I barely use WiFi at home. I really only use it when I need to use my wireless printer. Other than that I don’t turn WiFi on. I don’t use WiFi outside of my house.
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iPhone 13 Pro Max Do you turn off WiFi to save battery?
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I barely use WiFi at home. I really only use it when I need to use my wireless printer. Other than that I don’t turn WiFi on. I don’t use WiFi outside of my house.
Interesting. I guess your internet connection is directly wired. I'm so used to having wi-fi set up at home that it wouldn't have occurred to me that one could survive without it! But obviously you can. (And no worries about neighbors or others piggybacking on your wi-fi, either!)
I use a HomeKit smart plug and have an Shortcuts automation script that turns off the charger when the phone is charged to 80%. I charge this way overnight and I don’t have to worry about the phone sitting on the charger longer than is needed. I also turn on low power mode after the charging is finished for when the phone is in standby. I figure why waste battery in standby.
That sounds very clever. However I don't think it is strictly necessary to de-power the charger, my understanding is that current phones and chargers do not continue to draw power once the battery in the phone reaches 100%. Similarly I don't know that low power mode is beneficial if the phone is on standby, or even if it has any real effect.
Nothing wrong with doing these things, of course, just saying that you may be over-thinking things and not giving the devices credit for how they are programmed already to manage battery life and charging.
1. All modern devices have power management units so they won’t overcharge, even if you plug them in all the time. In fact, leaving them plugged in might result in better battery health since it reduces battery cycles.
iOS also learns from your charging pattern so if you always plug them in overnight, it will slow down the charging rate in the midnight and battery health will be better in the long run.
2. Using Shortcuts to turn off Wi-Fi when you leave home probably consumes more battery than Wi-Fi itself. Since the device will have to constantly detect where you are, probably using Location Services, which is a true battery killer. Modern iPhones also contain a dedicated co-processor for Wi-Fi scanning stuff so it doesn’t really consume much power.
You don’t need to worry about all these things. iOS manages them all for you.
iOS also learns from your charging pattern so if you always plug them in overnight, it will slow down the charging rate in the midnight and battery health will be better in the long run.
2. Using Shortcuts to turn off Wi-Fi when you leave home probably consumes more battery than Wi-Fi itself. Since the device will have to constantly detect where you are, probably using Location Services, which is a true battery killer. Modern iPhones also contain a dedicated co-processor for Wi-Fi scanning stuff so it doesn’t really consume much power.
You don’t need to worry about all these things. iOS manages them all for you.
We have a password on our Wi-Fi so no one can else can use it. We have Xfinity, so I’m alerted if anyone not in my household is connected to our internet. I don’t see any need to use WiFi if my cellular connection is fast and perfectly fine. My daughter, fiancé and son use the Wi-Fi.
Don't know if it has to do with Apple trying to conserve as much battery as possible, but what I have noticed with 13 ProMax vs. my old XSMax is that when I put on Airpods Pro, it takes about 5 seconds (maybe longer) for them to connect to the phone. On XSMax it was almost instant. Maybe iOS 15 slowed it down and not Bluetooth's power management on the 13.
Location-based auctions are so much convenient. Not only for Wi-Fi but also to turn on/off a security camera, for example, location-based reminders, etc. But I don't do it for the exact reason you've mentioned. I run the shortcut manually.
No. Wifi standby has minimal battery drain that I have never turned it off even on my first smartphones (unless when in airplane mode). Turning on the screen of the phone will use up battery more than leaving the wifi on stand-by. Simply turn off "ask to join networks" so you won't get any pop ups asking to connect to wifi hotspots.