Energy Saving Mode was a cool nifty thing that meant that Pokémon Go wouldn’t quite eat as much battery as it usually does while running. For example, it’d kill the screen off whilst your walking around with it in your pocket – but the app would still continue running allowing you to get in your all important steps to start hatching your eggs.
It disappeared in a previous update a couple of weeks ago and Pogo players around the world were in bits. Why? Even with energy saving mode enabled, Pokémon Go isn’t the most conservative app with regards to battery usage. And to some degree, that’s not surprising. I mean it pretty much uses every capability of a modern smartphone – and some of the features, like GPS, it’s using constantly whilst others like the camera are more infrequent but nevertheless significant drains on the battery.
But without Energy Saving Mode, well – it’s a whole new ball game! iPhones that you could once charge once every few days now needed religiously charging every evening to ensure you didn’t run out of battery at the critical point when a wild Mewtwo appeared!
Developers Niantic made no reference to the fact that they were going to remove the Energy Saving Mode feature – and we started to fear it had been killed off forever. Thankfully, it was only removed from the app pending repair. Although, the developers didn’t let us know this – leading to many messages from concerned fans about where the feature had gone.
But good news Pokémon Go fans – Energy Saving Mode is back! The new improved energy saving mode means that you don’t get random app freezes when it’s coming out of (or trying to come out of) energy saving mode when you remove it from your pocket.
If you’ve not enabled it – you really should. There’s no need for the screen to be on whilst your wandering around with it in your pocket.
Enabling Energy Saving Mode
Enabling Energy Saving Mode in Pokémon Go is simple.
Firstly, go to your Pokéball menu:
Then, go to the settings (the cog icon in the top right of your screen):
Then make sure you check the ‘Battery Saver’ option:
And hey presto – battery life extended, best app in the world still working!