Its summertime and wanderlust is coming for us all.
Minimize battery-draining features in advance
What good is a phone you cant use?
Making sure your handset is always charged up is the name of the game, especially when traveling.
Dont wait until your phone pops up a warning to turn on low power mode.
Take things a step further by tweaking which apps can download data even when theyre not active.
On an iOS unit, open up the tweaks app and head to General > Background App Refresh.
Here is where you’re free to see which apps fetch information when youre not actively using them.
Both iOS andAndroidlet you control your notifications to a granular degree.
Use less data on the go
Free wifi is your friend.
For example, not every video in your Facebook News Feed deserves your data.
Select On Wi-Fi Connections Only to prevent autoplay videos from eating up your cellular data.
Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat also have similar options to prevent videos from auto-downloading while youre on cellular data.
In Instagram, tap the bottom-right profile icon, then the gear icon next to Edit Profile.
Tap on Cellular Data Use and then switch Use Less Data to the on position.
In the Twitter app, head to prefs by tapping your profile icon and then prefs and privacy.
Hit Data Usage and see to it Video autoplay is set to Only on Wi-Fi.
In Snapchat, tap the top left Bitmoji icon and the hit the gear in the top right.
Under Additional Services hit Manage and then set Travel Mode to On.
Get ahead of any accidental detours by making use of Google Maps offline mode.
In addition to Googles offering, keep apps likeMoovitandTransitclose by, as theyll help you get around unfamiliar cities.
Or use an app likeTopo Mapswhen youre away from the city on a hike.
