The Google Pixel 6a is equipped with a 4410 mAh battery that can last more than a day. If you find that the battery life of this smartphone is a lot shorter than what you were expecting, then you can take a look at this guide to see how you can get more efficient usage.
1. To start off, we recommend closing any opened applications that you aren’t current using as these will end up draining the battery of your phone.
To close any opened or suspended apps, swipe upwards slowly from the bottom of the screen and then hold for a second. If you are using buttons-navigation, then you can tap the square icon located at the bottom of the screen.
In the App Overview menu, you can close any apps that are currently opened.
2. Restarting your Pixel 6a can also be helpful as it will close all opened apps as well as any lingering processes that may have been draining your battery.
You can follow this tutorial to see how you can restart this phone.
3. We also suggest restricting any background-running apps that you don’t plan on using in order to save on battery life by doing the following:
- Start off by opening the Settings App.
- Next, you need to go to Apps from the from page of Settings.
- You then need to tap the “See all apps” option from the Apps menu.
- In the All Apps menu, select the application that you want to restrict battery usage for.
- Inside the App Info menu for the application, you then need to select Battery.
- After getting to the Battery Usage menu of the mage, set the Manage Battery Usage setting to Restricted.
4. If you don’t plan on using a background running app at all, then you can try taking the following steps to force stop it:
- Go inside the Settings App.
- From Settings, you need to tap Apps.
- In the Apps menu, you then need to select the “See all apps.”
- Inside the All Apps list, select the application that you want to force stop.
- After getting to the App info menu for the application, select the Force Stop option.
5. If you have no usage for an app running in the background, then you can delete it from the Pixel 6a’s internal storage by selecting the Uninstall option from the aforementioned App Info menu.
6. It is important to note that some apps will use more battery than others. The more intensive apps often include videogames as well as applications that requires location pinging and/or constant internet usage.
7. Keep in mind that the recommended operating temperature range of this phone model is 0°C to 35°C (or 32°F to 95°F). Outside of this range, the internal battery may end up draining faster.
To see how you can prevent the Google Pixel 6a from overheating, we recommend that you check out this post.
8. If you have any wireless connections turned on, then you phone will end up using a lot more battery. To prevent this from happening, turn off the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and any other connections if you aren’t actively using them.
9. We also recommend setting a short screen timeout length so that the Pixel 6a’s screen will turn off after it detects that a certain amount of inactivity time has passed.
In order to do so, you need to do the following:
- First, you need to head over to the Settings App.
- In Settings, you then need to go to Display.
- From the Display menu, you need to select Screen Timeout.
- After getting to the Screen Timeout menu, make sure you set a short duration in order to extend the battery life of your Pixel phone.
8. A higher brightness level will use up more battery charge. Therefore, we recommend using a dark theme as well as lowering the screen’s brightness as much as possible without causing you any eye discomfort or visibility issues.
You may also want to enable the adaptive brightness feature. By doing so, you Pixel 6a will learn your brightness level preferences over time and then automatically adjust the screen’s brightness to your liking.
9. You can also use the Battery Save or Extreme Battery Saver Modes of your Pixel 6a by taking the following steps:
- You first need to open the Settings App and then go to Battery.
- In the Battery menu, you then need to head over to Battery Saver.
- In the Battery Saver menu, make sure that the Use Battery Saver Setting is enabled.
- Afterwards, select Set a Schedule.
- In the Set a Schedule, you can schedule when the phone will automatically enable the Battery Saver. Mode. It can be based on when the phone expects your battery to run out or the remaining battery percentage.
- In the aforementioned Battery Saver menu, you can also enable or disable the Turn Off When Charged Setting, which disable this mode when you have more than 90% battery life remaining.
- To use the Extreme Battery Saver mode, tap the setting in the Battery Saver menu.
- Inside the Extreme Battery Saver menu, you will get a description of this mode. Here, you can select the “When to Use” option. Afterwards, you can choose to activate this extreme battery saving mode automatically or manually whenever you enable the regular Battery Saver mode.
- In the same Extreme Battery Saver menu, you can also select Essential Apps. In the next screen, you can select which applications that you don’t want paused when this mode is active.