Play relaxed on the go? No problem at all with the Nintendo Switch. If it weren’t for the eternal struggle against the slowly dying battery. But don’t worry: we’ll show you a simple trick to make your Switch last longer on the go.
More power for your Nintendo Switch
Every gamer and smartphone user knows the problem: A dying battery. Some people even get nervous when the battery level hits the 50 percent mark. So what do you do on the road when the power bank is at home and there is no socket nearby?
Luckily there are a few simple tips and trickshow to extend the life of your battery. In the case of the Nintendo Switch, a user on Reddit made the following discovery:
In his experience, the battery life of the Nintendo Switch increases significantly when you Enabled the console’s airplane mode.
Why is that? The Switch is trying regularly connect to the internet and every attempt costs energy. This is a background feature that you don’t even notice most of the time.
Airplane mode doesn’t just have a positive impact on battery life, it does also improves performance in some ways your console.
Some games also search for an Internet connection after the start and that not only costs energy, but also time. In airplane mode, this automatic check is skipped and the Games start faster.
By the way, you can easily switch to airplane mode via the System settings of the switch activate and of course deactivate again.
This will further improve your battery life
Of course, the airplane mode trick only works if you don’t need an active internet connection. In this respect, this tip is primarily aimed at offline players.
But there is another way to improve battery life. This “trick” is so obvious that it is often forgotten. And it’s about them screen brightness.
Many gamers usually have the brightness set to 100 percent. A reduction to 70 or even 50 percent saves valuable energy and you get used to the dimmed screen surprisingly quickly.