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Battery Notification Light Status
Green
the battery charge level is 100%
Red
The battery is charging and the battery charge level is less than 100%
Battery and Power Management
Your device has an embedded battery. To get the most use from it, keep track of the
power consumed by different apps and features. Background power-saving features
are activated by default to help you reduce battery consumption, and additional power
saving modes are available to help you reduce battery consumption further when
necessary.
Power-saving features lower the priority for certain non-essential device functions,
such as higher-grade image performance, network activities such as location services,
app synchronization and background Wi-Fi scanning. If you do not want an
application to be affected, you can exempt it in the Battery Optimization menu. Phone
calls and SMS are not affected.
System updates may change the power saving features available on your device.
To View Battery Consumption, Estimated Time, and Power-Saving Tips
1 From your Home screen, tap
.
2 Find and tap Settings > Battery. An overview appears showing the battery
percentage and an estimated battery time.
3 Tap SHOW BATTERY USAGE to view a list of features and services that have
consumed battery power since the last charging cycle. Tap an item to get
information on how to reduce its battery consumption.
To view battery consumption for applications
1 From your Home screen, tap
.
2 Find and tap Settings > Apps.
3 Select an application and review its battery consumption under Battery.
General Usage Tips to Improve Battery Performance
The following tips can help you improve battery performance:
• Lower the screen brightness level, see Screen settings on page 48.
• Turn off Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, and location services when you don't need these
features.
• Turn off your device or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no or low
network coverage. Otherwise, your device repeatedly scans for available networks, and
this consumes power.
• Use a Wi-Fi network instead of roaming when abroad. Roaming is scanning for
your home network and puts additional demands on your battery as your device must
transmit with a higher output power, see Wi-Fi on page 38.
• Change the synchronization settings for your email, calendar, and contacts, see
Synchronizing with Online Accounts on page 44.
• Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider the
battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications.
• Change the notification level for an application, see Notifications on page 23.
• Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see Application
settings on page 49.
• Uninstall applications that you are not using, see Application screen on page19.
• Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices
consume less battery than your device's loudspeakers.
• Restart your device every now and then.
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