Since the appearance of smartphones, we have to deal with the battery problem every day. Although the normal thing is to last for a day, we all wish it lasted longer and Android has already started a few years ago to take action on this. Now we have another solution in this regard like adaptive battery.

Although the autonomy of our smartphone is greater than a few years ago, it is something that we all have to do since we have these devices with us.

Obviously we want it to last longer, but without sacrificing performance, which for a while was at least a hassle.

However, the brands have worked hard to make their terminals more efficient and now it seems that the standard that the charge lasts at least a full day is something that has been achieved.

However, Google also played a big part in this whole problem and from Android 9 it started to incorporate settings into the OS in order to achieve greater savings in terms of battery consumption, at least of the software it gives them.

We've had a solution with us for some time called adaptive battery, but do we know what it is exactly? We'll explain it to you right away.

What is an adaptive battery?

Let's say we're talking about a system that will try to relieve stress on the battery when it comes to some apps that may not be important to us.

This system has the ability to identify the least used applications, those that do not need to be in the background.

What it does is delete them directly from the device's memory, keeping the ones it knows are regularly worked on, making those even faster and more responsive.

This means that apps consume battery when they really need it and not all the time as it can happen. Google has created a complex neural network that is responsible for controlling all this, trying to find out which applications we might need in the next few moments and which ones we cannot, which ones will be closed.

In fact, what Google uses is the DeepMind technology to categorize apps, which then impacts which apps and system resources to use.

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We want to clarify that the applications are not going to be deleted, they are only freed from memory, which will have the consequence that the moment we reactivate them, they will be a little slower at startup.

This system also it will depend on whether we have the phone charged or not, being less severe if the terminal is to the electrical network, than if it is not connected at that time.

Something that doesn't directly affect battery durability, but is an interesting derivative, is that Google also worked on what terminal charging is and applied machine learning in that sense, so the way of charging it will affect the battery life.

How to use Adaptive Battery

It will depend on the version of Android that we have, however, version 9 and above must be activated.

We will achieve this by going to Settings, then in Battery and finally clicking on Smart battery (It is the same as the adaptive battery). The switch to activate it, which is also present in Android 12, we must have it in color, because if it's not that way it won't work.

In Android 12 in addition to this switch, next to the one we just showed you, we will have another adaptive charging function. It will only be if the phone supports it, since the new Pixels already have it .

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The time when this system becomes really effective is after about two weeks have passed and enough information about the applications has been collected. From then on we should start to find differences in terms of durability drums.

As you well envisioned, the only thing we can do with the Adaptive Battery is turn it on or off.

There are no settings that allow us to configure it to our liking, since everything is done automatically by Android and the algorithms they incorporate for this purpose.

All we can do is go to battery menu and select the battery menu where we can find out which applications are consuming the most and we can even close them if we want, but there is no guarantee that they will not will not open again in the background.

We can also use the battery saving function that our mobile phone has to limit activities, however, taking into account that nothing is selected here, but the application authorization is cut so that the smartphone consumes less, it is an option that does not leave a very good place for the performance and functionality of the smartphone .

Another thing we want to tell you is that depending on the manufacturer the adaptive (smart) battery feature may be in a different place since you already know that depending on the customization layer this is how some options are placed in one place or another.

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For example, if you have a Samsung terminal with One UI as the operating system, you have to go to Settings, then Battery and device care, then Battery and finally enter More battery configurations.

There are other brands that instead of calling it adaptive battery or smart battery they call it Battery Manager and they put it in Settings then you have to click Battery then Battery Manager to finally have it. active Battery Manager tab.

As you may have read on Google they are more and more concerned with trying to make the battery last as long as possible and with this system, as well as the solutions of the manufacturers themselves, something more duration is reached, since we already have examples of smartphones where it can be reached that exceed the day of autonomy.

It seems clear that until the battery system is revolutionized, the best way to spend less battery will be in software, and of course Google in this is the one that should take the upper hand.