Why my Samsung Galaxy Watch finally feels useful after switching a single setting
… Now switching to AOD doesn’t guarantee better battery life, but you’ll likely see similar endurance, or the hit will be small enough to ignore. …
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Nintendo Switch is a hybrid game console made by Nintendo, sold as the original 2017 Switch, the OLED revision, the Switch Lite, and the 2024 Switch 2 successor; the line uses Joy-Con controllers and the Nintendo eShop.
Your battery is paying the price for AI — here's the fix
… Some features, like adaptive battery, can actually help if they’re done right. If you don’t use these AI features much and find them more gimmick than useful , switch them off one at a time and see the difference.
My Google Pixel was draining battery left and right, and then I changed these settings
… I love the camera and the software, but for a while, the sudden battery drain was making me consider switching back to my Samsung Galaxy phone. After some trial and error and a lot of digging through system menus , I discovered a handful of default settings that were hammering my battery life. …
I wouldn’t keep the Pixel 7a much longer — the Pixel 10a fixes too much
… Its modem performance was poor, only outdone by the awful battery life at launch. …
Gmail emails vanish on your device? Google knows about it and has a workaround
… If your device is suffering from this bug, the quickest and easiest way to fix it is to switch on Auto-rotate and switch back-and-forth between landscape and portrait a few times. This seems to have fixed the bug for a few people, though it's not known if this is a permanent fix. …
I turned my old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender and fixed the internet dead zone in my home
… It's a good idea to limit charging to around 80% if your device supports it, so the battery doesn't degrade too quickly while you use it as a Wi-Fi extender. I also recommend following other battery-saving tips on Android to make sure your old phone's battery doesn't deteriorate too much.
The Pixel Fold's cover screen is shutting off, but there's an easy fix
… Hopefully soon Google pushes out an update to fix it, but given this problem doesn't seem to be too widespread, it's likely below the dreaded Pixel battery drain bug in the priority queue.
Motorola just shipped the one hardware upgrade everyone wanted and Samsung was too afraid to touch
… Switch to silicon, and you can pack way more energy into the same space. The engineering problem is that silicon expands, and each time you charge a silicon-anode battery, it swells. To fix the swelling issue, makers turned to a silicon-carbon composite . …
I'm a Pixel fan, but the latest OneUI update is making me jealous
… Is One UI 8.5 going to tempt me to switch to a Samsung device? One UI 8.5 is the first update in a long time to make me check whether there are any hot deals on Galaxy phones right now. But I still don't think this update, impressive as it may be, will cause me to switch. …
Your phone is exhausted, and you're probably making it slower without realizing it
… A reboot will not fix a degraded lithium-ion battery that has aged out of its charge cycles. …