Although current mobile phones iOS and Android they offer every time more autonomy and better mobile data coverage, intensive use of social networks can drain both our battery level and exceed our monthly MB or GB limit in a very short time, especially with the video playback. And thanks to a increasingly cutting-edge hardware With larger screens, higher resolution or more powerful processors, consumption skyrockets, to which we must add the increasingly present social networking applications such as Facebook, instagram either Twitter. And if we are regulars on these social networks, we can easily run out of battery and mobile data before realizing it. Therefore, below we offer you the best tricks for save both battery as Mobile data on our smartphones if we are addicted to social networks.
How to use less battery and data with social networks
Currently, social network users share videos that in many cases are long lasting and high resolution, which causes greater consumption of both data and battery on our mobile; Although one or two a day may even be harmless, the truth is that in a single day we can see several dozen, thanks in part to an increasingly present characteristic: AutoPlay either auto play videos. And this feature can quickly drain both the battery and the data of our mobile phone. Therefore, below we show you how to disable this feature on social networks most popular like Facebook, instagram either Twitter.
Facebook on Android
We start with one of the star social networking applications, Facebook, in its version Android. And we can configure automatic video playback through the Settings of the app and choose between:
- Activate
- WiFi only
- Deactivate
In any case, if we do not find the option through Settings, log out of your account and log back in; the option of Automatic video playback should appear through the Application settings. Follow the steps below to access the Video Autoplay settings:
- Open the Facebook application.
- Press the icon with the three horizontal bars More.
- Scroll down the options until you find Application Settings.
- Click on Automatic video playback.
- Choose one of the three options.
Facebook on iOS
In the case of iPhone We must follow slightly different steps than the Android version; if the option does not appear Videos in Setting, make sure you install the most recent version of the app Facebook in iOS.
- Open the Facebook application.
- Press the icon with the three horizontal bars More.
- Scroll down the options until you find Settings.
- Click on Videos – Autoplay.
- Choose an option.
In the case of Twitter we must activate the option Data Saving through user settings; This will disable automatic video playback and lower quality images will be loaded.
- Open the Twitter app.
- Swipe from the left side of the screen to open the app's user options menu.
- Scroll the options down and access Settings.
- Click on the Data Usage or Data option.
- Click on the Data Saving option.
In the case of instagram We can simply deactivate automatic video playback through the app settings.
- Open the Instagram app.
- Access your profile through the icon located at the bottom right of the screen.
- Open Settings through the three stripes icon on Android and the gear icon on iOS.
- Scroll the options down until you find Settings.
- Access the Account entry.
- Click on the Mobile Data Use option.
- Check the Use less data section to remove automatic video playback.