Your smartphone does so much that it feels impossible to get through the day on a full charge.
It doesnt have to be that way, though.
Androids Doze feature, introduced inMarshmallowand refined inNougat, keeps battery drain low when youre not using your phone.
Heres how it works, and how to make the most of it.
In principle, this is a good concept.
Apps keep your phone awake and working when they need to, and let it sleep when they dont.
Thats why apps like Facebook kill your battery,even when youre not using them.
In this state, all wakelocks are blocked and web connection access is disabled until the maintenance window.
If you dont do anything with your phone, Doze will still do its job.
It runs almost invisibly in the background.
Tap the menu button and choose Battery optimization.
Tap the dropdown menu at the top of the screen and select All apps.
Here you might see a full list of apps installed on your phone.
Most should say Optimizing battery use by default.
These apps are affected by Doze.
However, some third-party apps can make it even better.
If youre on Android Marshmallow,Greenifyoffers a huge bump over the basic Doze features with Aggressive Doze.
It can activate Doze in minutes, instead of hours, and it can work even when youre moving.
To get started, go through this:
Download and installGreenify.
(Dont worry, root isnt required for what were doing.)
Launch the app and tap the menu button in the top-right corner, then tap tweaks.
Tap Aggressive Doze (experimental)
fire up the Aggressive Doze toggle at the top of the screen.
(Optional) Enable Doze on the Go to activate Doze even if the rig is moving.
Doze is a huge boon for your phone or tablets battery life.
If you better pull a bit more juice out of that battery, though, these tweaks should help.
