In this Blind Vet Tech Quick Guides, News and Reviews podcast, we demonstrate how to optimize your iPhones and iPad’s battery life. Most iOS devices possess about 1000 charge cycles before you start to see battery life degradation. With these tips and tricks, you will be able to stave off charging your device, even if your battery begins to show its age. These tips and tricks will squeeze every bit of life from each charge by simply modifying various settings. All of these items stem from Apple’s support page on iOS battery life.

* Check out the health of your battery in the Settings > Battery menu

* Enable Low Power Mode from the battery settings, Control Center, or by asking Siri

* Deactivate Screen auto brightness and set the screen brightness to a desired level in the Control Center or Displays menu

* Turn on/off Cellular Data when needed

* Set Mail and cloud accounts to fetch data in the Accounts menu

* Turn on/off bluetooth as needed

* Turn on/off Location Services in the Settings > Location Services menu

* Turn on/off Background App Refresh in the Setting > General > Background App Refresh menu

Thank you for listening to this Blind Vet Tech tutorial on how to optimize your iOS device’s battery life.

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