7 tips to extend your iPad's battery life
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If you use your iPad throughout the day, its battery can quickly drain. Over time, the iPad's battery life diminishes, so older devices may experience battery issues, according to the Lifewire website.
Causes of fast iPad battery drain
A quickly draining iPad battery can be incredibly frustrating, but understanding the causes of this problem can help you troubleshoot or be more mindful of your usage. Simply the age of the iPad can shorten battery life.
Another common cause is power-hungry apps. Some applications can significantly drain the battery by constantly using resources, accessing GPS, or continuously connecting to the Internet.
Various settings on your iPad can also drain the battery. A screen that’s too bright, Bluetooth constantly being on, and even Wi-Fi searching for connections can strain even the most durable battery.
How to extend iPad battery life by saving energy
Restart your iPad
While not a setting, turning your iPad off and back on can sometimes resolve issues. You don’t need to do this daily, but before changing settings, try restarting the device.
Adjust screen brightness
The iPad has an automatic brightness feature that adjusts based on the ambient light in a room. Nonetheless, lowering the overall brightness might be the best way to extend battery life.
Turn off Bluetooth
If you're not using any Bluetooth device, disable Bluetooth in the settings menu or Control Center on your iPad.
You can quickly access the Control Center by swiping down from the upper-right corner of the screen (for iPadOS 14 and 13, as well as iOS 12) or swiping up (in iOS 7-11).
Check your email less frequently
By default, the iPad, iPad Pro, and iPad Mini check for new mail every 15 minutes. They also check for mail whenever you open the Mail app, so it's easy to delay these checks to every 30 minutes or even every hour. You can also set it to check mail only manually.
Disable background app refresh
Background app refresh keeps your apps up to date by refreshing them when the iPad is in standby mode or when you're using another app.
This drains battery life, so if you don’t need your iPad to refresh your Facebook newsfeed while you’re away, disable this feature.
Update iPad software
It’s important to keep iOS updated to the latest version. Updating your iPad helps optimize battery life and ensures you have the latest security fixes and bug patches, contributing to smoother device performance.
Reduce motion
This small trick can help save some battery and make your iPad a bit more responsive.
The iPad interface includes animations, such as zooming in and out of windows, as well as a parallax effect on icons that creates a hovering animation over the background image. You can turn off these interface effects to save battery life.
Go to Settings, then Accessibility, and Motion (iPadOS 14 and 13). Or Settings, then General, Accessibility, and Reduce Motion (iOS 12, iOS 11, and iOS 10) to adjust these settings.
Smart Case
Consider purchasing a Smart Case, which can help conserve battery by putting the iPad to sleep when you close the cover.
