2 iPhone Habits That Are Draining Your Battery Faster Than You Think, According To Tech Experts

1. Keeping Your Display Too Bright

While it can be nice to have a super bright phone for when you're scrolling on social media, watching a video, or FaceTiming someone, consistently keeping your iPhone's screen super bright can be tough on its battery and deplete it over time.

"Manually maintaining high brightness screen levels or preventing your phone from automatically dimming or adjusting to ambient light uses more power than necessary," says Athwal. "Just enable auto brightness and try to keep your brightness as low as possible to save some more battery."

2. Keeping 'Background App Refresh' On In Your Settings

When tech experts take a look at iPhone settings that can easily drain your battery, they often bring up Background App Refresh, which usually has your phone working overtime to keep your apps updated by refreshing your social media feeds, keeping your inboxes up to date, and more.

"Allowing your phone to update content even when you're not actively using the app continuously wakes up the CPU, accumulating significant power use," explains Athwal. "Turn off background app refresh for nonessential apps to help alleviate."

Adjusting these two iPhone habits can easily help your battery stay healthy and prevent it from constantly depleting. Additionally, you should ensure you're using healthy charging habits to keep it as young and new as possible.