The ninth tip in our series about how to save
iPhone battery life is Turn Off The Fancy
Visual Effects. I’m David from payetteforward.com,
where millions of people go to get help with
their iPhones.
iPhones are beautiful, from the hardware to
the software. But what allows your iPhone
to display such beautiful images? Inside your
iPhone, a tiny piece of hardware called a
GPU (or Graphics Processing Unit) is what
gives your iPhone the power it needs to generate
such beautiful visual effects.
The problem with GPUs is that they've always
been power-hungry. The fancier the visual
effects, the faster your iPhone battery dies.
By reducing the strain on your iPhone's GPU,
we can increase your battery life. In iOS
9 and later, you can accomplish everything I
used to recommend in a few separate tips by
changing one setting in a place you probably
wouldn't think to look.
Go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility
-> Reduce Motion and tap the switch to turn
it on.
 
Aside from the parallax wallpaper effect on
your iPhone's home screen, you probably won't
notice any differences at all when you use
your iPhone.
If you've tried all these tips, waited a few
days, and you're still struggling with your
iPhone's battery life, you may have a deeper
software issue that's causing your iPhone
battery to die. Check out my article called
"Why Does My iPhone Battery Die So Fast?"
on payetteforward.com to learn how to hit
this problem with the big hammer.
This is the first video series I've ever done
and I'd love to hear your thoughts in the
comments section below. Thanks so much for
watching, and as always, remember to Payette
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