Smartphone batteries have gotten bigger over the years. Whether they're Lithium-ion or Silicon-Carbon, their maximum capacity decreases over time. And while some modern smartphones claim to have battery protection technologies, there's still a lot you can do to keep your battery healthy. Here are 5 tips you can follow every day to keep your smartphone's battery in good condition.

Many of us often go to our phone's recent apps screen and clear certain apps from memory so they don't run in the background and consume power. However, most modern Android and iOS devices have good memory management and automatically freeze or put background apps into deep sleep. This means that if you remove an app from the background and open it again, the system will have to use power because it has to relaunch the entire app from storage. Most of the time, not removing recently used apps from the screen can help save your battery and put less strain on it.

Don’t charge the phone while playing games or doing heavy tasks
An easy way to keep your smartphone battery in good condition is to not charge your device when you are playing games or doing some heavy tasks.

For any electronic component, especially batteries, heat is the biggest reason why it gets damaged. Since the charging process already heats the phone, if you are doing some heavy tasks, your phone will heat up a lot faster and your battery may get damaged faster than usual.

Limit ‘active apps’
Unlike normal background apps, these apps always keep running behind the scenes, even if you clear them from the memory. If you have a lot of these apps, this could be the reason why your battery is draining abnormally fast and eventually deteriorating its health. Because you have to charge the phone twice a day.

On Android devices, to quickly see these, you can open the Quick Settings tile, tap the three-dot button and click on ‘Active apps’. Here you also get a ‘Stop’ button that lets you quickly stop these apps until they launch again or you restart your phone.

Avoid using the phone in the sun.

Avoid using the phone too much when it is very hot outside. This is not always possible, but try not to use the smartphone when it is very hot outside as it can cause the phone and its battery to heat up quickly.

This is especially true in places where the temperature is above 40 degrees Celsius. Smartphone chipsets already generate a lot of heat and if you use the phone in a hot environment, it increases even more. If you feel that your smartphone has become hot, also avoid keeping it in your pocket as this will keep the phone hot for a longer time and can harm the health of the battery.

Do not charge beyond 80 percent.

Limiting the charging to 80 percent may sound strange, but that is exactly what most smartphone manufacturers recommend. Batteries overheating is not the only reason why batteries deteriorate over time. Another reason for battery degradation is high voltage.

Traditionally, battery voltages are high during the first 60 percent of charging and gradually decrease as the battery progresses toward full charge. This is not a matter of concern if it happens a few times, but if you charge your phone to full frequently, this extra pressure can quickly deteriorate the health of the battery. So limiting the battery charge to 80 percent can be beneficial as the battery voltage is not at its peak during this time. Modern smartphone manufacturers now offer built-in options that help you limit the battery charge to 80 percent.

However, this may not be beneficial all the time, as in some situations you may need an additional 20 percent charge. If you always have a charger with you, try to charge the battery up to 80 percent only, but when it comes to going out, you can also charge it fully.

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