Dec 27, 2019 17:00:00

6 ways to extend battery life when playing Nintendo Switch outside

Nintendo Switch, which has sold more than 40 million units worldwide , is a game hardware that can be used as both a stationary game machine and a portable game machine, and it can be played not only at home but also on the go. In addition, Nintendo Switch Lite, which appeared in September 2019, is a model specializing in mobile mode, and is designed to be smaller and lighter. Lifehacker from overseas media introduces six settings to extend the battery life of the Nintendo Switch series as much as possible.

How to Extend Your New Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite's Battery Life
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-extend-your-new-nintendo-switch-or-switch-lites-1840660953

The battery of the Nintendo Switch is nominally lasting about 2.5 to 6.5 hours for the old model and about 4.5 to 9.0 hours for the new model. Also, the battery life of Nintendo Switch Lite is about 3.0 to 7.0 hours. There are six settings below to extend the battery life of such a Nintendo Switch as much as possible.

◆ 01: Set to airplane mode
Unless you have online multiplayer or software downloads, you can turn off battery-powered wireless and internet features. From the Nintendo Switch settings screen, select 'Airplane mode' and turn it on.

◆ 02: Set screen brightness
From 'Screen brightness', turn off the automatic brightness adjustment, and operate the slide bar below it to darken to a level that does not interfere with play.

◆ 03: Set as dark theme
The touch screen of the Nintendo Switch is a liquid crystal display, so switching to a dark theme has almost no effect on battery life, but Lifehacker introduces it as 'relaxing'. You can change the UI to a dark theme by selecting 'Basic Black' from 'Theme'.

◆ 04: Sleep mode setting
Sleep mode can be set on Nintendo Switch. The time until the main unit sleeps when left in the mobile mode can be set from 1 minute to 30 minutes. From 'Sleep', select 'Auto sleep when playing on the main unit screen' and select the desired time. Furthermore, by turning off 'Wake up when the AC adapter is plugged in and unplugged', you do not notice that sleep is released when you take out the main unit from the dock, and you do not waste battery power.

◆ 05: Turn off controller vibration
The Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con is equipped with a linear vibration motor, enabling HD vibration that can reproduce a realistic tactile sensation in conjunction with the game. However, of course, the vibration function will cause the battery of the main unit to be consumed. If you don't need vibration especially when playing the game, you can make the battery last a little longer by turning off 'Controller vibration' from 'Controller and sensor'.

◆ 06 ： Easy management of battery level
Select “Main unit battery level (%)” from “Main unit” and turn it on. This allows the battery level to be displayed on the screen as a number, so you can see the battery level at a glance.