I finally figured out why my phone battery was dying so fast

I kept seeing reviews for the new Pixel 8 that said the battery life was 'fine for a day', but mine was dead by 3 PM. Turns out I had the 5G antenna and adaptive brightness on full blast the whole time, which the reviews never mentioned as a major drain. After I turned those two features off, my battery now lasts until 9 PM easy. Has anyone else found a specific setting that totally wrecked their gadget's performance?

4 comments

4 Comments

jones.grace1mo ago

Disagree, I keep those features on without issue.

ninam761mo ago

Used to think the same as you, @jones.grace. Then my phone started draining battery overnight for no clear reason. Turning those features off was the only thing that fixed it. Guess it just depends on your setup.

riverf3420d ago

Is it really that big of a deal either way? Like worst case you get a little less battery life, big deal.

thompson.christopher20d ago

Man ninam76 I feel that. Same thing happened to me a couple months back. Phone was dropping 20% overnight sitting on the nightstand doing nothing. Turned off the background location stuff and the always listening junk and it went back to normal. Made a believer out of me real quick.