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I changed 12 settings on my Android phone to extend its battery life by hours

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Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-03-10

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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This ZDNET article presents 12 concise, actionable Android settings and configuration changes to improve smartphone battery life—covering disabling always-on display, enabling Adaptive Battery and Battery Saver, switching to dark mode, lowering brightness and screen timeout, removing unused accounts, disabling keyboard sounds/haptics, reducing notifications and "Hey Google" detection, lowering refresh rate, turning off unused wireless features, and using low-power modes.

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