/battery when I reach 80% bcs I need that long battery life every day 😭

[@nuxxiz4628]

@@PlayboiMxtthew if you have no problems with the phones performance or selection of utility. Then please opt for a battery swap : ) Theres no reason to get newer hardware unless you know that such a thing is something you cant avoid. If you have even an iphone 11-12. Then its more than modern enough for atleast another 2-4 years (4 is a bit far stretched, BUT they are still REALLY GOOD and speedy phones, EVEN in 2022. Imo, 13 and 14 is way overhyped and they werent neccessary releases (yet))

[@PlayboiMxtthew]

@@nuxxiz4628 Yeah you’re right I got an iPhone 13 Pro Max last year because I had my old phone for 3 years and the battery was really bad and yeah but the thing is I may get a new iPhone because my dad needs a new phone and he wants to switch his new for the one I have so I’m pretty lucky in this situation but I agree with the things you said, if it wouldn’t be the case I would just swap the battery when I get 80% and yeah

[@appleztooranges]

Question will disabling 5g and use lte save battery?

[@yakarotsennin3115]

Yes, 5G antennas utilize more energy than 4G antennas due to higher frequency / shorter wavelengths If you don’t have access to the ridiculously fast speeds 5G is claimed to offer, keep it disabled.

[@jayplastsommerfield]

I would like for you to make a video or include in a video of what settings YOU actually use or turn on and what settings you feel give the best user experience for an iPhone. I appreciate every video but we know by now what saves battery I would be interested in settings you use on your daily driver thanks as always brandon

[@veryinterestingpersonaliti8321]

Turn ON your Dark Mode pls

[@xoz--]

is it really better to not close apps on smartphones?

[@jeseniadiaz4762]

Maybe cause I don’t use my phone for a crazy amount of time during the day, but my battery has been doing great. By the end of the day my battery is still more than 50%. I have the 14max.

[@alikoc1338]

the battery life of my iphone 14 pro max also sucks. only 8 hours on display time even always on is turned off. some ppl get 11-13 hours on display time with the ip 14 pro max. i hope the upcoming ios 16.2 update will improve the battery life of my iphone 14 pro max

[@majerrrbajerrr]

Hi, you got battery procentage turned on and on the background it shows level of battery, like a shade. How?

[@mountart2]

Why have the ability to put widgets and animations on the lock screen if they are going to drain your battery?

[@MerrellTwinsGags]

how to do i apply the battery drain display like yours? like my phone would be on 40% and it would look full 5