Samsung smartphones are known and loved for their many features. Disadvantage of the flood of functions: Many a useful feature is hidden deep in the settings. GIGA reveals one of them that you can use to extend the life of your battery.

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 option 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. Open settings
  2. Tap on “Battery and device maintenance”.
  3. Then go to battery
  4. Press “Additional battery settings”.
  5. Check the “Protect battery” box

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 and this should extend the life of the integrated battery. In fact, a full charge to 100 percent is not always optimal. According to experts, the ideal charge range for a battery is between 30 and 80 percent, the specialists at Battery University recommend a stop at 90 percent according to SWR. With its 85 percent, Samsung stays right in the middle.

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Perks through the Samsung Members app

In addition to the hidden option to extend the life of the battery, Samsung users can also save a lot of money – namely via the Samsung Members app. It offers discounts on popular apps, subscriptions, and other paid services. And with another trick you can pimp the power button on Samsung cell phones.