Your iPhone has a “Low Power Mode”, which you’ll be prompted to activate it when your phone reaches 20% battery. However, you can enable it before that point to stretch your battery life further. Starting with iOS 11, you can also activate Low Power Mode right from the Control Center.
Low Power Mode disables settings like mail fetch, Hey Siri, and other things that people commonly change when they want to make their iPhones live longer between charges. For whatever reason, Low Power Mode is only available on iPhones, not iPads.
How to Activate (and Deactivate) Low Power Mode
When your iPhone reaches 20 percent battery power left, you’ll see a “Low Power Mode” prompt appear. Your iPhone will inform you what features will be temporarily disabled, and you can choose to “Continue” and enable Low Power Mode or “Cancel” and not enable Low Power Mode. Low Power Mode can reportedly give you anywhere from one to three hours more time before your iPhone dies. It really depends on what you’re doing with your iPhone.
You can also enable Low Power Mode whenever you like. For example, let’s say it’s the start of a long day and you know you’ll be away from an outlet for a long while.
To activate Low Power Mode from the Settings app, head to Settings > Battery and activate the “Low Power Mode” slider. The battery indicator in the status bar will turn yellow while Low Power Mode is enabled.
Your iPhone will always automatically disable Low Power Mode when you charge it up to a certain point.
Low Power Mode is always temporary and only lasts until the next proper charge. There’s no way to permanently enable it.On iOS 11, you can also activate and deactivate Low Power Mode from the Control Center rather than digging through the Settings app each time. However, you have to add this feature’s toggle to the Control Center yourself.
To do so, head to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls. Tap the plus sign to the left of “Low Power Mode” to add the toggle to your Control Center, and then touch and drag it to position it where you like it. You can now swipe up from the bottom of the screen and tap the battery-shaped button to…
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