Samsung smartphones are easy and intuitive to use. To keep it that way, the South Korean manufacturer hides some functions deep in the settings. One of them can extend battery life. We’ll show you where to find and activate them.

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In times of permanently installed batteries, the service life of the integrated battery has a decisive share in how many years the smartphone can be used at all. If you own a Samsung cell phone, you have an advantage here – because it is buried deep in the settings there is a menu item that can extend the life of the battery.

Samsung smartphones have handy feature to extend battery life

In a few steps you can activate the option on your Samsung cell phone (Image source: GIGA)

You can’t see it at first glance because strangely Samsung hides it a bit. You can find the option with the unimaginative name “Protect battery” in the settings. You can get there using the following steps:

  1. ⚙️ Settings to open
  2. on battery and device maintenance tap
  3. Following up battery pack walk
  4. More battery settings actuate
  5. hook on protect battery put

So a total of 5 steps to activate the option. What Samsung was thinking will probably remain a secret from the South Koreans forever – after all such an option should be directly visible and not hidden in nested submenus.

But how exactly is the battery protected? According to Samsung, after activation of the The battery is only charged to a maximum of 85 percent. This should extend the life of the integrated battery. In fact, a full charge to 100 percent is not optimal, especially if this is maintained for a longer period of time – for example when charging overnight. According to experts, the ideal charge range for a battery is between 30 and 80 percent, the specialists at Battery University according to SWR, recommend a charging stop at 90 percent. With its 85 percent, Samsung is right in the middle.

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Use diagnostic function on Samsung cell phones

In addition to the hidden option to extend the battery life, Samsung users can also use the diagnostic function. So you can see at a glance whether the smartphone is working properly. And with another trick you can pimp the power button on Samsung cell phones.