Miui 11 uses more battery: 7 tricks to reduce consumption

Do you notice that your Xiaomi mobile uses more battery than usual? This has been a recurring theme since the arrival of MIUI 11, and some updates have made the situation worse.

If you have looked for information in the forums, you have surely read that formatting the mobile can solve the problem. A solution that seems to work half-way, since not all users notice a radical improvement in battery life.

The truth is that there is no magic solution that works on all Xiaomi phones, since it depends on many factors. But you can try to reduce battery consumption by applying this series of tricks.

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Disable the automatic start of apps

How many applications do you have installed on your mobile? These won't be a problem if you use the correct settings to use device resources wisely.

For example, your mobile battery will be affected if all apps have automatic start activated. To solve this, activate that option only for those apps that are important to you, and deactivate them for the rest.

To do this, go to Settings >> Applications >> Permissions >> Automatic Start. You will see a list of all the apps installed on the device, so you just have to take a look and make sure it is enabled only for the essential ones.

Program battery saving when you don't use your mobile

We always resort to the Battery Saver function when the mobile is low on battery and we cannot connect it at the moment. But it is also a useful resource to give the mobile a break and deactivate those functions or processes that consume more energy.

So you can program that the Energy Saver is activated automatically at some time of the day that you do not use the mobile as often. To do this, go to Settings >> Battery and performance >> Battery saver (from the gear wheel) >> Set time to change mode.

Once you activate it, you will have the options to determine when it should activate and end the Battery Saving Mode. It is true that using programming we are giving an extra task to the mobile when what we want is to reduce activity, but it is minimal compared to the energy that we will save by applying this trick.

Of course, if you prefer, you can also activate the Energy Saver manually.

Turn off features you don't use

A good practice to gain more battery life is to have the habit of deactivating those options that we are not using at the moment and that are not essential for the operation of the mobile. Whether they pertain to the device settings or the apps we use frequently.

We already know that GPS and Bluetooth can wreak havoc on battery life, so disable them when they are not needed. And the same with any configuration of the mobile that we never use, for example, the printing service of the system.

Also take a look at the apps and cancel those options that you do not use and that will not affect your experience as a user. For example, if you spend hours listening to music on Spotify, you can turn off Canvases, those animations that loop on some song covers.

Reduce background apps

This is a basic trick to save battery life on any mobile: reduce the apps in the background. We all have a group of favorite apps that we use every day, but we also have a bad habit of testing apps and then forgetting to uninstall.

However, most of these applications continue to use mobile resources, and in some cases, they run processes that consume a lot of battery. So take a look at the list of installed apps, delete the ones you don't use and turn off the background operation of those you don't use frequently.

Go to Settings >> Battery and Performance >> Battery saver in apps. In the list of applications that you will see below, choose those that you want to modify these settings by selecting "Restrict applications in the background", as you see in the image.

Use this setting for mobile data

One option MIUI offers to reduce data and battery consumption is to disable mobile data when the screen is off.

You will find this option in Battery and Performance. Select the gear wheel and choose Lock Screen Settings >> Turn off mobile data when device is locked.

It is a simple, but practical setup. Instead of activating and deactivating the data manually, we can use this setting so that it is automatically deactivated when we are not using the data.

Turn off automatic updates

A little trick to give a plus to the battery life is to deactivate the automatic updates of the applications.

These settings are adjusted from Google Play, so open the application and go to the Settings section. You will see the option "Update applications automatically" with the possibility of deactivating it. Once you change these settings you will have to manually update each application with a pending update.

It can be a tedious process to do this, and you may even forget that you have to do it, so consider it the last item on the list to reduce the battery consumption of the mobile.

Optimize battery performance

Although we can help you with these tricks so that you reduce battery consumption, we do not know the configuration of your mobile or your habits when using it to give you a personalized option that automatically improves autonomy.

But your Xiaomi mobile can do it, since it has a function that will allow you to gain a few more minutes of battery life taking into account the configuration and the processes that are running at the moment. To do this, go to Settings >> Battery and Performance >> Optimize.

It will show you some changes you can make to improve battery performance. Even if you don't want to make those changes, you will be able to see what problems are affecting the battery. For example, applications that have an excessive use of the battery.

So if you have no idea where to start to improve your mobile battery in an emergency situation, you can use this MIUI function and apply the changes automatically.

As you can see, these tricks do not affect your experience with the mobile or apply radical changes. They only improve your mobile settings to increase battery performance.

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