When your iPhone battery is draining more rapidly than normal, the problem may not be your apps, 5G network, or screen time. Hidden background settings are quietly using power all day long.
According to Apple experts and user experiences, some built-in iPhone features are also major sources of battery drain. The good news? Turning them off can help to live a lot longer on battery without affecting your phone’s performance.
Below are the three settings you should review.
1. Background App Refresh
Background App Refresh allows apps to run and update even when you are not using them. Apps like Facebook, Gmail, TikTok, and Maps keep updating their feeds in the background, which results in unnecessary battery use.
While this feature makes apps load faster, it silently drains your battery and also consumes more mobile data.
How to turn it off
- Go to Settings
- Tap General
- Select Background App Refresh
- Set it to Off (or choose Wi-Fi Only to reduce data usage)
Turning this off immediately reduces the hidden battery usage and will not affect regular notifications.
2. Auto-brightness & motion effects
Your iPhone uses sensors to adjust screen brightness automatically depending on the light conditions. Meanwhile, motion effects add smooth transitions and icon animations.
Both features consume additional processing power and lead to consistent battery drain during the day.
How to fix brightness
- Go to Settings
- Tap Accessibility
- Select Display & Text Size
- Turn Auto-Brightness off
You can manually adjust brightness from the Control Center.
How to reduce motion effects
- Go to Settings
- Tap Accessibility
- Select Motion
- Turn Reduce Motion on
This reduces unnecessary animations and can save your battery.
3. Raise to wake
Raise to Wake feature automatically turns on the screen every time you pick up your iPhone. While convenient, but at the same time, it also lights up your screen dozens or even hundreds of times a day without you noticing.
This adds screen-on time, which is currently one of the biggest battery drain contributors.
How to turn it off
- Go to Settings
- Tap Display & Brightness
- Toggle Raise to Wake off
You will especially notice improved battery life at night or when your phone is in your pocket.
Check your battery health
It’s also important to check your battery’s overall condition:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Battery
- Select Battery Health & Charging
If your Maximum Capacity is below 80%, your battery may naturally perform poorly. Replacing it will bring it back to normal endurance and performance.
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