Samsung Galaxy A50 - View / Extend Battery Life
Here's how to extend battery life, view charging status / remaining battery and determine what uses the most power on your Galaxy A50.
- Battery life is measured by standby time and talk time.
- Standby time is the amount of time the device stays powered on with no voice, data or other usage.
- Talk time is based on voice usage.
- Using data such as web browsing, apps or streaming reduces overall talk time.
- Apps and processes are listed from highest to lowest percentage of power consumption. Review any high or unusual battery drain.
- From a Home screen, swipe up from the center of the display to access the apps screen.These instructions only apply to Standard mode and the default Home screen layout.
- Navigate:.SettingsDevice careBattery
- Review estimate of remaining battery, then tapBattery usage.
- Review the 'Last 7 days' usage graph.
- Tap on a date to view the battery use and charging time for that day.Usage details appear in the daily graph below.
- From the daily graph, tap a time period to view usage details.The percentage indicates how much battery usage occurred for each app listed.
In order to improve battery life, you can:
- Contact the app developer if an app appears to cause excessive battery drain.
- Ensure Power Saver Settings are enabled.
- Adjust brightness settings to lowest setting or use Automatic brightness.
- Turn off GPS when not in use.If disabled, certain apps or services may not work properly.
- Turn off vibrate mode if not used.
- Ensure battery optimizations aren't ignored; make sure accounts (e.g., email, Facebook® , etc.) are selected and optimized as desired.
- Remove widgets that automatically update.