Switch from Facebook's iOS app to Facebook on Safari to save battery life<article>
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Facebook last October promised to
fix technical issues with its iOS app that caused it to suck up tons of battery life, but despite those efforts, Facebook’s iPhone app continues to hog more power than it should.
The Guardian has some anecdotal evidence indicating that it’s not just using Facebook that’s running your battery down—it’s using the Facebook iOS app specifically.</p><p>
Uninstalling the app altogether and using Facebook on Safari conserves up to 15 percent of your iPhone battery life on average, and that’s including the same amount of daily usage, according to The Guardian’s research. The news organization first tested Facebook’s Android app and found that deleting it from a phone saves up to 20 percent of its battery life. The iPhone app is slightly less of a battery hog, but compared to using Facebook on Safari, it’s almost as bad as the Android version.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3030660/software/switch-from-facebooks-ios-app-to-facebook-on-safari-to-save-battery-life.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Switch from Facebook's iOS app to Facebook on Safari to save battery life
