To maintain or improve your iPhone battery health, here are some practical tips:
- Avoid Extreme Temperatures: High temperatures can reduce battery life. Try to keep your iPhone between 32°F (0°C) and 95°F (35°C). Prolonged exposure to temperatures above 95°F (35°C) can damage battery capacity.
- Optimize Charging Habits:
- Avoid letting your battery drain to 0% or charging it all the way to 100% too often.
- Keep your battery between 20% and 80% when possible.
- Use “Optimized Battery Charging” (Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging) to reduce wear.
- Use Low Power Mode: Activate Low Power Mode (Settings > Battery > Low Power Mode) when you’re not using power-intensive apps. This reduces background activity, which can help prolong battery lifespan.
- Limit Background Activity: Limit background app refresh (Settings > General > Background App Refresh) to only essential apps.
- Update to the Latest iOS: Apple frequently updates iOS to improve battery efficiency and management.
- Reduce Screen Brightness and Use Dark Mode: Lowering brightness (Settings > Display & Brightness) and using Dark Mode (Settings > Display & Brightness > Dark) on OLED-screen iPhones can save battery power.
- Avoid Using Intensive Apps While Charging: High-power apps (like games or video editing) generate heat and stress the battery if used during charging.
Following these steps can help improve battery health over time and prevent rapid deterioration.