With these tricks, your battery will last longer
Nothing is more annoying than having to interrupt a gaming session due to a dead battery – but on the Nintendo Switch this can happen. With these tips you can get the most out of your hybrid console.
Nintendo is responding to the Switch’s battery issues
The Nintendo Switch OLED should, according to several users discharged unusually quickly. Particularly problematic: the battery of the console empties even in the rest mode fast. To fix this problem, Nintendo’s official customer service has one practical guide published. We summarize the steps for you:
- System Settings → Auto Sleep → Never
- Disconnects the switch from all power sources.
- Start any game.
- Wait until the Switch battery is completely drained.
- Then charge the console for at least four hours.
It is not certain whether this procedure will finally solve the battery problems of the Switch, but it is important to try. Alternatively, we have a few tips for you on how to make your console battery last longer:
More power for your Nintendo Switch
Every gamer and smartphone user knows the problem: A dying battery. Some people even get nervous when the battery level hits the 50 percent mark. So what do you do on the road when the power bank is at home and there is no socket nearby?
Luckily there are a few simple tips and trickshow to extend the life of your battery. In the case of the Nintendo Switch, a user on Reddit made the following discovery:
In his experience, the battery life of the Nintendo Switch increases significantly when you Enabled the console’s airplane mode.
Why is that? The Switch is trying regularly connect to the internet and every attempt costs energy. This is a background feature that you don’t even notice most of the time.
Airplane mode doesn’t just have a positive impact on battery life, it does also improves performance in some ways your console.
Some games also search for an Internet connection after the start and that not only costs energy, but also time. In airplane mode, this automatic check is skipped and the Games start faster.
By the way, you can easily switch to airplane mode via the System settings of the switch activate and of course deactivate again.
This will further improve your battery life
Of course, the airplane mode trick only works if you don’t need an active internet connection. In this respect, this tip is primarily aimed at offline players.
But there is another way to improve battery life. This “trick” is so obvious that it is often forgotten. And it’s about them screen brightness.
Many gamers usually have the brightness set to 100 percent. A reduction to 70 or even 50 percent saves valuable energy and you get used to the dimmed screen surprisingly quickly.
