6 swift steps for a faster Android experience – Computerworld

Tap any high battery draining app and see how much of its activity is happening in the background while you’re not actively using it. For any programs with high levels of background activity, ask yourself: Is this app doing anything really important in the background? For example, you Really Do you need Facebook or any other social media and news tools to refresh your feeds while you’re not looking at them? Probably not. But many such apps do this by default and end up draining your device’s battery and monopolizing its power as a result.

For any similar elements you encounter, you have two options: look into the app’s own settings to see if there’s a way to disable its background activity, or, assuming your phone is running the 2017 version. Android 8 release or higher (which, by golly, it would be better!), use Android’s native background limit option in Battery Settings or App Settings to disable it at the system level.

Let’s check one more place to wrap things up: Go to the Network & Internet section in your system settings (or the Connections section if you’re using a Samsung phone) and tap the line that says Data Usage – or if that line doesn’t appear, tap Internet or Mobile Network, then tap the gear icon next to your carrier’s name, then tap App Data Usage. (On some devices, you may see “App Data Usage” or perhaps “Mobile Data Usage” right on this Start screen.)