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{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > Battery Saving} Tips for saving battery --- 1. **Reduce brightness!** Screen is the biggest power consumer 2. **Close tabs!** Close excessive tabs in your browser, if you don't need them. More opened tabs means more cpu throttling -> more power consumption. 3. **Away from browsers** You can watch YouTube videos directly in //mpv// or //smplayer// with //mpv// as engine, thus avoiding using web browser for this. //youtube-dl// can also download (or forward direct link to other programs) videos from wide range of online video websites. 4. **Turn off wifi** Turn of wifi if you don't need internet. This can save some power. 5. **Enable** [[Recommendations/Hardware Video Acceleration]]

{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > Battery Saving} Tips for saving battery --- 1. **Reduce brightness!** Screen is the biggest power consumer 2. **Close tabs!** Close excessive tabs in your browser, if you don't need them. More opened tabs means more cpu throttling -> more power consumption. 3. **Away from browsers** You can watch YouTube videos directly in //mpv// or //smplayer// with //mpv// as engine, thus avoiding using web browser for this. //youtube-dl// can also download (or forward direct link to other programs) videos from wide range of online video websites. See also https://puri.sm/posts/youtube-streaming-with-less-interruptions-and-more-privacy/. 4. **Turn off wifi** Turn of wifi if you don't need internet. This can save some power. 5. **Enable** [[Recommendations/Hardware Video Acceleration]]

{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > Battery Saving} Tips for saving battery --- 1. **Reduce brightness!** Screen is the biggest power consumer 2. **Close tabs!** Close excessive tabs in your browser, if you don't need them. More opened tabs means more cpu throttling -> more power consumption. 3. **Away from browsers** You can watch YouTube videos directly in //mpv// or //smplayer// with //mpv// as engine, thus avoiding using web browser for this. //youtube-dl// can also download (or forward direct link to other programs) videos from wide range of online video websites. See also https://puri.sm/posts/youtube-streaming-with-less-interruptions-and-more-privacy/. 4. **Turn off wifi** Turn of wifi if you don't need internet. This can save some power. 5. **Enable** [[Recommendations/Hardware Video Acceleration]]